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| Peace necessary to foster industrial growth: Azad | | CM inaugurates grand industrial exhibition at Kashmir Haat | |
Srinagar, November 10 (
Reiterating the necessity of peace to foster economic development and welfare of the state, Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday that for nurturing industrial sector conducive and peaceful atmosphere is a pre-requisite.
Inaugurating grand industrial exhibition at Kashmir Haat here, Chief Minister said that vast potential for growth and development of industries and handicrafts can only be harnessed for the benefit of people and the state when peace gets strong roots and apprehensions of investors are done away with on this count.
Chief Minister said that handicrafts of Jammu and Kashmir are world famous and the feasibility for establishing vast range of industries in the state in agriculture, horticulture, software technology and other sectors is second to none. “These sectors are biggest employment generators, unless we all strive for cultivating peace, the optimum use of these sectors could not be achieved”, he maintained.
Mr. Azad said that in order to promote world famous handicrafts of Jammu and Kashmir and seek remunerative returns for handicraft and industrial products, grand exhibitions of Jammu and Kashmir industrial and handicrafts products would be organized in every state of the country, saying that he has already given words to his counterparts of various states in this regard.
“Had the period of militancy not crippled the fast growth and development of industrial and handicrafts sectors in the state, putting artisans and workmen idle, the state’s graph of industrial growth would have sky-rocketed earning prosperity and fortune for the vast population of skillful artisans, artists and entrepreneurs of the state”, Mr. Azad lamented.
Chief Minister said that government is making earnest endeavours to put shambled economy back on rails and infuse new life in the sick industrial sector to pave the way for large scale employment generation and economic well-being of the state. He said outside investors and big houses have already been persuaded to establish industries in the state especially in Kashmir division and rural areas of Jammu and Ladakh for which number of incentives and packages have been made available to them. However, he repeated that peace is must to nurture industrial sector in the state.
Mr. Azad while visiting various stalls and evincing keen interest in the products like generator sets, electric appliances and other products of various handicrafts, he, at the stall of J&K Handicrafts Corporation emphasized the need for strengthening this sector. He counseled the corporation to keep at least one lakh art pieces of chain-stitch rugs ready for export as it has a great national and international market.
Mr. Azad was accompanied by Minister of State for Industries and Commerce Dr. Romesh Chander Sharma, Chairman J&K Handicrafts Corporation Haji Abdul Rashid, Commissioner/Secretary Industries and Commerce Mr. L. D. Jha, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Mr. Basharat Ahmad, Director Industries, Director Handicrafts, various heads of departments, Chairman FCIKI Mr. Shakil Qalandar and representatives of trade and industrial organizations. |
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