Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Agrawal elected NFTA President

 Kathmandu, Dec. 23

Shiva Kumar Agrawal has been unanimously elected the President of the Nepal Foreign Trade Association (NFTA). The 44th Annual General Meeting of the NFTA held in Kathmandu on Sunday chose the new executive committee under his leadership.

The newly elected executive committee includes Anil Kumar Agrawal as First Vice President, Gaurav Sharda as Second Vice President, and Jayant Kumar Agrawal as General Secretary. Swati Rungta Agrawal has been elected as First Secretary, Vishnu Kumar Joshi as Second Secretary, and Rishiraj More as Treasurer, NFTA informed in a statement on Monday.

Likewise, Akash Golchha, Kumar Bahadur Karki, Govindlal Sanghai, Dipesh Khetan Agrawal, Nirmal Poudel, Pradeep Rajgadhia, Prabhat Kumar Sarraf, Basant Agrawal, Madan Mittal, Mayank Kedia, Ram Chandra Khetan, Bimal Siddhartha Vaid, Sumit Kumar Banshal, and Sanjay Agrawal are also elected unanimously to the executive committee of the association.

Meanwhile, President Agrawal has nominated Abhinav Churiwal, Pankal Jalan, Rupali Sikaria and Dilli Ratna Tuladhar as the executive committee members. The outgoing president and the preceding president serve as ex-officio members.

In his inaugural remarks, President Agrawal pledged to focus the committee’s efforts on strengthening the business-friendly environment and advocating for the rights and interests of entrepreneurs.

Addressing the opening session of the AGM, Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Economic and Development Adviser to the Prime Minister, said that policies adopted by the government over the past five to six years have worsened the economy.

However, he assured that the current administration is working to rectify the situation. While expressing agreement with many issues raised by the Association, Dr. Khatiwada stated that the reform process would take time.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 23 December 2024.   

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