Question : SETTING UP OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES IN MADHYA PARADESH

(a) whether after 1990 not a single Heavy Industry has been set up in Madhya Pradesh so far;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) the efforts being made by the Government for setting up of heavy industries in Madhya Pradesh; and

(d) the schemes containing proposals for setting up of various industries in Madhya Pradesh pending with the Government indicating places alongwith these schemes would be set up?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (DR. VALLABHBHAI KATHIRIA)

(a) to (d): Following the delicensing of the non-strategic sector, the initiative for location of industries rests with the promoter. In so far as the Department of Heavy Industry is concerned, there is no proposal for setting up any new public sector unit.