PUNJAB ALL SET FOR MAJOR REFORMS IN INDUSTRIES DEPARTMENT
* Sukhbir Singh Badal Constitutes A Reforms Committee To Submit Report In 30 Days
* Punjab To Create Land Bank To Facilitate Industry
Chandigarh :-
Industries department in Punjab is all set for major reforms as Mr.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister today set the ball rolling
for making state no. 1 investment destination.
Reviewing the implementation of Administrative Reforms in a high level
meeting to make Industries department investor friendly, Mr. Badal said
that after upgrading the infrastructure of the state, it was imperative
for Industry Department to remove all bottlenecks coming in the way of
investors’ investing in Punjab. The Deputy Chief Minister, who is also
holding the newly created portfolio of Investment Promotion constituted a
Reforms Committee under Dr. Parmod Kumar that would submit its report
within 30 days suggesting reforms in the Industry Department. Mr. Badal
said that his endeavor was to make Punjab as most investor friendly
state and set-up single window service in its true spirit. He said that
if industries department does not receive clearance from any department,
it would be deemed approved.
Emphasizing the need for creating
a Land Bank, Mr. Badal said that the experiment of other states
offering land to the industrial houses ‘off shelf’ has been very
successful as no industrial house wants to get entangled in land
acquisition disputes. He said that it was the prime duty of the State
Government to provide land clear of all hindrances to the investors with
all the clearances including Pollution Clearance, Forest NOC, Power
Connection, NOC from Labour Department etc. to the investors so that
they would immediately go ahead with the setting up of project.
Asking the department to study the concept of Industrial
Estates threadbare, Mr. Badal said that department should come out with
the workable proposal for promotion of industry in the state. Stressing
the need of a regular monthly meeting of ‘Empowered Committee and
Project Approval Board’, Mr. Badal said that it was the duty of the
department to ensure that these meeting do take place every month. He
said that performance of Secretary and Director of Industry Department
would be gauged from the fact that how much investment they could
attract with their efforts.
Punjab Industries
Minister Mr. Anil Joshi gave out a briefing of pending investment
proposals and steps taken by the department to attract investments in
the state.
Prominent amongst those who were present
in the meeting included Mr. Rakesh Singh, Chief Secretary, Mr. S.C.
Agrawal, Chairman Right to Service Commission, Dr. Parmod Kumar,
Chairman Governance Reforms Commission, Mr. Karan A. Singh, Principal
Secretary Science and Technology, Mr. S.K. Sandhu, Principal Secretary
to Chief Minister, Mr. P.S. Aujla, Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief
Minister and Mr. S.S. Bains, Director Industries.
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