Chief Secretary pushes for swift solutions to industrial concerns

Jammu, Sep 28: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of senior officers to review action taken on the issues raised by Industrial Associations at Civil Secretariat, here.

ACS, Forests, Principal Secretary, APD; Principal Secretary, Finance, Commissioner Secretary, Industry and Commerce, Secretary, PWD, MD SIDCO, Director Tourism, Jammu, Director, I&C Jammu and other senior officers of concerned departments attended the meeting.

Threadbare discussion was held on various issues related to Industrial sector including GI authentication , export development, development of inland container depots, operationalisation of OTS committees, disbursement of turnover incentives and policy for extension of lease for industrial sector.

The meeting also discussed other issues including power amnesty for Industrial and Commercial units, licensing issues of wood based industry, extension of NCSS, single window clearance system, GST incentives, exit policy for industries, Udhyam registration and price- purchase preference for locals, free hold rights for industrial units which have been functioning satisfactorily for a long time, GST on card-board boxes, Warehouse Policy, review of infrastructure available at Fruit Mandies, support to wool processing units and registration of handicraft units/artisans as MSMEs.

The officers of the concerned department briefed the chair about the present status and action taken on the issues highlighted in the meeting and steps being taken to resolve the genuine ones in a time-bound manner.

While reviewing the issues highlighted in the meeting, the Chief Secretary directed the concerned authorities to take required steps to sort out the same.

On the issue of operationalisation of OTS Committees, the Chief Secretary asked the concerned to revisit the policy in term of RBI guidelines in vogue. He also asked the concerned officers to improve the working of single window system and give focus to resolution of grievances on time.