Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called on Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at New Delhi late evening on Thursday.
The Chief Minister requested for special industrial package for Himachal Pradesh. He said that in order to ensure balanced regional development it is the need of the hour that a special industrial package on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir and North-eastern states should be provided to the State.
He also urged to restart the previous transport subsidy scheme for hilly areas like Himachal Pradesh keeping in view high logistic cost due to rugged terrain. He said that this would go a long way in promoting industrial production and boosting exports. He also requested for providing funds for industrial infrastructure development projects, quality testing labs and certification labs for export promotion etc.
Chief Minister also requested for releasing pending amount of capital subsidy under Industrial Development Scheme and sanctioning pending cases under the IDS at the earliest. The Union Minister assured that the issues raised would be examined and that all possible support to the state would be extended.
Technical Education Minister Rajesh Dharmani, Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Sunil Sharma, Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister Ram Subhag Singh and other senior Officers of the state attended the meeting.
