Himachal Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Tuesday said the officers of the State Industries Department should follow the axiom of the State Government, ‘Industries by Invitation’ to make Himachal Pradesh an Industrial hub of the country.
Presiding over the review meeting of the Industries Department held at Udhyog Bhawan here, Agnihotri said that to showcase the immense potential of investment in Himachal Pradesh, meets and interactions with investors were organised by the State Government at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmadabad and New Delhi.
He said that the State received 117 new proposals amounting to Rs 6,031.37 crore out of which 79 projects worth Rs 3,300.16 crore with employment potential of 9,093 persons have been cleared by State level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority (SlSWC&MA). The Minister said that all the officers of the Department should ensure maximum liaison with the potential entrepreneurs to attract investment to the State.
Agnihotri said that to provide world class infrastructural facilities to the entrepreneurs in the State, three State of the Art Industrial Areas were being developed in the State. He said work has been started on industrial area Pandoga in Una district and Kandrori in Kangra district with an estimated cost of Rs 140 crore and Rs 122 crore respectively. He said that land has also been identified in Dhabota, Nalagarh area of Solan district for developing industrial area.
The Industries minister said that land would be provided at concessional rate to the entrepreneurs providing employment to 100 Himachalis. He said several concessions and incentives were also being provided to the industrialists. He said that the State Government also proposes to set up ‘Himachal Bureau of Investment’ which would be a multi-departmental bureau to ensure speedy and time bound clearances and manned by officers of various departments.
“New enterprises in the State would be required to submit only self-certified documents online or manually. All the departments would issue provisional registration within 15 days from submission of the documents,” he added.
Industries Minister said that all the General Managers of District Industries Corporation (DIC) should hold regular meetings with the entrepreneurs as they were the ambassadors of the State to woo investments to the State and work with missionary zeal and dedication.
He also directed the officers of the Mining department to ensure that full transparency and fairness was adopted while going for auction of mining sites. Principal Secretary Industries, RD Dhiman gave details of various activities initiated by the Department to attract investments to the State. He said that the Department would ensure effective implementation of Central sponsored schemes for welfare of the industrialists as well as for rapid industrialization of the State.