jj correspondent
Srinagar, July 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday emphasized that 2023 will be the year of Agro-Industrial revolution powered by Holistic Agriculture Development Plan (HADP) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Lt Governor said this while chairing a high-level meeting today with senior officials underscored that 2023 will be the year of HADP and increased production in Agriculture & Allied Sectors that will offer vast opportunities to agro-industries.
The meeting also reviewed the status of Industrial Investment and discussed strategies on boosting investments in a fast-track mode.
He directed the officials that the potential of new cold storage, cold chains must be tapped to ensure rapid economic growth flows to rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
In order to scale up further infrastructure, the Lt Governor directed officials to push for greater private investment in inland ports, container depots, food processing units.
The Lt Governor directed for proactive steps to increase private industrial estates equipped with necessary infrastructure.
Emphasising that the women-led enterprises will shape the future of J&K, Lt Governor said we must ensure their increasing presence in the economy and designate more exclusive industrial estates for women entrepreneurs.
Highlighting that GI Tagging has offered enormous potential to transform the handicraft sector and to boost export, Lt Governor said authenticity of products like Pashmina must be ensured for export.
The Lt Governor also directed the concerned officials to accelerate the development of basic amenities like connectivity, power and water facilities in the new Industrial estates.
The Lt Governor also called for replicating the best models of Industrial Estates developed in other parts of the country.
The Lt Governor was briefed on investment in different sectors, status of Land allotment, new Industrial estates, fast-track grounding investment, policy initiatives, promoting start-ups and scalable startups and achievements in exports of major products like Carpets, papier mache, shawls, chain stitch.
Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, Shaleen Kabra, Financial Commissioner Revenue, Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary, Forest Department, Santosh Dattatreya Vaidya, Principal Secretary, Finance Department, H. Rajesh Prasad, Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, Vikramjit Singh, Commissioner /Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department and senior officers attended the meeting. UNI
