Lucknow, June 11: The proposed industrial policy of the Uttar Pradesh government has not gone down well with an RSS-backed body, which has demanded that certain points in the draft be reconsidered.
Throwing a spanner in the policy, Laghu Udyog Bharti, an RSS affiliate associated with small scale industries and having a network of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) in the country, said it is sore that there is no encouragement for the industries which have either closed down or are on the verge of closure.
The blue print of the ‘UP Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy-2017’, which promises ease of doing business, tax relief and continuous power supply and aims at promoting units in the backward Purvanchal and Bundelkhand regions, has already been approved by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The RSS affiliate aired its views even before the draft was uploaded on the website of the department eliciting suggestions and objections of people before it is finalised and presented before the state cabinet.
“Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath June 9 approved the draft of new industrial policy. The policy seems to be quite promising for the new industries, but there is no encouragement for industries that have either closed down or are on the verge of closure,” General Secretary of Laghu Udyog Bharti (Uttar Pradesh unit) Ravindra Singh said.
“We welcome the policy, but request the BJP government to reconsider some points in the draft of the policy,” he said. Laghu Udyog Bharti is a confederation of numerous MSME units across the country and endorses the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “The encouragement given to the MSME sector as compared to the mega projects is very less. The MSME sector is the backbone of the state’s economy and contributes tremendously in development of the state and in employment generation,” Singh said. “Hence, the yardstick should have been the same for the MSME sector and mega industrial units in terms of financial encouragement,” he said.
Singh said office bearers of Laghu Udyog Bharti will soon meet UP Cabinet minister Satyadev Pachauri to voice their concern. PTI