• To support member industries by providing business development services
• To articulate interests of members industries and present to the concern authorities
• To conduct policies research and implement policy advocacy campaign systematically
• To promote member industries, develop national and international trade & commerce
• To co-ordinate among industries, stakeholders, organizations and federations
• To protect rights and interests of member industries at various level
• To facilitate conflict / dispute arises between workers and industries
• To organize regional, national & International seminar, talk program & workshop.
• To promote entrepreneurship culture and encourage newcomers in the sector
• Proactively involve in cooperate social responsibilities

• Representing the entire business community of the country in national and international
  forums
• Policy advocacy and lobbying for the interest of members industries in particular and
  industrialization in general
• Facilitating participation in national and international trade fairs and exhibition
• Promoting better industrial relations among trade unions.
• Providing business information and research services
• Promoting entrepreneurship
• Facilitation support to solve the issues related with labour and trade unions
• Conducting, on a regular basis, capacity development trainings, learning sessions, workshops, seminars on thematic issues, publication, information exchange, documentation, industrial relation, productivity, entrepreneurship, quality management, environment etc.
• Issuing Certificate of Origin

Policy advocacy and lobbying is the key strategic activity of CIM and it is implemented through the systematic policy advocacy framework. In order to make advocacy more realistic and result oriented, facts and figure are collected through the regular policy studies. Wide range of policies issues related e.g., enabling environment for investment, finance, labor market, energy and power supply, environmental issues, industrial infrastructure, export & import and tax related issues are taken regularly into consideration; and through the rigorous policy study policy brief is prepared and advocacy activities will be implemented accordingly. Industry Academia linkages program is envisioned to conduct regular policy research and this will boost up CIM knowledge for proper policy advocacy campaign.

Service to the members is one of the major focus of CIM and is offering wide range of business development and capacity enhancement services to its member industries. Some of them are: Access to information: CIM, Business Clinic, Capacity and knowledge enhancement,

Networking and relationship development with concern stakeholders is also one of a key working area of CIM. Regular meeting, delegations and interactions program will be organized with Government and sectoral department of central, provincial and local government. Similarly, Conducive relationship with all Trade Union organizations will be maintained via regular meeting. Likewise, joint initiatives and activities will be conducted with private sector chamber of industries on shared issues.

Relationship and network with like-minded development partners (National and International) will be explore and partner to implement program and activities for the achievement of common
objectives. CIM is looking forward to get support from development partners particularly in the areas of knowledge & technology transfer, business linkages and capacity development.

CSR is also a key component of CIM and under this component, different activities are planned for benefits of wider society. CIM support to community victims from Natural calamities e.g., flood, earthquake, fire and others. CIM deliberately emphasizes equally to the health and safety issues for workers. Various awareness raising and trainings program at varies level on occupational health and safety will be implemented to ensure proper health safety of the workers.

Under its CSR goal, CIM is preparing ground to develop entrepreneurs culture, strengthen industry-academia linkages, motivate & encourage innovative ideas to transfer into the business.Startup and Innovation program is newly conceptualized program aiming to support to transfer new business ideas into sustainable startup enterprises. Likewsie, in order to strengthen Industry academia linkage Industrial Research Centre is establish in the Name of CIM past president and prominent industrialist in Nepal Late Mahendra Golchha focusing particularly in large academia engagement in R&D related to economic issues.