Pratibha Singh, MP called on Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi and requested him to extend the industrial package in the State till the year 2020. She requested him to provide incentives of capital investment subsidy on plant and machinery, 100% outright excise duty exemption for period of 10 years from the date of commencement of production for industrial units and 100 percent income tax exemption for period of five years and thereafter 30/25 percent exemption for the next five years in case of companies/other than companies respectively to all the new industrial units in the State to maintain the pace of industrialization.
Smt. Pratibha Singh demanded for the sanction of Rs. 100 crore projects out of 20 percent central component of Assistance to States for Development of Export Infrastructure and other Allied Activities (ASIDE) scheme and told him that the State level Export Promotion Committee had already approved these eight projects for coverage under 20 percent central component of ASIDE scheme during the 12th Five Year Plan. She said that these projects were also discussed in the meeting of Ministry held in February, 2013 and it was agreed in principle that Government of India would consider to sanction these projects from 20 percent Central component of ASIDE Scheme, but so far no progress in this regard has been made. She urged the Union Minister to grant timebound sanction to these projects for strengthening the industrial infrastructure in the State.
Pratibha Singh said that various projects like upgradation of power supply in Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) phase-1, EPIP phase-2 where housing projects for exporting units located in Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh areas, composite testing lab for pharma products at export cluster, Baddi, setting up container parking facility for exporting units in Baddi-Barotiwala area, common effluent treatment plant for exporting units at industrial area Kala Amb, development of industrial infrastructure at industrial area, Kala Amb and product development centre for Auto Sector at export cluster, Baddi would be commissioned with Central assistance. She also urged the Union Minister to release Rs. 70 crore under Central Transport Subsidy Scheme and Rs. 55 crore under Central Capital Investment Subsidy to the State for the first two quarters of the year 2013-14.