Jalandhar, September 19 Exports from Jalandhar were touching 205 nations, said Rajat Agarwal, CEO, Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion, while holding an industry interaction organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry here today. He said: “The state government is providing an annual employment subsidy of Rs 48,000 per employee for a period of five years.” Agarwal gave a detailed presentation on various initiatives of the state government and also interacted with industry members from Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and adjoining areas. He encouraged them to set up anchor units and assured that the government would provide full support in terms of infrastructure and speedy clearances. Agarwal opined that the industrialists should also make optimum use of ZED and cluster schemes offered by the Central Government. He also heard various issues encountered by the entrepreneurs and assured them that they would get timely resolutions from the policy makers. Harish Chavan, Chairman, CII, Punjab, listened to the grievances of the local entrepreneurs. Rajesh Gupta, Chairman, CII Jalandhar Zone, gave an account of contemporary issues pertaining to Jalandhar and touched upon crucial topics like transfer price of Industrial sheds and plots, capping of power tariffs for industry, investment-based fees levied by PPCB, automating the process of GST returns, processing of incentive cases, labour laws, providing infrastructure at upcoming industrial areas and many more. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar also joined the interaction and gave a heed to the industry suggestions and viewpoints, especially in context of infrastructure and necessary clearances at the district-level. The members discussed distinguished issues with Rajat Agarwal and Varinder Kumar Sharma, including the widening of the approach road to airport at Adampur and enforcement of law and order during the frequent ‘bandhs’. Barinder Kalsi, vice-chairman, CII Jalandhar Zone delivered the formal vote of thanks and mentioned that Punjab’s MSME sector has been able to showcase its manufacturing capabilities on the global business map and the need of the hour now is to shift gears for which both the government and the industry will have to hold each other’s hands. Prominent industrialists of Jalandhar, Phagwara and Ludhiana, including Bhavdeep Sardana, Kamna Aggarwalla, Sharad Agarwal, Ram Kapoor, SS Bhogal, among others, were present.

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