Make in India will take the country to Global Market: Raghubar Das

Ranchi, Sep 8: A single-window portal was launched�by�Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das�for ease of doing�business�in the state.

In an event being organised at Ranchi, Single Sign-On for �Ease of Doing Business� portal was launched on Tuesday. Sector Specific Policies for development of Food Processing sector, Feed Processing sector, setting up of Industrial Parks and to boost Exports from Jharkhand are also released. Senior officials from Government of India, Industry leaders and senior officials from Government of Jharkhand attended the event.

The portal � http://www.advantage.jharkhand.gov.in � will allow seamless integration with portals of various government departments by eliminating the�need�to sign in multiple times, as well as creating separate login credentials for different departments.

This feature has been currently made available for availing services of Industries Department, Commercial Tax Department, Labour Department, Industrial Area Development Authorities and Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board. Other departments shall be integrated soon.

Addressing the gathering, Chief Minister Raghubar Das spoke about the necessity for providing time bound facilities to investors to attract investments and generate employment for prosperity of people of Jharkhand. He thanked the officers for working with dedication and team work to make possible Single Sign-on for Ease of Doing Business in such a short time. Counting on changes made by Departments, Chief Minister mentioned to bring all departments under Jharkhand Sewa dene ki Guarantee Act in near future.

Minister of State for Rural Development, Sudarshan Bhagat�mentioned Single Window System in Jharkhand is the best among other states. He shared his vision on role of Ease of Doing Business for realizing Make in India initiative. He congratulated the industry in Jharkhand and invited them to take advantages of the policies.

Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba praised the efforts of all the departments and the team work displayed by the officials to earn a better ranking for Jharkhand, which we actually deserve. Giving reference to published reports, he illustrated, why it is important to promote investments to create employment opportunities and role of Ease of Doing Business is very important.

Policy initiatives are providing strategic direction to development of various industrial sectors in the Jharkhand. In the process, four policies were launched including: Jharkhand Food Processing Industry Policy 2015, Jharkhand Feed Processing Industry Policy 2015, Jharkhand Industrial Park Policy 2015 and Jharkhand Export Policy 2015.
Raghubar Das, mentioned that the focus of Food and Feed processing policies is to improve the earning of the farmers by creating more demand for the agricultural produce.

As about half of Jharkhand�s population is engaged in agriculture and primary sector, higher value addition in this sector will provide multiple economic opportunities to large number of households. Jharkhand�s geographic location also makes it suitable for agro based industries. These sectors are also suitable for MSMEs and hence secondary employment will also be high.

Further, he mentioned that Industrial Parks Policy 2015 provides incentives for setting up of private industrial parks, which will bring best practices of industrial parks development and management in Jharkhand.

Chairman CII (ER) & CMD, Garden Reach Ship Builders & Engineers, RAdm (Retd) A. K. Verma and Chairman, CII, Jharkhand & MD TCIL. Mr. Verma emphasised that Jharkhand�s Single Window initiative is moving in the right direction and shows promise. Tarun Daga shared Industry�s perspective on the Ease of Doing Business and the policies released today.

Ms. Gangotri Kujur, MLA (Mandar), Development Commissioner, Govt. of Jharkhand, Shri R. S. Poddar and Regional Director, CII (ER), Dr. Saugat Mukherjee also shared the dais.

Secretary-Industries, Government of Jharkhand, Ms. Himani Pande welcomed the participants at the event and Director-Industries, Government of Jharkhand, Mr. K. Ravi Kumar proposed the vote of thanks.