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INDIAN STATE : CHHATTISGARH
Government Policies
New Industrial Policy (2004-2009)
Objectives of the Policy
- Create additional employment opportunities by accelerating
the process of industrialization in the state.
- Ensuring maximum value addition to the abundant,
locally available mineral and forest based resources.
- Ensuring balanced regional development by attracting
industries in the economically backward areas of the
state.
- Make industrial investments in the state competitive
vis-à-vis other states in the country.
- Promote private sector participation for creation
of industrial infrastructure in the state.
- Create an enabling environment for increasing industrial
production, productivity and quality upgradation to
face the challenge of competition emerging from economic
liberalization.
Strategy of the Policy
- Ensure availability of necessary basic industrial
infrastructure like rail-road, power, water, etc.
- Encourage private sector for providing quality infrastructure
in the least possible time.
- Establish new industrial areas, expand the existing
industrial areas and to improve available services
therein.
- Set up special industrial parks to provide common
infrastructure and services by adopting cluster approach
for the development of industries, which have not
been developed in spite of availability of necessary
resources.
- Identify and promote such non-traditional industries
for which good potential exists in the state due to
availability of necessary resources.
- Establish an effective system of "single point
contract" and "time bound clearance"
for providing requisite facilities, services and statutory
clearances
- Provide special directed incentives to encourage
establishment of industries by the weaker classes
and in the economically backward areas of the state.
- Provide special incentives to small scale and cottage
industries to create employment opportunities in the
industrial sector in the least possible time throughout
the state.
- Provide incentives to industrial units for technology
upgradation and modernization to enable them to face
the challenges of global competition.
- Make arrangements for skill improvement, training
and guidance of younger sections to enable them to
seek maximum possible employment.
- Provide special package necessary for rehabilitation
of sick and closed industrial units.
- Establish an effective system of "single point
contract" and "time bound clearance"
for providing requisite facilities, services and statutory
clearances for investment.
Directed Incentives under the Policy
- Directed incentives will be provided for industrial
investment in the state in the form of interest subsidy,
infrastructure development capital investment subsidy,
exemption from stamp duty, exemption from entry tax,
allotment of plots at concessional premium in industrial
areas, exemption from land diversion fee, reimbursement
of project report expenses, quality certification
subsidy, technology patent subsidy, interest subsidy
for technology upgradation, etc.
- Herbal medicine processing, auto components auto
components-spare bicycle, aluminum based down stream
products, food processing, pharmaceuticals, electronic
products, white goods electricity generation from
non-conventional sources are the "special thrust
industries". These get higher rebate/concessions.
- Service charges on land allotment reduced from 35
per cent to 15 per cent.
- Infrastructure subsidy on capital investment up
to 9 years equivalent to the commercial tax payment.
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text of the policy
IT &ITES Policy
The state of Chhattisgarh recognizes the importance
of Information and Communication Technology as a key
enabler in its economic development and improving the
quality of life. Information Technology has been identified
as a special thrust industry and the IT policy of the
state lays considerable stress on building a comprehensive
IT infrastructure to facilitate the growth of the sector.
Objectives of the Policy
- Establish Chhattisgarh as a leading destination
of choice for IT investments.
- Provide an enabling environment for a robust an
enabling environment for a robust growth of local
It industry in the state.
- Leveraging IT for improving Governance in the state.
- Planning and investing for the future of IT requirements.
- Use IT as an enabler for development of non-It industries
- Taking internet to masses for facilitating information
access
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text of the policy
Energy Policy
The state of Chhattisgarh is fortunate to have surplus
electricity and has immense possibilities of coal based
thermal power generation. Considering the abundant availability
of coal in the state, Chhattisgarh can be developed
as a "power hub" of the nation from where
power could be exported to other to other states facing
power deficit.
The state government has formulated the "energy
policy" with the main objective of accelerating
the pace of development of the state.
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text of the policy
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