Govt to put in place industry corridor management soon
Govt to appoint management team for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corp for implementing the latter's $90 bn project.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: The government will soon appoint a management team for Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation for implementing the latter's 90-billion dollar corridor project.
While the corporation has been incorporated, the government is yet to appoint the management for the project to be developed with financial assistance from Japan.
"We plan to put in place the management (for the project) very shortly. The first phase of the project is likely to be implemented by 2012-2013," Minister of State for Industry, Ashwini Kumar, said.
The project involves building of large industrial enclaves on both sides of the Delhi-Mumbai railway freight corridor to get the maximum benefits of the rail link.
Kumar said the project would result in the development of an union territory and six states - Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
"This would ensure millions of new jobs in the heartland of India. This (the project) is a major step in promoting employment on a large scale," he said.
Kumar said he has recommended a slew of projects for improving connectivity and skill upgradation in the state.
These include a day-train between New Delhi and Pathankot, construction of the Centre for Vocational Education and Skill Upgradation in Gurudaspur and a food-processing centre in Pathankot.
The government had introduced programmes such as Bharat Nirman, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, he said.
"We believe that by end-2009, these programmes would have been carried to a large number of intended beneficiaries," he said, adding "the government will be investing 500 billion dollars for infrastructure in the next five years".
While the corporation has been incorporated, the government is yet to appoint the management for the project to be developed with financial assistance from Japan.
"We plan to put in place the management (for the project) very shortly. The first phase of the project is likely to be implemented by 2012-2013," Minister of State for Industry, Ashwini Kumar, said.
The project involves building of large industrial enclaves on both sides of the Delhi-Mumbai railway freight corridor to get the maximum benefits of the rail link.
Kumar said the project would result in the development of an union territory and six states - Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
"This would ensure millions of new jobs in the heartland of India. This (the project) is a major step in promoting employment on a large scale," he said.
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Kumar said he has recommended a slew of projects for improving connectivity and skill upgradation in the state.
These include a day-train between New Delhi and Pathankot, construction of the Centre for Vocational Education and Skill Upgradation in Gurudaspur and a food-processing centre in Pathankot.
The government had introduced programmes such as Bharat Nirman, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, he said.
"We believe that by end-2009, these programmes would have been carried to a large number of intended beneficiaries," he said, adding "the government will be investing 500 billion dollars for infrastructure in the next five years".
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