PHD Chamber held the meeting with key industry people from Haridwar, Roorkee and Bhagwanpur Industrial estates on the occasion of launch of ‘Make In India’ campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In the context of Uttarakhand Anil Taneja Resident Director of Uttarakhand chapter of PHD Chamber shared that as per the recent survey based study done by chamber in MSME sector of the state highlighted constraints of infrastructure, governance, ease of doing business through simplified rules, deregulation, lack of technology up gradation and adoption in the industry for innovation, policy paralysis. He said that all these issues and more has been included in the Make In India vision statement by the PM.
On this occasion Dr PKGosh Dean of IIT Roorkee stated that the Government has already taken strategic steps and IITs have been instructed to strengthen the bond with industry and work towards technological interventions for innovation and quality improvement.SK Patra Ex CEO and president of Pantanjali Food park, said that there is no dearth of talent, technology and the political will now seems to be strong for tapping the vast potential of growth in India through the Make In India vision.
Raj Arora, the general secretary of SIDCUl Manufacturers Assoc. (SMA)an IIT professional and entrepreneur praised the vision statement by PM. The function was supported by SMA and other regional associations including SEWA, RSSIA, BIA.Gautam Kapoor of Bhagwanpur Industrial Estate expressed that hopefully Govt. will wake up to the critical need of infrastructure deficit and help us grow. Trilok Singh the GM of DIC Uttarakhand stated that govt. is very well aware of the problems and there are positive changes promised by the political and administrative higher ups.