West Bengal government trying to woo IT sector with more facilities

The government of West Bengal wants to woo the IT industry in Salt Lake Sector-V with promises of more facilities. Hence, the administration plans to hold a meeting with IT representatives to discuss the problems the industry is facing. The initiative has come at an opportune moment since the government has signaled a crackdown on syndicates. These cartels had been tormenting the IT hubs of Sector V and Rajarhat-New Town.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 31 July 2016.

The meeting will be held at Nabanna, the state secretariat. Since the state has not yet explicitly cleared the air on SEZ status for IT projects, the government is making an effort to "build confidence through other measures".
The "law and order" in Salt Lake Sector would be on the agenda apart from issues like adequate streetlights in and around Sector V, parking problems and increase in the number of hawkers.
Sector-V is home to 350 small, medium and big companies, most of them in the IT sector. There are nearly 150 plots measuring between two and five cottahs lying vacant in Sector V and its adjoining areas and the government was determined to ensure tat syndicates do not interfere in the way of industrialization.
It is estimated that nearly 1.5 lakh employees come to Sector V daily and 40 per cent of the workforce were women. To cater to them, around 12,000 vehicles ply in the area every day.


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Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, is desperate to get industries to be set up in the state and has, therefore, announced the formation of yet another board to resolve problems faced by investors and expedite the process of industrialization.
The name of this new board is Industrial Development and Promotional Board and it has been set up to meet every week to resolve problems and process new proposals. The board will have to submit a report to the CMO every Saturday and CM feels this will expedite the (industrialization) process.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 20 July 2016.

The government already has West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and several other such panels and the rigid stand of the administration on land acquisition and SEZ status are the main impediments to industrialization and these that needed to be addressed in order to attract investments. Some feel that the latest decision of the government reveals its desperation to attract investments that had eluded Bengal during its first stint.
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