Industry Minister leaves for India to attend Partnership Summit

KATHMANDU: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Damodar Bhandari, departed for New Delhi, India, today to participate in the formal programme of the Partnership Summit 2024.

Organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, the summit will take place on December 2 and 3 in the Indian capital.

Discussions at the summit will focus on Government-Industry partnerships, among other topics.

Minister Bhandari is attending the summit at the invitation of India's Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.

Industry and commerce ministers and finance ministers from Nepal, Algeria, Bahrain, Bhutan, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Cambodia, Myanmar, Qatar, and Senegal, among other nations, will attend the summit, according to Ananda Bhatta, Minister Bhandari's private secretary.

This year, the Partnership Summit will deliberate on seven broad tracks: trade, the future of industrialisation, sustainability and climate action, technology and innovation, growth, the geoeconomic framework, and inclusion. The summit will bring together global experts to discuss diverse topics and contribute to high-level discussions. It offers an excellent platform for the exchange of ideas and facilitates trade and business collaboration, working towards the common goal of a prosperous and collaborative future.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising the 29th CII Partnership Summit 2024 on December 2 and 3 in New Delhi. The CII Partnership Summit, held annually since 1995, has been regularly partnered by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. The previous summit, held in March 2023, saw participation from 67 countries with over 2,000 business delegates and more than 400 international delegates.

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