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Policy framework

Delhi Industrial Policy 2010-2021

Vision

"Make Delhi a hub of clean, high-technology and skilled economic activities by 2021 by adhering to following basic principles: Infrastructure Development Decongestion Promoting `Walk to Work' Simplifying Business Industry Consultation in Decision Making & Sustainability".

Salient Features

  • Policy Shift essential to change industrial profile from low-skilled to high tech and high-skilled. The Policy asserts Six-Pronged strategy:
  • Infrastructure Development through better O&M of industrial assets.
  • Facilitating business by simplification & e-enabling measures.
  • Support skill development & other promotional measures like allowing Knowledge-Based Industries in industrial area among others.
  • Decongesting industrial areas through redevelopment schemes.
  • Promoting cluster development of high-technology and skilled industries in new industrial areas through public-private partnerships.
  • Discourage polluting industries through higher infrastructure development fee.
  • Government's role will be to provide good infrastructure, investor friendly environment with a responsive feedback and consultation mechanism.

Full text of the policy

Delhi Industrial Development, Operation and Maintenance Bill, 2010

A bill to make special provision for securing the orderly establishment of industrial areas,industrial estates and flatted factories complexes in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, and to assist generally in the organisation, including operation and maintenance thereof, and for that purpose to reconstitute and empower Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 ( 1 of 1956), and for purposes connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Full text of the bill

Information Technology Policy

The Government of Delhi recognizing the enormous potential of the Information Technology sector put forth the IT policy in 2000. The policy aims to explore new avenues of development employment, productivity, efficiency and enhanced factors of economic growth. The government envisioned that Delhi will emerge as a premier cyber state in the country and its citizens would be e-citizens.

Policy Objectives

6 E's govern the aspirations of the IT policy namely

  • E-Governance: Tool of e-governance to aid the government to deliver proactive and efficient services to its citizens.
  • Equality: Achieve the objectives of poverty eradication, improving healthcare, empowering women and economically weaker sections of the society through the medium of information technology.
  • Education: Encourage the use of IT in schools, colleges and educational institutions thus enabling skill upgradation, knowledge and job prospects in the industry.
  • Employment: Generate additional employment for the new digital economy.
  • Entrepreneurship: Unleash the incubation engine, promote entrepreneurship, earn foreign exchange and increase IT's contribution to the economic growth of the state.
  • Economy: To encourage and accelerate investments and growth in IT hardware, software, Internet, training, IT enabled services, telecom, e-commerce and related sectors in the state.

Full text of the policy

Transport Policy

The state transport policy aims at providing safe, eco-friendly, cost-effective and efficient modes of transportation through a well-integrated multi-modal transport system.

Policy Objectives

  • Augment mass rapid transport system by means of massive investments through institutions.
  • Provision of adequate, accessible and affordable modes like buses, mini-buses, electric trolley buses complemented by a network of a rail based mass rapid transit systems like metro and commuter rail. Intermediate Public Transport System (IPT)
  • Controlling vehicular Pollution: Provision of CNG buses, strengthening the pollution norms, introduction of strict inspection and certification systems.
  • Road Infrastructure: strengthen transport infrastructure by constructing a number of flyovers, subways, expressways etc.

Vision

Delhi should be a well-managed, clean and dynamic city serving its citizens as a model capital city.

Mission statement

To provide safe, eco-friendly, cost-effective and efficient modes of transportation through a well-integrated multi-modal transport system

Full text of the policy

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