INDIAN STATE : MANIPUR

Policy Framework

New industrial Policy 2002

To facilitate rapid and substantial industrial development in the state through enhanced investment, an investor-friendly environment, provision for infrastructure and institutional support, attractive incentive package and optimum utilisation of existing resources in order to gainfully exploit emerging opportunities in the National and International markets and generate substantial income and employment avenues for the people of Manipur. This will be done by providing industry access to high quality infrastructure, extending institutional support for technology upgradation, deregulating the business environment for an efficient, proactive and transparent administrative frame-work and catalyzing the entrepreneurial as well as creative capabilities of the human resources.

Goals of the policy

• Create necessary conditions for maximum possible utilisation by tapping locally available raw material and human resources for industrialisation.
  
• Create gainful employment opportunities for local population.
  
• Develop industrial infrastructure in selected areas by providing common facilities in a compact area for specialised categories of industrial units. Provide other critical infrastructure such as power, water, communication, etc.
  
• Promote export-oriented industries with a view to exploit the emerging market opportunities in the neighbouring countries.
  
• Develop marketing facilities for industrial products.
  
• Encourage large and medium industries in public, private, joint and assisted sectors to create an industrial base making use of the available resource base of the State in selective categories compatible with local environment and ecology.
  
• Develop village and small-scale service and Business Enterprises (SSSBE) to provide self-employment to educated youths.
  
• Develop and promote Tourism industry in the State.
  
• Revive and rehabilitate sick industrial units in the State.
  
• Develop Food processing industry by facilitating forward and backward linkages.
  
• Expedite formalization and development of cross border trade with Myanmar.
  
• Provide investor-friendly environment by removing procedural bottlenecks and legal hurdles.
  
• Provide industry access to high quality infrastructure.
  
• Enhance value addition in products and processes through rapid technology upgradation.
  
• Encouraging quality control, standardization and competitiveness of the local products.
  
• Ensuring minimization of pollution and encouraging eco-friendly units.
  
• Encouraging industry based on medicinal plants and encouraging Research and development in the field.

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Information Technology Policy

Information Technology (IT) offers a new opportunity for economic growth, employment and knowledge-based development for Manipur. Information Technology can overcome geographic disadvantages provided reliable and necessary telecommunication infrastructure along with power supply is in place. The state government recognizes that IT has the potential for bringing about significant progress in the socio-economic development of Manipur, for which the state government has to evolve a dynamic and coordinated IT policy.

Objectives of the policy

The objectives of the policy are as follows:

• Set up the Institutional Framework to implement and monitor the IT Policy
  
• Use E-Governance to upgrade the standard and quality of administration, and to provide citizen oriented, efficient and cost-effective government.
  
• Promote investments and growth in IT industry, and encourage private sector initiative in IT related infrastructure and services, so as to increase the contribution of IT in the economic growth of the State.
  
• Provide adequate infrastructure in the State so that the IT sector can flourish.
  
• Encourage percolation of IT literacy and education in the State.
  
• Generate IT related employment opportunities for the educated youth.
  
• Use the power of IT to enhance earning capacity of the citizens for a better quality of life.

Full text of the policy

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