HYDERABAD: With industrialists not much inclined to set up new industries outside Hyderabad, state government decided to roll out a policy to attract industries to backward districts by offering incentives.
“We will soon place a policy to this effect in the state legislative Assembly,” IT and industries minister KT Rama Rao said in the Assembly on Thursday in reply to a debate on the demand for grants for the industries department.
He also announced revival of major sick industries — the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) unit in Adilabad and the Sirpur-Kagaznagar paper industries. “We have started the process for revival of Ramagundam Fertiliser Corporation Limited (RFCL) with Centre’s support. The state also sought Centre’s help for revival of CCI. For CCI and Sirpur-Kagaznagar industries, the state has decided to extend all incentives intended for new industries under TS-iPASS,” he said.
Clothes for Hindus: TS government had been distributing clothes on Christmas and Ramzan festivals to poor Christians and Muslims respectively. On the same lines, clothes to the poor would be distributed on the occasion of Bathukamma festival from next October, KTR said.
This would encourage local handloom and powerloom industry. The plan is to distribute clothes on Dasara/Bathukamma to 65 lakh people at an estimated cost of `160 crore.
“We have conducted a survey on handloom industry with the help of Karvy. According to the survey, there are 17,000 handlooms and around 50,000 powerlooms in the state,” he added.
IT Park at Budvel: Rama Rao said that an IT park would be set up with 20 companies at Budvel on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will lay the foundation for the Textile Park in Warangal next month and allot lands to 20 textile industries which came forward to set up units there. A Green Industrial Park for Telangana Industries Federation will come up at Dandu Mlakapur in Yadadri district.
Archaka salaries: Endowments minister A Indrakaran Reddy said it was not possible to pay salaries to temple archakas through government treasury. However, he said, their salaries would be hiked this year and 864 temples will be renovated.