Schedule-9

(Relating to Section 19)

Industries of National Priority

1. 1. 1. Cottage industries,
      2. Energy-based industries,
      3. Agriculture and forest product-based industries,
      4. Infrastructure industries,
      5. Export industries,
      6. Adventurous tourism with infrastructures, rural tourism; ecological tourism, golf course, polo, pony trekking, trekking tourism, rafting, assembly, conference tourism, sports tourism, religious tourism, cultural tourism, fun park construction and operation, wildlife reserve,
      7. Mine and mineral industries, petroleum and natural gas and fuel exploration and production,
      8. Industries producing clinkers and cement using domestic limestones, pulps and paper, sugar, chemical fertiliser (except mixture), organic fertiliser, related to shoes, sandals, thread manufacturing, livestock farming, aquaculture, poultry farming, bee keeping, floriculture, preliminary processing of rubber based on local raw materials and manufacturing of rubber products, milk powder, drugs manufacturing, recycling of solid wastes and scraps, industries manufacturing fuel saving equipment, industries manufacturing instruments and equipment to be used by persons with disabilities, industries manufacturing agricultural machines, equipment and industrial machinery, industries manufacturing electrical motor vehicles, industries manufacturing medicines battling snakebite, industries manufacturing artificial eye lens,
      9. Hospitals, nursing homes, veterinary hospitals and clinics, health check-up services, health laboratories, bioresearch centres and educational and training institutes established outside the Kathmandu valley, areas of Municipal Corporation, and region of Sub-Municipal Corporations in the Terai area,
      10. Information technology industries,
      11. Industries established inside the industrial area, special economic zone and industrial village established and operated by the private sector,
      12. Industries manufacturing such high price weight/volume goods as specified by the Government of Nepal by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette after making required standards and identifying such goods,
      13. Industries producing the goods or services determined by the Nepal Trade Integration Strategy approved by the Government of Nepal,
      14. Production of motion pictures.