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INDIAN STATE : JAMMU
AND KASHMIR
Policy Framework
Industrial Policy 2004
Objectives
The primary objectives of the Industrial Policy 2004
are:
- To achieve sustainable industrial development in
all regions for increasing the rate of growth, value
of output, employment, income and overall economic
development of the State;
- To strive towards balanced economic and social development
in all regions of the State by promoting industrialization
particularly of the industrially backwards areas;
- To encourage and sustain the cottage and tiny industrial
sector which, with law investment, is able to provide
employment to a large number of people in the state.
- To create a supportive environment with transparency
and easy access in information, technology and financial
resources.
- To revive potentially viable sick industrial units
so as to put to optimum use the capital and other
resources already employed in such enterprises.
- To promote the growth of thrust and export-oriented
industries and encourage high-tech and knowledgeable
based industries including information technology.
- To take necessary steps in the field of Human Resources
Development to make available skilled / technical
manpower as per the needs of industry.
Approach and Strategy
The strategy for achieving the objectives, and the
main elements, of the Industrial Policy 2004 are:
| 1. |
Providing improved infrastructure
and support services, with emphasis on regular and
uninterrupted power supply. |
| 2. |
Single window clearance system
for power, pollution control, land allotment and
registration of industrial unit. |
| 3. |
Closer interaction with financial
Institution and commercial banks, to ensure regular
and adequate flow of finances to the industrial
sector. |
| 4. |
Rehabilitation of potentially
viable sick industrial units. |
| 5. |
Improving competitiveness of
existing industrial units by facilitating modernisation
aimed at enhancing productivity, energy efficiency
and better environment management. |
| 6. |
Enabling manufacturers of quality
consistent products to augment their sales within
and outside the state by brand promotion. |
| 7. |
Reorienting Industries and
Commerce Department. |
| 8. |
Export promotional measures
to augment export of products of the state outside
the country. |
| 9. |
Permanent Grievance Redressal
System to remove bottlenecks in import and export
of products to and fro the state. |
| 10. |
Environment protection, to conform
to state, national and global regulations. |
| 11. |
Entrepreneurship development
in the state, to provide opportunities to educated
unemployed. |
| 12. |
Encouraging Research & Development. |
| 13. |
Focusing on thrust areas with
natural advantages in the state and facilitating
large investments in prestigious projects. |
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Text of the Policy
Information Technology Policy
Objective
The primary objectives of the IT policy of the State
are as follows:
E-Governance: To use IT in the process
of Government functioning to bring about Simple, Moral,
Accountable, Responsive and Transparent (SMART) governance
to its citizens.
IT in Industry: To use IT effectively
in industries especially where the State has competitive
advantages, for making such industries more global and
help them to generate additional revenues; to diversify
the local industries into being web- enabled and attract
IT companies from elsewhere in the country and the world.
IT in Education: Encourage the use
of Information Technology in schools, colleges and educational
institutions so as to enable students to improve their
skills, knowledge and job prospects and enable them
to obtain employment in this sunrise industry.
Investments in IT Sector: To encourage
and accelerate the investments and
growth in IT hardware, software, Internet, training,
IT enabled services, telecom, e-commerce and related
sectors in the State.
IT for Social Equity: To utilize
the power of Information Technology in the overall goal
of improving healthcare; empowering women, rural &
tribal communities as well as economically weaker sections
of society. The ultimate aim is to enhance social equity
and justice.
IT for Employment: To use Information
Technology for generating additional employment for
the new digital economy.
IT Infrastructure: To provide adequate
infrastructure in the state, so that the IT sector can
flourish and also to facilitate citizens of the state
to use IT for a better quality of life.
Localization: To facilitate
localization of software, so that benefits of IT could
percolate not only in the English language, but
also in the local
languages.
To Promote:
(a) E-Tourism: To use IT for heralding world class
E-Tourism in the state.
(b) E-Health: To bring the specialized treatment to
the remotest area of the State through telemedicine.
(c) E- commerce: To use IT to boost trade and commerce
in areas of traditional strength of the State such as
handlooms, handicrafts and horticulture.
Full
text of the Policy
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of Jammu and Kashmir
J&K
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