Committee on Ease of Doing Business Launches First Stakeholder Consultation on Jammu Kashmir Industrial Policy Revision | Kashmir Life

SRINAGAR: The Committee on Ease of Doing Business and revision of the New Industrial Policy for Jammu and Kashmir held its first stakeholder consultation meeting at Udyog Bhawan in Jammu on Monday.

The meeting was chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Shailendra Kumar, and attended by Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Vikramjit Singh, and Managing Director and CEO, JK Bank, Amitava Chatterjee.

Representatives of various industrial and trade bodies from the Jammu division participated in the deliberations.

The consultation marked the committee’s first engagement with stakeholders as part of the process to review the industrial policy and strengthen the ease of doing business framework in the Union Territory. The next round of consultations is scheduled in Kashmir.

During the meeting, industry representatives flagged issues including regulatory simplification, easing of compliance procedures, improved access to credit, infrastructure development, and steps to attract new investment while sustaining existing industrial operations. They also submitted suggestions for amendments to the proposed policy.

The committee said stakeholder consultations will continue and assured that all inputs would be examined for possible inclusion. It stated that the revised industrial policy is aimed at creating a transparent, competitive and investment-friendly environment in Jammu and Kashmir.

The meeting was attended by Director Industries and Commerce Jammu Arun Manhas, along with representatives from industry bodies including the Federation of Industries Jammu, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jammu, Confederation of Indian Industry, ASSOCHAM, FICCI, PHDCCI and others, as well as officials from the Directorate of Industries and Commerce.