Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, while reviewing the Gamechanger schemes of the Industry Department organized at the Secretariat on Tuesday, directed the officials to work more rapidly towards grounding the investment proposals received in the Investors Summit.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that to promote investment in the state, full attention should be paid to the facilities and conveniences of the investors. The Chief Minister directed the high officials to personally maintain regular contact with the top fifty investors investing in the state and said that investment friends should be deployed for the convenience of investors. The Chief Minister also gave instructions to continuously monitor the process from ease of doing business, enterprise registration to land allotment and to make the single window system more simple.
The Chief Minister said that the number of beneficiaries under the CM Swarojgar Yojana should be increased further. This scheme is proving to be very effective in the state. So far, about thirty-five thousand people have benefited from this scheme. Along with wide publicity of all the new policies brought in the state, efforts should be made to benefit more and more youth from these policies. Along with promoting the products of the state under the export policy, people associated with export should also be encouraged. Along with giving priority to handloom, homestay and agro-based small industries in the hilly districts, the Chief Minister also directed to open youth incubation centers by linking the startup policy with the industry department.
In the meeting, Secretary Industry Vinay Shankar Pandey informed that under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor, an SPV has been formed for the implementation of the ambitious plan to build an integrated manufacturing cluster equipped with world-class infrastructure facilities in an area of 1002 acres in Khurpiya Farm. After the completion of this project costing Rs 1265 crore, about 22 thousand people will get employment. An amount of Rs 207 crore has been released by the Central Government for this project. To promote entrepreneurship, construction of flatted factories with a capacity of 280 units in Haridwar, 18 units in Pantnagar and 12 units in Selaqui is in progress.
Vice Chairman of Infrastructure Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan, Principal Secretary R.K. Sudhanshu, R. Meenakshi Sundaram and officials of the Industries Department were present in the meeting.
