Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 2: The State Government is committed to make J&K the most preferred investment destination, said Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga, while chairing the meeting of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), here today.
The Minister called for coordinated approach to lay out the desired design for the Ease of Doing Business in the State and stated that Government is working hard to improve business environment and State’s ranking on Ease of Doing Business.
The Minister exhorted the need for effective operational strategies to create enhanced opportunities of employability in the State and said that Jammu and Kashmir would soon be listed in the top 15 states in the list of Ease of Doing Business in the country.
Ganga shared that along with the incentive packages from Central Government, the State Government has also come up with number of policy measures like fiscal incentives, availability of land banks, development of industrial corridors, power availability and Ease of Doing Business to extend a red carpet welcome to the potential investors in the State. He said Government has taken a number of measures like self-certification contributing towards building a conducive environment for investors.
Minister said that Government is committed to provide better business facilities to the industries including 24×7 power supply, road connectivity and better infrastructure.
Sachit Jain, Vice Chairman Vardhman Special Steels Ltd. and Deputy Chairman CII Northern Region was also present on the occasion.
Rahul Sahai, Chairman CII J&K Council had invited Sachit Jain, to interact with Minister of Industries and Commerce and CII members in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sahai in his interactions discussed the possibilities to bring in prospective trade and investment in Jammu and Kashmir keeping in view the strength of the State.
“We strongly believe that States in North like Jammu and Kashmir has tremendous potential to grow and become a manufacturing and service sector hub in North India. What is needed is a strong focus on harnessing competitiveness at policy and regulatory level to remain an attractive investment destination and competitiveness at industry level,” said Sachit Jain.
“CII J&K State Council has been working closely with the Government through regular interactions with policy makers of Government. We have been advocating policy reforms from time to time by submitting draft papers and we continue to support the vision of the Government,” said Rahul Sahai Chairman CII J&K State Council.
Ashwani, GM DIC, RS Sharma, OSD to Minister, Sanjay Puri, Rajesh Sharma, Ankur Gupta, Ashish Jain, Harit Bhalla, Harbinder Singh, Amit Choudhary, Aleem Jaan, Ravnish Gulati, Abhinandan Sachdeva, Gaurav Khajuria, Arun Gupta, Sujiv Jain, Gagan Jain, Pankaj Jain, Vivek Bhardwaj, Khurshid Dar, Mahak Mahajan were among those who attended the meeting.
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