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Assocham seeks new industrial policy

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Development agenda: Venugopal N. Dhoot, president of Assocham, and secretary general of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India D. S. Rawat releasing Assocham report on ‘Orissa Towards Industrialisation’ in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. —

BHUBANESWAR: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) president Venugopal N. Dhoot on Sunday said the Orissa Government should have a new industrial policy to facilitate industrialisation in the State.

At a press conference here, Mr. Dhoot also said the State also should have a transparent and flexible land acquisition policy to facilitate land acquisition for the proposed mineral-based industries.

Stating that land acquisition was the major problem facing implementation of different big steel projects, Mr. Dhoot said the State Government should take the people into confidence by providing them proper rehabilitation and resettlement packages.

He suggested that apart from giving jobs to one member from each family facing displacement, the government should consider giving equity stakes to displaced families to make them shareholders in such developmental projects.

Secretary general of Assocham D.K. Rawat, who also addressed the presspersons, said that the administration at all levels should adopt a proactive approach to facilitate implementation of the proposed industries.

On the occasion, they also released a report brought out by ASSOCHAM titled ‘Orissa Towards Industrialisation’ highlighting the various issues. In the report, Assocham said that land acquisition couldn’t be left to industry alone.

“While the industry is willing to provide lucrative compensation and employment to the people displaced in land acquisition procedure, the Government should aim at forming a clear cut land acquisition policy,” the report said. With regard to mining and mineral policies, the report said the issue between the State and the Central governments needed to be resolved at a faster pace to facilitate faster implementation of the projects. The State Government needs to lay down clear rules on the requirements which industries need to meet in getting environment clearances, ASSOCHAM said in the report.

Mr. Dhoot and Mr. Rawat informed that Assocham had decided to open a special cell to attract more and more investments to Orissa in the coming years.

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