{"id":30243,"date":"2026-07-22T08:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/nepalese-pm-takes-steps-to-revive-garment-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:07:32","slug":"nepalese-pm-takes-steps-to-revive-garment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/nepalese-pm-takes-steps-to-revive-garment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepalese PM takes steps to revive garment industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/311\/chatgpt-image-jul-22-2026-_323525.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">Following a recent meeting with representatives from the Garment Association Nepal, Prime Minister Balendra Shah has instructed ministries to clear pending administrative delays, form a dedicated Textile and Clothing Development Council\u2014a long-standing demand of garment entrepreneurs, and restart factories closed for long.<\/p>\n<p>Industry representatives say the council would help promote exports and better manage imports by supporting products based on locally-available raw materials.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been asked to resolve laboratory testing hurdles that have restricted exports to the United States, driving a broader strategy to substitute imports and boost exports.<\/p>\n<p>Following a recent meeting with representatives from the Garment Association Nepal, PM Balendra Shah has instructed ministries to clear pending administrative delays, form a dedicated Textile and Clothing Development Council and restart factories closed for long. &#13;<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been asked to resolve laboratory testing hurdles that have restricted exports to the US. <\/p>\n<p>Shah said the government is committed to promoting Nepal&#8217;s readymade garment industry and addressing challenges facing the sector, according to domestic media reports.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised the need to strengthen the entire value chain-from raw materials to exports.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-right f2fdesk\">Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/nepalese-pm-takes-steps-to-revive-garment-industry-311948-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a recent meeting with representatives from the Garment Association Nepal, Prime Minister Balendra Shah has instructed ministries to clear pending administrative delays, form a dedicated Textile and Clothing Development Council\u2014a long-standing demand of garment entrepreneurs, and restart factories closed for long. Industry representatives say the council would help promote exports and better manage imports&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}