Govt working on creating land bank to attract investments: Piyush Goyal

28 Jul 2020 Evaluate

With a view to attract investments, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said the government is working on creating a land bank and will soon set up a single window system for clearances and approvals for industry. He said six states have already given their consent for land bank, and potential investors would be able to locate and identify land from their distant offices for industries, without frequently visiting the offices of land owning agencies.

He said a nodal officer has been appointed in every central department, and project development cells are being set up which will help in development of investible projects in coordination between the central and state governments. He added that the government has identified 20 industrial sectors to focus on. These sectors include furniture standard as well as special, air-conditioners, leather, footwear, agro-chemicals, ready-to-eat food, steel, aluminium, copper, textiles, electric vehicles, auto-components, TV set-top boxes, CCTVs, sports goods, ethanol manufacture and bio-fuels, and toys.

Goyal said ‘this will help in scaling up investment, and leveraging the competitive edge of the country...The industry should assimilate artificial intelligence, data analytics, robotics and all other best practices’, added that using technology does not imply loss of jobs in any way as increase in production in the country will lead to creation of more employment. The minister said conducive environment will be created for foreign investment in health and education sectors also. He added that investors will be given full support in terms of policies, processes, regulations and everything will be transparent, open and equitable.

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