Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday said the State Government wants to make Himachal Pradesh an ideal investment destination by relaxing the norms under Section 118 to set up industries and provide business friendly environment to the entrepreneurs.
Interaction with Industries Association of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) industrial belt, Singh said that the State Government was committed to simplify the procedure for section 118 clearances for purchase of land for setting up the industries in the State besides offering various other incentives to the businessmen.
"Some old industries or land which the entrepreneurs want to get away with or want to sell out to pave the way for another unit to come up or want to leave, we will see that the process of transfer or sale from one company to other does not hamper the transfer and we will try to relax the norms and make a policy pertaining to this," he said.
Singh stressed for providing employment to the youth of the State adding that the government will not listen to the excuses of the industrialists pertaining to the educational and technical qualification of the people of the State.He said that the Government would take adequate steps for strengthening the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Development Authority (BBNDA) so as to provide more autonomy, accountability and authority to it.
He said that the proposal for connecting Baddi-Barotiwala with rail link was in final stage from Kalka to Baddi via Chandimandir and the State Government was following up the same. “I am informed that the survey has been done and finalised and the alignment of the track has been finalised too”, he said.
The chief Minister also interacted with the industrialists and answered their queries and promised them that their genuine problems would be looked into.He also distributed keys of the Working Men hostel which he inaugurated earlier on Thursday to the stakeholders as out of 100 rooms 40 were taken over by few business houses for their workers.
Industries Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri said that the decision taken in a Single Window Meeting by the Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for granting clearances to the industrialists would stand as final and no department would thereafter raise objection which hampers the smooth process of wooing the investors in the State.
He said that all the clearances would be ensured within a 90 day period so that an environment could be created in the State for Industrialists to do the business with ease.