DISCUSSES MEASURES TO BOOST INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PUNJAB, HARYANA, CHANDIGARH
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At a press conference held at the CII Northern Region Headquarters today, Mr Deepak Jain, Chairman, CII Northern Region & Chairman & Managing Director, Lumax Industries Ltd, shared the organization's key recommendations for the growth and development of the industry in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh.
During the conference, Mr Jain highlighted the need for the right infrastructure, logistics, and government support to transform the region into the country’s industrial hub. States like Punjab and Haryana have a high potential for Exports from sectors like Textile, Auto Components, Bi-cycle, Food Processing etc. He also emphasized CII's long-standing commitment towards the growth and development of the industry and the need for a collective effort to achieve it.
CII Northern Region shall soon initiate an Incubation programme for handholding budding entrepreneurs and also help them in networking to find potential investors. It shall also work towards bridging the rural-urban disconnect and will work extensively on brining in diversity at workplaces in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh. (SUBHEAD)
“This year, CII will focus on internalizing the tenets of sustainability and climate action and accelerating its globalisation journey for leadership in a changing world. This will be undertaken through an inclusive model of growth that builds trust between all stakeholders, including Government, Industry, society, consumers, investors, and the external community,” he shared. He gave the example of projects like CII’s Crop Residue Management, which is running in 12 districts of Punjab and Haryana, covering 300 villages and 3 lakh acres of farmland and 50,000 farmers.
Mr Jain also announced the CII National Theme for the year, ‘Towards a Competitive and Sustainable India@100: Growth, Livelihood, Globalisation, Building Trust,' which aims to amalgamate CII's efforts in the country towards scaling the competitiveness ladder to drive growth. Under the aegis of the theme, CII Northern Region's five main priorities and focus areas for the year include Export-led Growth & Competitiveness, Innovation & Digital Transformation, Sustainability and Clean Tech, Startups & Entrepreneurship, and Diversity & Inclusion.
Amongst other action points, CII envisions engaging with the State Governments for policy advocacy on a host of issues such as onboarding the National Single Window System & Gati Shakti portal along with forming GST-like Councils in areas of reform such as labour, power, agriculture, land, education, and healthcare.
Prior to the press conference, Mr Deepak Jain, accompanied by Mr Madhavkrishna Singhania, Deputy Chairman, CII Northern Region & Deputy MD & CEO, JK Cement Ltd and Mr Prashant A N, Regional Director, CII Northern Region met with the CII Northern Region Membership where illustrious business leaders from the Region were present, such as Dr PJ Singh, Chairman, CII Punjab & Managing Director, Tynor Orthotics Pvt Ltd; Mr Vivek Gupta, Chairman, CII Chandigarh & Managing Director, NEC Packaging Ltd; Mr Anurag Gupta, Vice-Chairman, CII Chandigarh & Managing Director, Usha Yarns Ltd; Mr Gagan Kapoor, Chairman, CII Himachal Pradesh & Proprietor, Pulkit Industries; and Mr Navesh Narula, CII Himachal Pradesh & Director, Tesna Tech Pvt Ltd.
