Question : INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE FOR KERALA

(a) whether the Union Government have received any proposal for the Industrial Development of Kerala State;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the reaction of the Government in that proposal?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DR. RAMAN SINGH)
(a) to (c) A Statement is attached.

Statement giving reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1998 tabled by Shri T. Govindan, regarding Industrial Development Package for Kerala for answer on December 1, 2000

(a) Government of India has received the following proposals for Kerala during the last three years :-

I)	3 Industrial Licences applications [for the period 1998 to 2000 (October)].
II)	2 proposals for setting up Industrial Parks.
III)	6 Proposals for setting up Integrated Infrastructural Development Centre.

I)	Industrial Licence Applications :-
Name of the firm and Location	Item of Manufacture
1.	M/s Cochin Refineries Limited	Rubberised Bitumen	(Ernakulam)
2.	M/s Rubberwood (India) Pvt.	Planned Wood, Wooden	Ltd. ( Kottayam)	Boards etc.
3.	M/s Kochi Refineries Ltd.	Mineral Turpentine Oil	(Ernakulam)
II)	Proposals for setting up Industrial Parks :-
Name of the Firm	Location
1.	M/s Kinfra Export Promotion	Ernakulam	Industrial Parks Limited

2.	M/s Western India Kinfra Ltd.	Pallakad.
III)	Proposals for setting up Integrated Infrastructural Development (IID) Centre :-
Proposals have been received for setting up IID Centres at following six Districts	in Kerala
1.	Malappuram.	2.	Kasargod	3. Wayanad	4.	Ernakulam	5.	Trichur	6.	Pathanamthitta
(c)	I)	Out of the three Industrial Licence Applications M/s Cochin Refineries	Limited has been granted the Letter of Intent.	II)	Both the applications for the Industrial Parks mentioned above have approved.
III)	IID Centres at Malappuram, Kasargod, Wayanad and Ernakulam have been sanctioned.
Receipt and consideration of proposals is a continuous process 
(a)	Government of India have received three Industrial Licences applications for setting	up of industries in Kerala during the period 1998 to 2000(October). 
(b)	The details of the applications are as under -
Year	Sl.	Name of the firm	Item of Manufacture	No.	and Location
1998	Nil
1999	1.	M/s Cochin Refineries	Rubberised Bitumen	Limited, (Ernakulam)
2.	M/s Rubberwood	Planned Wood, Wooden	(India) Pvt. Ltd.	Boards, etc.	(Kottayam)
2000 (upto	1.	M/s Kochi	Mineral Turpentine Oil
October)	Refineries Ltd.	(Ernakulam)
(c)	M/s Cochin Refineries Limited have been granted the Letter of Intent.