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Maharashtra unveils new industrial policy
Friday January 04, 2013 08:58:31 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: A proposed
investment of Rs.5 lakh crore, jobs for two million people, new
industrial corridors and attractions for micro, small and medium
industries are part of Maharashtra's New Industrial Policy
2013-18, announced here Thursday.
The new policy - which aims to increase the state GDP to 28
percent - will be implemented from April 1 and will be valid for
five years, it was officially announced.
The government has proposed integrated industrial areas (IIA) to
ensure all-round industrial development and boost the "walk to
work" concept, said Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
"We want proper all-round development in the state. With the
special economic zones (SEZs), there have been issues like minimum
alternate tax and dividend distribution tax. So, we are now
offering IIAs," Chavan said.
Chavan said that those who have acquired land for SEZs directly
from the central government, may get it de-notified and then apply
to the state government for the IIAs.
The other highlights include a 1,000 MW gas-based power plant and
multi-modal logistics park in the Talegaon area on the outskirts
of Pune, as part of the state government's initiatives under the
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).
The opposition parties slammed the policy, terming it as
"favourable" to builders.
"It is clearly directed at favouring builders," said Leader of
Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse of
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Khadse, a former finance minister in the 1994-99 Shiv Sena-BJP
alliance government, said it was "not an industrial policy, but a
housing and residential policy".
The Confederation of Indian Industries welcomed the new policy,
especially the sections on the IIAs, and micro, small and medium
enterprises which form the backbone of economic growth
constituting 80 percent of the total enterprises.
The Indian Merchants Chamber also welcomed the NIP, terming it as
"pro-active to the industry".
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