Nepal, India Trade Treaty will be signed soon: PM

Kathmandu, Oct. 28 (RSS) : Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the Nepal-India Trade Treaty will be signed in the near future bearing in mind the larger interests of the country.

Prime Minister Deuba was speaking at an interaction programme organized jointly by the Navadurga Bhavani Sewa Sangh and the Agrawal Services Centre.

On the occasion, industrialists Atmaram Murarka, Chiranji Lal Agrawal and Jagdish Agrawal said that given the economic slump that the country is seeing today it is imperative that the government take some effective long term measures for economic reform.

They also stressed the need to bear in mind the country’s economic, social and cultural interests while signing any Trade Treaty with India.

Industrialist Shankar Lal Kedia was of the view that in resognition of its significant contribution to the country’s economy, the Marwadi community should be represented in various sectors of national life.

Agrawal Services Centre president Mohan Gopal Khetan presided.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has hoped that Vijaya Dashami would guide us all along the path of peace, happiness, progress and prosperity.

Mr Deuba, who was inaugurating a cultural program organized by the Nawadurga Bhawani Sangh and the Agrawal Sewa Kendra on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami today, extended thanks to the Agrawal Society for its contribution to raising social and religious awareness by installing idols of deities including Goddess Durga and by organizing worships at various places.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister also launched the "Shree Durga Stuti", a collection of paeans dedicated to Goddess Durga, published by the Sangh.

The function was chaired by chairman of the center Mohan Gopal Khetan.

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