Reiterating his firm commitment to further strengthening ease of doing business in Jalandhar, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori today once again called upon investors to make Jalandhar their business destination as an elaborate mechanism has already been put in place to provide them fast-track regulatory approvals from ten key departments with respect to opening new industries.Participating in a virtual review meeting chaired by CEO Invest Punjab Mr. K.K. Yadav, the DC said that the district administration was striving hard to ensure best of the facilities to investors in Jalandhar.
He further added that District Bureau of Industry & Investment Promotion (DBIIP) has been set up to fast-track the regulatory approvals from ten key departments with regard to opening new industries, which has proved to be a boon for the investors as the nodal officers across key departments meet on every Tuesday at DBIIP to grant regulatory approvals, said the deputy commissioner adding that so far the Jalandhar DBIIP has conducted as many as 25 sessions. Mr. Thori stated that in case, any investor want to meet the official concerned of the ten departments including DTP, Municipal Corporation, Deputy Director Factories, PPCB, PSPCL, Department of Forest and Wildlife, Public Works Department, Department of Taxation, Department of Industries & Commerce, and Punjab Small Industries & Export Corporation, they can join the bureau meeting held with all ten nodal officers in the room number 314, third floor, District Administrative Complex, Jalandhar.
He also called upon the business community to bring their maximum investments in Jalandhar as an elaborate mechanism was already put in place to facilitate investors as they can call the Senior Consultant on his mobile number 9032304050 for any kind of assistance with respect to their investment ventures.Pointing out further, Senior Consultant Jalandhar DBIIP Stephen SJS said that during last financial year Jalandhar was among top districts in terms of improving ease of doing business. The Jalandhar had outperformed in many aspects including total numbers of applications received through business first portal, applications approved within timeline, average time taken for regulatory clearance, and user rating score. He said that this year more concerted efforts would be made in making Jalandhar a leading district in industrial and investment promotions.