Small Scale Industrial Units are fragile to the extent of facing extraneous vicissitudes of affecting their production and consequently their profits. This fact has to be borne by all the Government agencies dealing directly or indirectly with them . Not that the Government, Banks and other institutions which are central to their being in successful operation, are not conscious of the requirements and the support base from them but many a time, due to unexpected factors at the behest of the Governmental agencies, the units suffer. In the instant case, many such industrial units are reported to be suffering on account of the State Power Development Department (PDD) failing to clear the liability of over Rs. 200 crores of the unit holders for supplying various components and machinery for which either there were standing instructions or proper placement of orders. It is understandable as to how much money , material and labour must have been expended in producing items like electric poles(steel tubular), power transformers, transmission conductors, electric cables and other allied material by the local SSI units in Jammu, Bari Brahmana, Samba, Kathua, Srinagar and other parts of the State.
J&K SICOP and procurement wing of the Power Development Department were the agencies through whom these items, produced by the said Small Scale Industrial Units, were procured but without paying the cost thereof to them so far. Since most of the Units are running primarily on the loans from Banks,etc both for working capital requirements as well as initially for purchasing fixed assets and are required to repay in time bound manner, it is expected that the issue would be resolved on urgent basis.
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