In a bid to facilitate and ensure uniform regional and sustainable development across the State, Haryana Government has formulated Industrial Infrastructure Development Scheme for development of infrastructure.
The State Government has decided to provide fiscal incentives to assist dispersal of industry to the industrially backward areas and infrastructure-led geographical dispersal driven by mega projects and industrial corridors, said a spokesman of the Industries and Commerce Department.
The scheme has been introduced for providing adequate width of road connectivity with the nearest State or National Highway, water and independent power feeder or sub-station up to the premises or periphery of mega project, and identified service enterprise.
These will also be provided to thrust rural clusters and rural functional clusters set up in ‘C’ and ‘D’ category blocks, Defence projects set up in ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ category blocks and industrial estates developed by private developers in C’ and ‘D’ category blocks. A yearly budgetary provision of Rs 100 crore would be made for the purpose, said the spokesman.
Under the scheme, various categories of organisations would be eligible for creating infrastructure in respect of road, independent power feeder and water supply.
These include Mega Project and Ultra Mega Projects, Mega Service Enterprises, Promoter, SPV of Thrust Rural Cluster or Rural Functional Cluster and Private developers of the Industrial Estates, he said.
The spokesman said mega projects involve fixed capital investment of over Rs 100 crore and above, or generation of direct employment to more than 200 people in ‘D’ category blocks, and fixed capital investment of over Rs 100 crore or generating direct employment for more than 500 people in ‘B’ a ‘C’ category blocks.
The projects undertaking expansion or diversification with same criteria of investment and employment would also be treated as mega projects. Besides, projects related to industrial sector, other sector projects, including health, education, skill development, research and development, logistics, testing labs, exhibition centres and power sector would also qualify as mega projects subject to fulfilling the stated criteria, he said.
The spokesman said mega service enterprises would include health care, education (skill development, raining-cum-incubation centres), IT, logistics, warehousing (cargo handling service etc.), bulk courier services, Industrial RD labs, equipment maintenance and repair, environmental serves (sewage/refuse disposal), entertainment parks except cinema halls having investment in building and equipment more than Rs 100 crore in ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ category blocks.
The thrust rural cluster would be a cluster for development of agro, food processing and textile sector by a group of industries or individual unit using local raw-material and resulting in value addition to the farmers in ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ category blocks.
The spokesman added that as per the eligibility criteria, mega project should have obtained change of land use or no objection certificate, if applicable, and the developer should have obtained license in respect of industrial estate. The mega project would be eligible to apply after making 50 per cent investment of the total project cost whereas the developer would be eligible to apply after making 50 per cent investment of the total cost of internal infrastructure development, he added.
The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) would be the state implementing agency or any agency appointed by the government to carry out all the industrial infrastructure related development works under the scheme.
Promoter or SPV of various clusters, promoter of the mega project and developer of private industrial estate would apply online on the portal of the Industries and Commerce Department for creation of infrastructure up to the premises of the project or industrial estate on the prescribed application form, he added.
The State Government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Administrative Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, which would be the competent authority to sanction the project.