(a) whether the Union Government has drawn up any guidelines for the development of SSI units in the country particularly in Jharkhand;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the closed SSI units in Jharkhand are likely to be reopened;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES ( SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD )
(a) & (b): The development of Small Sale Industries is
primarily the concern of respective State Governments/Union
Territories. The Central Govt. supports and supplements the
efforts of the state Governments/Union Territories through
implementation of various schemes and programmes relating to
enhanced fiscal and credit support/better infrastructure,
marketing facilities and incentives for technology upgradation.
These schemes/programmes are being implemented across the country
including Jharkhand.
(c) to (e) The Government is fully seized of the problem of
industrial sickness amongst the SSI units and has taken various
steps to facilitate timely identification and rehabilitation of
potentially viable sick industries including institutional
mechanism in the form of State Level Inter-Institutional
Committees, Special Rehabilitation Cells in banks and State
Financial Institutions. Elaborate guidelines have been issued by
the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) for extending rehabilitation
assistance to eligible units. Further, based on the
recommendations of the Working Group set up under the Chairmanship
of Shri S.S. Kohli, the RBI has drawn up revised guidelines for
rehabilitation of sick SSI units, which include, inter alia,
change in the definition of sick SSI units, norms for deciding on
their viability, concessional finance, etc. The RBI has circulated
the revised guidelines on 16th January, 2002 to all the Scheduled
Commercial Banks for implementation. The revised criteria will
facilitate the banks to detect sickness at an early stage and take
corrective action for revival of the potentially viable sick SSI
units.
Further, the Government of Jharkhand has constituted an
apex body under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Industries) for
revival of closed and sick SSI Units in the State.