Department of Industry is one of the major agencies at the Ministry of Industry which is responsible for implementation of policy, act, rules and regulations related to the industrial development, through which Government of Nepal plans to strengthened Nepalese economy. The department, as per the revised Industry Enterprise Act (IEA), 2016, administers and facilitates the Middle and Large scale industries which have fixed assets of more than 100 million Nepalese rupees. Furthermore, its scope of function also includes foreign investment and technology transfer in the industry as well as protection of industrial property.