In a significant step to boost women entrepreneurship in the state, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has ordered the conversion of Jammu Haat into an exclusive 'Women Business Centre'.
For this, she directed Industries and Commerce Department to prepare a 'Business Plan' within the next two months so that brass tacks are done to establish the Centre, which she said is ideally located in the heart of the winter capital.
She said this while taking a detailed briefing of the Industries and Commerce Department, in the Civil Secretariat, here today.
She hoped the new State Industrial Policy will facilitate 'Ease of Doing Business' and give new direction in making Jammu and Kashmir an investor-friendly destination.
"We need to evolve a mechanism where high-end investors and business houses train our skilled manpower as per their requirement. Their DPRs should reflect the kind of skilled workforce they need," she said.
Mehbooba was informed that the Industries and Commerce
Some of the big companies to venture into Jammu and Kashmir include Blue Star, ITC, Dabur, Ever-Ready, besides Chenab Textile Mills, which is expanding its existing unit within an investment of Rs 1,200 crore.
The chief minister asked Industries and Commerce Department to facilitate credit flow to young local entrepreneurs in the state.
"Our focus should be on our own budding entrepreneurs as much as it should be on big investors," she added.
To build investor confidence, Mehbooba instructed the department to ease bottlenecks in clearances of cases for which more services like land allotment, power availability certificate and No objection Certificates from Pollution Control Board have to be brought within the ambit of Public Services Guarantee Act.