FNCCI seeks special economic package

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Kathmandu, April 11

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry as we speak submitted a memorandum to Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada recommending measures that the federal government ought to undertake to revive companies and the economic system hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Submitting the memorandum to Khatiwada, the FNCCI delegation led by its President Bhawani Rana urged the federal government to plan, put together and launch a particular package deal to rescue the economic system from the devastation of the contagion.

With companies of each kind shut for weeks and the economic system coming to a standstill, the FNCCI delegation urged the federal government to convey a stimulus package deal by incorporating solutions of the personal sector.

FNCCI has requested the federal government to handle refinancing mortgage facility for all companies hit by the coronavirus at two per cent curiosity with two years of maturity interval. According to FNCCI, such loans acquired by the refinancing facility of the federal government shall be used to pay salaries of staff for one 12 months.

FNCCI has additionally sought refinancing mortgage facility at two per cent to pay curiosity of companies within the tourism, manufacturing, agriculture and export sectors. The maturity interval of such loans ought to be two years. Similar mortgage facility ought to be supplied to small and medium scale enterprises with one 12 months of reimbursement time, added FNCCI.

Nepal Rastra Bank had lately halted mortgage restoration from companies until mid-July and requested banks and monetary establishments to supply 10 per cent low cost on rate of interest in case any borrower makes month-to-month/quarterly cost by mid-April.

FNCCI added that the rate of interest low cost shouldn’t be restricted solely on time period mortgage and ought to be prolonged for all types of loans, together with working capital mortgage and belief receipt loans.

As tourism is the sector worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic and no vacationer is prone to go to Nepal this 12 months, FNCCI has urged the federal government to convey out a separate particular package deal focusing on the tourism trade. It demanded that resorts throughout the nation ought to get electrical energy and cooking fuel at subsidised charges. As per FNCCI, hoteliers and different tourism companies ought to be given 50 per cent waiver on unified property tax being collected by the native governments.

FNCCI has additionally beneficial the federal government to make the capital-cum-deposit ratio versatile and scale back the distinction in rate of interest between deposits and loans by zero.5 share level. It has additionally urged the federal government to make use of essential banking instruments and scale back curiosity on each kind of mortgage by three share factors.

The federation has additionally advised that the federal government ought to guarantee subsidised electrical energy for all companies and industries for six months. FNCCI has requested the federal government to permit companies and companies to function beneath capability or absolutely shut their companies, if essential, by paying sure financial assist to staff.

Meanwhile, Khatiwada assured FNCCI that the federal government would facilitate the personal sector and coordinate with it to revive companies and the economic system.

A model of this text seems in e-paper on April 11, 2020 of The Himalayan Times.

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