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Development
of Industrial Estates
This is the core
activity of the Corporation. The SICOP has contributed
significantly in creating the basic infrastructure for
the SSI units. The Corporation has developed seven industrial
estates spread over an area of 3489 kanal which have
been provoded with facilities like power supply, water
supply, roads and drains etc. These estates are located
at Zainakote, Zakura & Bijbehara in Kashmir Division
and Gangyal, Birpur, Kathua and Udhampur in Jammu Division.
The Industrial
Estates have provided an opportunity to more than 1000
numbers of SSI units to establish their industry in
these estates. A full fledged engineering wing exists
in the Corporation to exclusively look after the affairs
of these estates.
The salient features
of the Industrial Estates managed by the Corporation
are given here under :
Name of the
Industrial Estate |
Total Area(in canals) |
Vacant area
for allotment |
No. of units
alloted lands(in canals) |
Investments
made by units (Rs. in Lacs) |
Employment
Generated |
TurnOver
2007-08 |
Gangyal,Jammu |
988 |
0 |
323 |
9614 |
3000 |
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Birpur,Jammu |
306 |
0 |
167 |
4375 |
432 |
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Kathua |
522 |
0 |
130 |
9780 |
2200 |
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IID Udhampur |
814 |
0 |
173 |
425 |
403 |
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Zainakote,
Srinagar
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525 |
0 |
190 |
629 |
536 |
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Zakura,
Srinagar |
128 |
0 |
57 |
330 |
166 |
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Sports Goods
Complex at
Bijbehara,
Kashmir |
206 |
Under occupation
by security forces
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Total |
3489 |
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1040 |
25153 |
6737 |
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The Corporation
is developing new Industrial sites at the following
places under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes:
1. Integrated
Infrastructure Development Centre (IID) Govindsor Kathua,
over 579 kanals.
2. Silk Tech & Handicraft Park at Industrial Estate
Zakura, over 109 kanals.
The total employment
generation by the units in the industrial estate managed
by SICOP is of the order of arround 5500 persons directly.
A vast variety of industries have come up in these estates
that includes iron & steel based , wood based, plastic
based, ferrous and non-ferrous, food based, textiles,
cement based etc.
The Development of Industrial Estates is undertaken
by the Project Wing of the Corporation. The Industries
& Commerce department acquires the land through
Revenue Department and subsequently transfers the same
to SICOP for development. The allotment of land in these
estates is guided by the State Industrial Policy and
all allotment are made by the concerned Single Window
Committee headed by the District Development Commissioners
of the Districts. The possession of land allotted by
SWC is handed over to the allottees after, fulfillment
of certain formalities and payment of requisite premium
and ground rent. The entrepreneur is required to take
effective steps including execution if lease deed for
establishment of his unit by way of construction of
factory shed thereafter.
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