“The government is trying to introduce new reforms to make it mandatory for the public sector to use at least 50 per cent Nepali products,” said Krishna Hari Baskota, Secretary at the Office of the Prime minister and the Council of Ministers. He said, ”We are going to introduce such reforms to increase the consumption of domestically produced goods, decrease the losses of domestic industries and promote Nepali products.” 

This reform will make it mandatory for government offices to use  Nepali stationary goods, raw material for clothes, caps, leather belts and shoes, medicines, furniture as well as construction materials such as cement, bricks and electronic appliances, as far as available. Together with this, gift products, foods and beverages should be consumed by the public sector as chosen by the government. 

“Although the imported goods may be 15 per cent expensive and compete with quality, domestic products must be promoted”, said Krishna Gyanwali, secretary at the Ministry of Industry. 

FNCCI Vice President, Bhawani Rana says that the reform to be introduced by the government is most welcome. “Although FNCCI has been demanding the public sector and the corporate houses to use domestic products, it has not been successful. If this proposal is implemented, the domestic industries are going to prosper,” she said. The proposal mentions that the reason behind the slow growth of domestic industries is not using their products by the government citing that they are expensive than their imported counterparts. The reform proposal has already been prepared by the Ministry of Industry and will soon be submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.