20-07-2023: Existing Units as well as Prospective Investors suffering very badly due to the non-issuance of Consent to Establish and Consent to Operate for Orange and Red Category by J & K State Pollution Control Committee as the Post of Chairman laying vacant since 01-05-2023.
While highlighting the issue, Sh. Lalit Mahajan Co-Chairman Federation of Industries Jammu and President Bari Brahmana Industries Association draw the kind attention of Hon’ble Lt. Governor Sh. Manoj Sinha in respect of piling of approx. 400 to 500 Files of Industrial Sector in the Office of Chairman J&K Pollution Control Committee for the issuance of Consent to Establish/Operate for the Orange/ Red Category to the Industrial Units pending since 1st May 2023 due to the vacant post of Chairman as the previous Chairman has retired on 30-04-2023.
It is pertinent to mention here that due to non-issuance Consent to Establish in respect of Orange/Red Category, the registration of the Prospective Investors under the NCSS 2021 is pending as without the valid Consent to establish it is not possible for the Unit Holders to apply for the Registration on the Portal. The matter has already brought to the notice of the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Forest Department, and Commissioner/Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department also but nothing has been done so far resulting in the Unit Holders are suffering very badly which is putting a question mark on the working of the J&K Pollution Control Committee.
Bari Brahmana Industries Association draw the kind attention of Hon’ble Lt. Governor Sh. Manoj Sinha in respect of piling of approx. 400 to 500 Files of Industrial Sector in the Office of Chairman J&K Pollution Control Committee for the issuance of Consent to Establish/Operate for the Orange/ Red Category to the Industrial Units pending since 1st May 2023 due to the vacant post of Chairman as the previous Chairman has retired on 30-04-2023.
In respect of Existing Units the Files related to the Renewal of Consent to Operate in respect of the Orange/Red Category are also pending with the Office of the Chairman and in the absence of same the Unit Holders are not able to get their Licences/Bank Limits renewed and also cannot apply for the grant of Fiscal Incentives as the Pollution Control Valid Consent to operate is one of the requisite Document for the Renewal of Bank Limits and approval of Fiscal Incentives resulting the Unit Holders are not in a position to apply for claiming Fiscal Incentives under the UT/Central Government package of Incentives.
It is worthwhile to mention here that massive Investment proposals have been approved by the Industrial Department and the Land Lease has been granted by Industries Department but due to the non-availability of Consent to Establish the Unit Holders cannot obtain the Provisional Registration from the Industries Department resulting delay reported in the Implementation of project and we term it as a set back to the Industrialization process under the New Central Sector Scheme 2021 which may also be resulting into flight of Capital Investment to other States where all the services related to Industrial Sector in time bound manner under the Ease of Doing Concept as Industrial Projects always depending on the Time Bound Completion of the Project to avoid any price escalation of the project.
We request Hon’ble Lt. Governor Sh. Manoj Sinha for his kind intervention into the matter for appointment of Chairman J & K Pollution Control Committee immediately and in case of any further delay the Delegation of Powers should be given to Member Secretary J & K Pollution Control Committee for the clearance of pending files of Industrial Units till the appointment of New Chairman Pollution Control Committee.