The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) has called on political parties to give greater priority to economic agendas in their election manifestos ahead of the upcoming polls. Speaking at a program on Sunday, CNI President Birendra Raj Pandey emphasized the need for timely government formation and a clear political and economic exit strategy. He noted that political issues appear to dominate current discourse, while concrete plans and roadmap for economic recovery remain lacking. Pandey pointed out that despite political transformations occurring nearly every decade, Nepal’s average economic growth has shown little improvement. He expressed concern over the declining contribution of the production and industrial sectors and the growing dominance of the service sector. CNI recommended creating an investment-friendly environment, ending frequent changes to tax policies, reducing administrative hurdles, and eliminating the need to approach multiple agencies for a single service.
