More cottage industries registered in Kaski

Kaski, Aug. 5: The Tourism and Industry Office Kaski recorded 649 new business firms in the last fiscal year. In the fiscal year 2080/81 BS, 13 cottages and 636 small industries were registered in Kaski.    

Maharaj Dhakal, Chief Industry Officer of the Cottage and Small Industries Office in Kaski, said that Rs 1.91 billion in capital has been invested from the new industry registrations.    

Dhakal added that the number of new industries registered last year included 241 in the service sector, 83 in production, 162 in agriculture, and forestry sectors and three in information technology.    

However, no industry was registered in the energy and mining sector.    
Likewise, the industries created 2,057 jobs. (RSS)