51 Projects gets major relief by UP industry department

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Two days after the successful ground breaking ceremony for 81 projects entailing investment of Rs 60,000 crore, the state government in a major relief to industries disposed 51 issues including major policy issues on Wednesday.  

The decisions were taken at the meeting of Udyog Bandhu - a body for facilitating grievance redressaal of entrepreneurs and industrialists.  

The major decisions taken by Udyog Bandhu included the formulation of rules by the state government for No objection certificate by Fire department to cold storage before the issue of license for construction and commissioning of the storage. 

The meeting was presided by Industrial Investment and Development Commissioner and Chief Secretary Anoop Chandra Pandey, who directed Home department to take necessary action. 

In a big relief to pharmaceutical industry, the Chief Secretary directed Excise department officials to draft rules for units manufacturing homeopathic and allopathic drugs and using alcohol as raw material. The rules will be drafted under `Medicinal and Toilet (Excise duty) Preparation Act, 1955. 

Pandey also directed for preparation of a detailed project report by RITES for the construction of Common Effluent Treatment Plant in Tronica City, Ghaziabad for treatment of sewage before it is flown into Yamuna river. On June 4, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had issued notice to UP government and UP State Industrial Development Corporation on a petition filed by Trans-Delhi Signature City Resident Welfare Association seeking directions for the lack of sewage mechanism and disposal of solid municipal waste in Trans-Delhi Signature City in Ghaziabad, earlier known as Tronica City.

A three-member committee comprising of Ondustrial development, Energy and Finance department will look in to the grievances of electricity equipment manufacturers and supplies of goods to UP Power Corporation Limited about imposition of state GST on goods supplied by them in the state. 

The Chief Secretary also directed for expediting the process of arranging land for a mega food park in Gorakhpur.

The Wednesday meeting was the 8th monthly meeting of Udyog Bandhu for disposal of pending problems of entrepreneurs and existing industries in the state.  

Nearly 70 industrialists participated in the meeting and 51 cases were disposed during the meeting which saw the participation of officers from 15 departments and Food Corporation of India.