Government forms panel to suggest industrial policy roadmap

NEW DELHI: Government today constituted a committee to examine and suggest a roadmap for a new industrial policy for north eastern and Himalayan states.

The panel will be chaired by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, and will have Secretaries from various Ministries like MSME, Ministry of North Eastern Region, Textiles, Power, Commerce, Expenditure, Tourism, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) as members, among others.

DIPP shall function as the Secretariat for the committee, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion said in a notice.

The industrial policy is crucial in order to attract and promote conducive investment environment in the North Eastern and the Himayalan region of India.