Sindh Minister for Industries and Commerce and Cooperative Department Jam Ikram Ullah Dharejo has said that the provincial Government will provide incentives to industrialists to establish industries in the province.
This he said while presiding over a meeting here in the office of Sindh Small Industries Corporation on Tuesday. On this occasion MD SSIC Dr. Sarwat Faheem, chief engineer Muhammad Atif Ghayas, Director Admn Dr. Rashida Hafeez and other officers were also present.
Briefing the meeting, Managing Director Dr. Sarwat Faheem told that there were 22 industrial estates in Sindh, in which there were almost three thousands and five hundred plots, out of 412 plots were to be allotted. Minister for Industries and Commerce & Cooperative Department Jam Ikram Ullah Dharejo asked them to motivate industrialists to establish new Industries in the province especially agro based, marble, plastic pipe production industrial units.
He directed to cooperate with local police to resolve the issue of law and order situation in certain industrial estates and also to take steps to generate the revenue.
Jam Ikram Ullah Dharejo added, ‘ Steps should also be taken to give salaries on time so that the employees may work with piece of mind’.
He said that biometric system should also be strictly implemented to ensure regularity and punctuality of the employees, adding that noone was above the law. Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce & Cooperative Department Jam Ikram Ullah Dharejo suggested to arrange awareness seminars for new business establishing people to guide them in starting their business.
He directed to cancel allotments of those Industrial plots, which had not been utilized for the purpose and lying vacant from a certain period.
Provincial Minister for Industries and Commerce & Cooperative Department Jam Ikram Ullah Dharejo agreed upon the suggestion that for motivation of the industrialists they should be given the facility of deposing their dues and utilities in installments. ‘All measures should be taken to boost up small Industries in the province’, he concluded.—INP
