'Industrialisation imperative for socio-economic emancipation'

Jammu and Kashmir government today called for optimum exploitation of the state's industrial potential to boost economic and employment activities.
"Optimum exploitation of vast industrial potential in the state is needed to boost economic and employment activities in a big way," Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo said, while interacting with industrialists and officers of his department at Kathua district.
"Industrialisation was imperative for socio-economic emancipation in view of the global race and competition in the free economic world," Kichloo said.
The minster asked officials to put in every effort for entrepreneurship development in the state and presented a cheque amounting to Rs 1.20 crore to Power Development Department for providing power supply to industrial estates maintained by the Small Scale Industrial Corporation (SICOP).

Kichloo also inspected the Ghati Industrial Estates maintained and developed by SICOP.