Union minister of commerce and industry, consumer affairs, food and public distribution, and textiles, Piyush Goyal and the Union minister of ports, shipping, and waterways and the ministry of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal also attended the meeting, the ministry of commerce and industry said in a press release.
Sitharaman emphasised upon the need to ensure continued coordination between the central and the state governments and said they should work collectively as ‘Team India’.
The finance minister urged all the states to tie up loose ends and move forward and resolve all pending issues through greater exchange and sharing of information to expedite the progress of works in the respective states.
Piyush Goyal emphasised upon the financial viability of the projects. He urged the states for faster allotment of lands at reasonable rates. He said that states should adopt innovative models and offer package deals for faster investments. Goyal added that electricity rates should be affordable and consistent as high rates of electricity are a deterrent to the industry.
The Union commerce and industry minister urged the state governments to expedite acquisition of contiguous, litigation encumbrance free land and grant early environmental clearances for the NICDIT projects. He added that states should focus on expediting the finalisation and execution of the Shareholders Agreements and State Support Agreements.
Goyal directed NICDC to foreclose the projects where the state government is not able to provide committed land in a time-bound manner and to conceive projects in other states that are willing to offer land to expedite investments in their respective states.
Sonowal stated that the development of economic zones in and around ports may also be looked into.
Sumita Dawra, special secretary-logistics, DPIIT and CEO and MD, NICDC presented action taken on the directions of the first meeting and further spoke about the recent developments in the industrial corridor projects and gave a brief overview about the projects which are in the pipeline. During the presentation, she highlighted the adoption of the Prime Minister’s GatiShakti National Master Plan in Industrial Corridor projects.
Chief ministers/ministers of industries/senior officials of the respective states spoke about the projects which are/or will be undertaken in their jurisdiction and the steps they are taking to ease the land allotment process and give faster clearances.
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