Friday, May 31, 2013

Tobacco industry makes inroads into Himachal

A labour-intensive bidi-making project that is expected to generate around 40,000 jobs in chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal's home district - Hamirpur - was cleared on Saturday by a high powered single window authority chaired by the CM.
The project proposal of West End Tobacco Pvt Ltd, along with eight other new proposals and 21 expansion plans, was given a clearance today, said a spokesman of the industry department.

The tobacco company will set up 80 bidi manufacturing units across Hamirpur district, he said. People, mainly women, had been earlier trained by the tobacco company for manufacturing of "poor man's" cigarette.
Along with the tobacco project, all fresh proposals are expected to bring in investments valued at Rs 707 crore, the spokesperson said.
Proposal of Nitin Lifescience Ltd to invest Rs 24 crore for setting up a new unit near Poanta Sahib in Sirmaur district was also given a nod.
A proposal by Eco Polyfibres for making a polyster unit in Una district was approved; Virtue Irrigation's Rs 17.5-crore project in Baddi was also sanctioned.
Pan Asia Bio-Tech plans to invest Rs 53 crore for a new bio-tech facility, proposals by Council Sciences and Maharaja Whiteline of investing Rs 21.75 crore and Rs 8.76 crore respectively have been cleared.

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