The Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) on Monday lauded the efforts of State Government in making the State fastest growing in industry sector.
Director General of IEEMA Sunil Misra while talking to mediapersons said they would actively support the “Make in Madhya Pradesh’ proposition and will also come up with strategies for skill upgradation, infrastructure development and technological advances.
President of IEEMA Vishnu Agarwal said that MP Government has undertaken ‘Make in MP’ mission in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” campaign to overcome the challenges of power shortage. He praised the encouragement by the State Government for setting up of power plants by private investors.
Opportunities are immense in the areas of thermal, hydel, wind and solar energy generation and the Government are keen to support the private ventures in Madhya Pradesh.”
Power distribution issues and the need for technologies to improve the MP State’s energy ecosystem and curbing pilferage of electricity were highlighted. Commercially viable and competitive power supply to all consumers in State and much needed support for industrial development was discussed in detail.
The efforts of Government of Madhya Pradesh to provide special thrust to renewable energy progammes and new areas of technologies in the entire spectrum of non-conventional energy sources, which will provide immense opportunities in the field of wind, solar photovoltaic, biomass, solar thermal, small hydro and industrial wastes based projects, the association also brought to fore accumulated bad debts in power purchase expense conforming to Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board.