Thursday, February 2, 2017

CM issues clearance certificates for setting up of four industrial units

CHANDIGARH, FEB 2
 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal today handed over   clearance certificates for setting up of four industrial units in the State which would catalyze an investment of about Rs.972 crore and  generate employment opportunities for 3645 persons.
          The Chief Minister gave away these certificates after he  inaugurated the Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre (HEPC) in Panchkula near here today. These four companies included Canpack India Pvt. Ltd., Starwire (India) Ltd., Eglo India Production Ltd., and Enrich Agro Food Products Pvt. Ltd.
          Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that HERC - a unique Single Roof Clearance System for the benefit of the new units or units under expansion, is a part of Haryana's ongoing efforts to adopt a revolutionary mechanism to help simplify procedures and facilitate ease of doing business with the State supported by state-of-the-art technology platform. He also personally interacted with industry representatives to get their views and suggestion on reforms taken and how Haryana can further improve to become a front runner in ease of doing business.
          The Chief Minister said that Haryana has been able to achieve a phenomenal MoU conversion rate of 41 per cent wherein 148 out of 359 MoUs are under various stages of implementation. He also held a video conference with all the Deputy Commissioners  and  took review of cases  or applications lying with them on this occasion.
          He said that Haryana would be one of the first States in the country to launch a service that permits both - online submission and approval system through a dynamic interactive portal under a single roof, backed by a statute.
          Mr Manohar Lal said that that the inauguration of HEPC - the Single Roof System was a momentous event which marked a Paradigm Shift at Government level for Ease of Doing Business for the Investors and represented the commitment of his Government implementing reforms in letter and spirit. The Reforms started taking shape with the announcement of the Enterprises Promotion Policy in August 2015 which laid a lot of emphasis on the Ease of Doing Business and creation of a single roof approval mechanism. The Policy proposed creation of a Haryana Enterprises Promotion Board under the chairmanship of Chief Minister at the apex level for approval of special package of incentives to Mega Projects  involving an investment of Rs. 100 crore and above, along with creation of the Empowered Executive Committee headed by Principal Secretary to Chief Minister for approvals   to projects above Rs. 10 crore and Change of land use for one acre and above. Similarly, District Level Clearance Committees have been set up in each   District  and are headed by each of the  respective Deputy Commissioners for approvals or clearances to projects of upto Rs. 10 crore or Change of land use less than one acre.
          The HEPC would provide Single Roof Solution to all the investors for their new and expansion projects as well. The HEPC has been suitably strengthened by providing the necessary manpower from different Departments for according approvals to Enterprises with necessary powers and infrastructure. The HEPC has been suitably reinforced through necessary empowered manpower and infrastructure. It is headed by Principal Secretary, Industries who is also its  Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Managing Director-HSIIDC is its  Additional Chief Executive Officer and Director of Industries and Commerce is Deputy CEO.As many as  23 nodal officers from all the Departments have been posted with the HEPC who have been duly empowered for according approvals for 53 services.  About 53 industrial services of 18 Departments are offered under HEPC, and remaining industrial services would be added under the purview of HEPC. It is to be noted that all State Level Industrial clearances /services would be granted in a maximum of 30 days, with an additional provision of 15 days for seeking information from the investor.
          Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu, Minister of State for Mines and Geology Mr Nayab Singh Saini, Minister of State for Cooperation Mr Manish Kumar Grover and Mr Gian Chand Gupta, MLA Panchkula were also present.

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