India: Government constitutes High Level Committee to develop roadmap for accelerating investment & industrial growth


21 dec 2009

The Government has today constituted a High Level Committee (HLC) of State Industry Ministers to develop a roadmap for accelerating investment and industrial growth in the country. This is in pursuance of the discussions in the meeting of State Industry Ministers held on 17th November, 2009. The Committee will have the following composition:


I. Industry Minister, Assam

II. Industry Minister, Andhra Pradesh

III. Industry Minister, Madhya Pradesh

IV. Industry Minister, Maharashtra -Convener

V. Industry Minister, Punjab

VI. Industry Minister, Rajasthan

VII. Industry Minister, Haryana



The terms of references of the HLC will be as follows:

i. Formulation of a framework for preparation of State specific investment promotion strategies based on each State’s natural endowments and potential;



ii. Design of a single window mechanism to simplify and rationalize the licensing and clearance procedures required to start and run a business;



iii. Drawing up an outline for the preparation of State level skill development plan based on a skill mapping exercise in terms of demand and supply of skill sets within a State to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the state specific industrial strategy;



iv. Preparation of guidelines for the creation of an Industrial Land Bank consisting of available waste and fallow lands, lands locked up in industrial units/areas that are sick/defunct and lying unutilized while leaving aside productive agricultural land as far as possible.