Question : INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS



(a) whether the Union Government have received any proposals for the industrial development from various State Governments during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details of such proposals State-wise; and

(c) the reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DR.RAMAN SINGH)

(a) and (b) The proposals received from various State Government Undertakings from January1998 to November 2000 is listed below:

Name of the State	Number of proposals received
Licensable sector Delicensed sector
Assam - 1 Gujarat 1 1 Kerala - 3 Madhya Pradesh 1 - Maharashtra - 2 Punjab - 16 Uttar Pradesh - 4 West Bengal - 2


(c) The two applications received in the licensable sector have been granted Letters of Intent. In the delicensed sector, the entrepreneurs file an Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda(IEM) with the Central Government to set up industries and no further approval is required.