CHANDIGARH: Haryana deputy chief minister, Dushyant Chautala said on Tuesday that the state government has decided to give exemption in electricity-duty for 20 years under 'Haryana Enterprises and Employment Policy -2020' (HEEP) to attract more industries in the state. Earlier this exemption was applicable only for 10 years, he added.
Apart from this, those industries which will employ local youth will get a subsidy of Rs 48,000 per employee per year for seven years, he added.
He further said that special measures are being taken in the direction of providing benefits to investors by giving them 100 per cent investment subsidy in lieu of state goods and services tax. He said that the government has also planned to give special exemption in this policy to the industries for the management of residues of paddy straw and other crops so that along with being self-reliant in terms of electricity the country and state itself will be pollution-free. The draft of HEEP has been finalized and will soon be implemented in the state.
Dushyant Chautala, who also holds the portfolio of industries & commerce and labour & employment departments said this while presiding over a meeting regarding 'Haryana Enterprises and Employment Policy -2020' with the concerned officers.
Chief principal secretary to chief minister, D.S. Dhesi, principal secretary industries and commerce department, AK Singh and director, industries & commerce department, Saket Kumar, additional director, Wazeer Singh, OSD, deputy chief minister, Kamlesh Bhadoo, and other senior officers were also present during the meeting.