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UP industrial policy to focus on Agra

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Vishal Sharma New Delhi/ Agra
Last Updated : Feb 14 2013 | 10:52 PM IST
After establishing guidelines for the development of non-polluting industries in Agra, the Uttar Pradesh government is now planning to bring out an industrial policy keeping the city in mind.
 
This is likely to include the development of industrial and special economic zones in Agra and Firozabad, subsidising the manufacture of CPCB-compliant generators and increasing the CNG quota for local industries.
 
Recently, S Ram, joint director, industries, UP, held discussions in this connection with the industrialists of Agra and Firozabad to formulate a new industrial policy which shall be placed before the Commissioner of Industries, UP, on 1 July for approval.
 
According to Ram, the National Chamber of Industries and Commerce, UP demanded quick action on the development of an integrated special economic zone and release of a Rs 10.50-crore grant for the ailing foundry industry to help it develop the technology for a gas-based cupola furnace.
 
He said it was observed that over the years, most of the industrial areas of Agra had either become too congested or had slowly been taken over by the fast-growing urban population, necessitating the development of newer industrial areas outside the city limits.
 
Apart from that, he said the state government was also considering providing up to 50 per cent subsidy to Agra's generator manufacturers for fitting noise-suppressing canopies in their existing generators to make them CPCB-compliant.
 
Ram said the state government had already gone ahead with plans to develop a 100-acre "Crystal City" in Firozabad to showcase the local glass industry that ranked among the largest glass manufacturing units in the world.
 
In the proposed "Crystal City" project, he said the government had envisioned a mini-SEZ where industrialists shall have the benefit of interacting directly with importers through a world-class shopping complex that shall be constructed alongside some star-category hotels and other infrastructural facilities to attract foreign importers to the town.
 
In Agra, he said the proposal of setting up an Integrated SEZ for the leather, handicrafts and carpet industry was in its final stages and a number of infrastructure development companies, including Parsvnath Developers and DLF, had submitted their proposals for the project.

 
 

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