ITANAGAR, Jun 19: “The state needs a major breakthrough in attracting outside investment to expedite the path of industrialization of this hilly state”, said Industries, Textiles & Handicrafts and Power Minister Tamiyo Taga at the Annual Conference-cum-Interactive Session with officials of the District Industries Centres (DIC’s). 

Stating that industrialization would generate more jobs to the unemployed, Taga said there is urgent need and feasibility of medium, small and micro Industries based on agriculture, horticulture, forest and minerals the raw materials of which are abundant in the state and pleaded to create an investor friendly state to attract more outside investments in these sectors.

While advising the District officials to be innovative and proficient in discharging their duties, the Minister informed a certain portion of the annual budget of the Department would be earmarked to train, attend seminars, workshops and exposure trips of the officials to keep them updated. 

With a view to gauge the overall performance of the DIC’s, Taga felt the need to categorize the DIC’s based on the volume of their industrial activities similar to Assembly Constituencies. He further informed that although proposal for the ‘Mega Food Park’ at Bhalukphong was good but there was no land available for the purpose and that Govt. was also planning to acquire land  for the ‘Industrial Corridor Road’ from Bhutan to Ruksin to expedite industrialization in this hilly state. Further, the minister also pointed out that the Department’s lone subsidiary Corporation APIDFC Ltd. needed to be revived to perform its mandated objectives to regain its lost glory by deputing young and energetic personnel from the Industries department.

Responding to demands of the Industries Department Employee’s Welfare Association (IDEWA), Parliamentary Secretary (Industries) Karya Bagang said the demands especially of the District officials were genuine. She felt there was urgent need to create more posts in the Districts that had been back logging since 1990’s besides the problems of accommodation, vehicle, manpower shortage and streamlining of transfers and postings of all categories of officials. Earlier, IDEWA had submitted a memorandum to the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary urging them to create more ministerial posts in the Districts and not to allow the newly created Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department to requisition manpower along with posts from the parent Industries Department.

Urging that Industry was supposed to be ‘Backbone of an Economy’, Commissioner Industries Tahang Taggu, IAS pleaded the Minister and the Parliamentary Secretary to urge the Chief Minister to declare Industries Department as a ‘major department’ as in other parts of the country. He also requested them to urge the Govt. to give one time relaxation in creation of the backlog 84 posts that were pending for the past two decades.

Urging the district officials to work in tandem with their respective Deputy Commissioners in the Districts, Taggu further advised them to create an investor-friendly atmosphere and to maintain co-ordination and cordial relations with their respective local entrepreneurs. He also urged them to maintain sense of fraternity among themselves and to maintain official secrets act, good friendly relations with subordinates and to update their technical know how’s periodically. 

Earlier, Director Industries Taru Tallo described the various facets of the Department through a power-point presentation touching upon pertinent ongoing activities undertaken by the Department. The director also pleaded for early creation of the backlog 84 posts for the seven newly created Districts.

All the district officials were present on the occasion.     

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Kenter Joya Riba

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