The Chhattisgarh Government has decided to establish an Industrial Park in Raigarh district at cost of Rs91.50 crore.The Industrial Park to be established in an area of 1466 hectares which would comprise a wide set of industrial units including steel plants and power plants, officials stated.
The Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) would be setting up the project.It may be recalled that the Government has also decided to establish similar industrial parks in Bilaspur and Raipur at a project cost of Rs50.13 crore and Rs177 crore respectively.
Notably, the State Government has released sizeable land parcels in five districts for use by industrial units in the State.The land banks with Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) are available in Raipur at Abhanpur ( 24.406 hectares), in Dhamtari at Shyamtarai ( 8.830 hectares), Janjgir-Champa (Pavna) ( 45.054 hectares) and (Keraakachhar) ( 58.633 hectares), Baloda-Bazar Bhatapara ( Chichpol) ( 37.339 hectares) and North Bastar (Markikhuna) ( 7.070 hectares), officials stated.
Moreover, while simplifying the land allocation process for setting up industrial units in the State, the Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) has facilitated online submissions of the applications through its website and the State government portal, they stated.
Officials stated that applications for allocations of land will be accepted online only and applications on paper will not be entertained in its office.The applications for allocation of land in industrial areas or outside will be also accepted through its website and the State portal only.Earlier, the applications were accepted in CSIDC’s office and the after completing the process, land was being allocated.
As per the policy of State government, for making business easy for the people in the State, online application submission has been started. The system of taking application in all offices of CSIDC has ended , the officials informed. It may be recalled that on January 13 this year, the Chhattisgarh Cabinet endorsed the State’s ‘New Industrial Policy 2014-19’.
The approval to the policy was accorded in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya.After the meeting, the Chief Minister provided detailed information about the Cabinet decisions.He said that the policy includes the provision of subsidy worth Rs5 crore for establishing an Industrial Park in the private sector.Provision of establishing ‘land Bank’ over 10,000 hectares for various industries has also been included in the policy, Singh stated.
Moreover, to promote bicycle manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, electronic products, textile industries etc, these industries will be included as ‘Priority’ in the newindustrial policy. The prescribed limit for mega project will be reduced for theseindustries, so that they may get benefits of mega-project on lesser investment, he said.
Under the new industrial policy, the Chief Minister Cluster Development Scheme will be initiated, under which the State government will provide Rs50 lakh as subsidy.Singh said that on the lines of ‘Make in India’ concept, the State Government will implement ‘Make in Chhattisgarh’ policy under which manufacturing units of the related industries will be promoted with priority.
The domiciles of Chhattisgarh will be encouraged to set up their own enterprises and they will also be provided better employment opportunities, he said.Capital investment in the State will be promoted by making industry competitive in comparison to other states.
Weaker sections of society such as Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Disabled, Retired personnel, women and Naxal-affected families will be given preference under the policy. The mineral, forest and other resources available in the State will be naturally conserved, Singh said. For skill improvement of permanent residents of the State, participation of industrieswill be ensured, he said.