Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 15: Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga today said the Government is committed to the industrial development of the State.
The Minister said this after inauguration of Office-cum-Storage Facility at Industrial Estate (I.E.) Zainakote. The facility has been established at the cost of Rs 855.60 lakh under State plan and PMDP package. The new building will have the stores for various raw materials like Steel, Raw Pashmina, Cement, Plastic Granules etc. besides full-fledged office complex.
Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi and MLA Noor Mohammad Sheikh were present on this occasion.
Addressing the gathering, Minister stated that Government is committed to provide better job opportunities, facilities for skill development and safe working environment for the established and new entrepreneurs.
The Minister further 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. The development and promotion of Small Scale Sector in the State is the prime focus of the present Government and hoped that the new infrastructure & building will assist SICOP in its mission of storing and providing efficient services to the Industrial Units and the Government Departments.
Minister asked MD SICOP to develop Cricket Stadium for the youth at Zainakote, which is the long pending demand of the locals.
The Minister of State for I&C Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi said that the State Government is committed to provide a suitable environment for development of Small Scale Sector in the State. “Various new Industrial Estates are at different stages of development and it is our priority to develop these estates in short span of time so that land could be available to the prospective entrepreneurs,” he added.
On this occasion, the Ganga interacted with the local entrepreneurs and assured them that the Government will provide all the basic amenities to the industry in the shape of infrastructure and other facilities.
Earlier, Minister along with MoS Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi and MLA Ganderbal Sheikh Ashfaq Jabbar inaugurated up-graded infrastructure at Industrial Estate Zakura at an estimated cost of Rs 260.25 lakhs under PMDP.
Ministers also laid a foundation stone for re-commissioning and up-gradation of Kashmir Filature at Solina Srinagar. The estimated cost of this project is Rs. 567 lakh.
Ministers also inspected silk reeling unit, Shoddy spinning (A unit of JKI) and Poshish Showroom of Handloom Development Corporation at the Solina premises.
Minister was accompanied by Commissioner/Secretary to Government Industries & Commerce Department Shalinder Kumar, Managing Director SICOP, Managing Director Handicraft Development Corporation and other senior officers of the Industries & Commerce Department.
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