A delegation of Vidarbh Industrial Association (VIS) met the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in Nagpur on Tuesday during which CM apprised them of the congenial investment atmosphere prevailing in the state with the State Government solving problems under ‘ease of doing business’. He mentioned the fact that as per the 2016 ranking, the state had achieved the first position among Himalayan states while figuring in the list of the top 10 states. The State Government has managed to achieve 100 percent result in seven out of ten sectors, he claimed.
CM said that single window system and memorandum system being in place in the state, scrutiny and monitoring of things is being done by the state level committee (SlC) led by Chief Secretary and district level committee (DlC) led by district magistrates. Projects worth upto Rs10 crore are being sanctioned by DlC. To facilitate the entrepreneurs, the State industry department has established an investment facilitation centre (IFC). To make a conducive atmosphere for start-up, the state government has made Uttarakhand- specific start-up policy-2017. Besides, the state has its own MSME policy to attract investment and to generate employment. For the large- scale industries, mega industrial and investment policy and mega textile park policy have been firmed up. Besides, to establish knowledge hub/ pollution free industries, the state government has been developing a park in Kashipur spread over 40 acre land.
CM assured them that the state government is committed to providing every facility to bring investment into the state. He mentioned the Sanskrit grams being developed to enable the tourists to get a glimpse of state’s culture, traditional dress, food and village handicrafts. With the state having a tremendous scope for cluster development, the State Government is promoting agro-based industry, eco tourism, adventure sports, horticulture, arogya centre, medicinal and aromatic plants based industries, cultivation of flower and organic produce among others, CM said. It is learnt that the entrepreneurs expressed their desire to invest in agro, tourism, plastic and packaging industries, in particular.
Among those present were the VIS president Atul Pandey, vice- president Suresh Rathi, chief minister’s industrial advisor Dr KS Panwar, additional director industry SC Nautiyal, OSD to CM Abhay Rawat and Earnest & Young consultant Kanan Vijay.