The State level Single Window Monitoring and Clearance Authority have approved 193 project proposals through Single Window portal with an investment of Rs. 6100 crore, Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Monday.Presiding over the review meeting of Industries Department here, the Chief Minister said that the State had also organized Global Investors' Meet on 7th and 8th November, 2019 at Dharamshala to attract the investors' to invest in the State. He said that 703 MoUs worth Rs. 96721 crore signed till this Investors Meet. He said that 240 MoUs worth investment of Rs. 13656 crore were grounded within about two months of the Meet.Thakur said the State Government has simplified the various procedures under ‘Ease of Doing Business’, adding that H.P. Industrial Investment Policy-2019 had been implemented for time bound clearance and disbursement of fiscal initiatives. He said that Government Land Bank had been created under 600 which hectares of land have already been made available and 1300 hectares were under the process of transfer. The CM directed the officers to ensure regular interaction with investors and MoUs signatories so that projects slated to be executed could be started within the time period.
He said regular outreach programs through Webinars must be held with potential investors and industry specific Associations and advised the officers to prepare a plan for attracting investment in key sectors such as electrical vehicles, electrical and electronics, precision tools, IT hardware etc. Thakur said that even in the COVID-19 pandemic the pharma industry in the State remained functional and the drugs manufactured in pharma units of the State were even supplied to other countries.
He said that efforts should be made to convert this crisis into opportunity since most of the States were badly affected by COVID-19, the situation in Himachal Pradesh was far better.
He said that special thrust must be made on ensuring ‘Ease of Doing Business. He said that all the procedures, rules and Acts have been simplified and permission under Section 118 have been simplified and made online.
He said that as many as 37 services of 11 departments related to industrialists have been made online, which has resulted in decreasing footfalls in the offices besides facilitating the entrepreneurs. Thakur said that online self certification under the MSME (Facilitation and Operation), 2019 had been made operational which has resulted in time bound implementation of the projects.