Commerce minister to meet Environment minister on manufacturing policy

20 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will meet the new Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today to discuss the proposed manufacturing policy and industry concerns on green clearances for projects.

Many mega industrial projects from, infrastructure, constructions, power and mining projects like Posco in Orissa and Lavasa in Pune have been delayed due to environment related issues.  The draft new manufacturing policy which aims to attract foreign investment and increasing share of manufacturing sector to in the country’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP), has been stuck because of inter-ministerial differences on the issues like labour and environment.

The draft manufacturing policy suggests that industries in National Manufacturing Investment Zones (NMIZs) - big enclaves which could even subsume special economic zones - should be given flexibilities to downsize labour. Likewise, it recommends changes in the environment norms which come in the way of investment.

Earlier, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) had issued a concept paper for setting up NMIZs, which are being planned as mega industrial cities with the entire infrastructure. Government is aiming to increase the share of manufacturing sector from 16% to 25% of GDP by 2025. The policy also targets to generate 100 million jobs 

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