Bengal Cabinet gives nod to set up 100 industrial parks
Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Amid grievance that it failed to draw funding, the Trinamool Congress executive in West Bengal on Wednesday introduced a number of sops for businessmen, together with putting in of 100 commercial parks within the state to spice up employment era.
The ‘West Bengal Incentive Scheme-2014 for Executive Authorized Business Parks’ would focal point at the micro, small and medium enterprises, mentioned state House Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay as he briefed mediapersons of the choices taken on the Cupboard assembly, chaired by way of Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Introduced in 2014, the scheme has been prolonged for some other 5 years.
Fourteen parks unfold over 1,300 acres of land have been already being advanced underneath non-public partnerships, mentioned the secretary. “The federal government has made up our minds to enlarge the scheme to 100 suchparks to extend process alternatives within the MSME sector,” he mentioned.
The federal government’s announcement comes months prior to the 2021 Meeting elections within the state. With this choice, the ruling TMC targets to blunt BJP’s approach to nook the federal government over an alleged hunch in new investments.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has additionally again and again sought main points from the federal government as how a lot of the investments introduced within the final 5 editions of Bengal World Industry Summit (BGBS) fructified. Final week, BJP nationwide basic secretary and birthday celebration’s state in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya tweeted, “Why is there no new funding in Bengal? What’s the purpose of setting up industry summits and signing MOUs after they don’t lead to exact investments? Who’s profiting from organizing those jamborees? @MamataOfficial will have to solution those tricky questions.”
Bandyopadhyay mentioned that underneath the scheme, the federal government would reimburse Rs 2 core for an commercial park unfold over 20-39 acres, Rs four crore for 40-59 acres, Rs 6 crore for 60-79 acres, Rs eight crore for 80-99 acres and Rs 10 crore or extra for 100-plus acres. To say this incentive, industries must spend 20 consistent with cent of venture price on not unusual facility centres.
If a not unusual effluent remedy plant is constructed, the federal government will give a subsidy of Rs five lakh for each acre. For co-operative societies, the land stamp responsibility will likely be reimbursed. To construct infrastructure, the federal government will use energy sub-station and construct a connecting highway as much as 1.five km.
Within the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the secretary mentioned the Cupboard additionally introduced 642 jobs for the publish of scientific technologist: 485 for 75 hospitals and some other 157 for crucial care gadgets.
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