Punjab government to set up two new focal points at Ludhiana,Patiala

CHANDIGARH : In a bid to boost industrialization in the state, the Punjab Cabinet today approved the proposal of Punjab State Industries Export Corporation (PSIEC) to set up two new industrial focal points over an area of nearly 500 acres at village Dhanansu in district Ludhiana and village Pabra & Takhtumajra near Rajpura in district Patiala.
This decision was taken by the Punjab Cabinet during its meeting chaired by the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal here at Punjab Bhawan this evening. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the State Rural Development and Panchayats department has given its approval for transfer of around 300 acres of Panchayati land at village Dhanansu in district Ludhiana and 200 acres at village Pabra and Takhtumajra near Rajpura in district Patiala to PSIEC for setting up of two industrial focal points as per the price determined by the committee headed by the concerned Deputy Commissioner. Both the new focal points would be established in near future adequately equipped with modern basic amenities. It may be recalled that PSIEC has been developing industrial focal points to facilitate industrial development in Punjab having a network of 42 focal points across the state. During the Progressive Punjab Investment Summit held in the year 2013 and 2015, the prospective entrepreneurs had strongly impressed upon the state government for providing additional availability of land to set up their ventures. Accordingly, the state government had directed PSIEC for the creation of land bank. Moreover, there was a strong demand from the industry for setting up of new industrial area around Ludhiana having state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities besides Rajpura has long term potential because of its close proximity to Chandigarh Rail Head and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. Both the proposed areas are envisaged to be part of Amritsar-Kolkata Corridor. Setting up these two industrial focal points would give impetus to industrialization in the state. The Cabinet also approved the rules of Punjab Nurses Education Service (Group-A and Group-B) to enable the two Government Nursing Colleges at Amritsar and Patiala, affiliated with Indian Nursing Council to immediately fill 130 posts of Nursing Teaching Faculty. This decision would also help these colleges to start Post Graduate Degree and Diploma courses in near future apart from appointing regular teaching staff to impart quality education to the nursing students. It may be recalled that the state government had already created 130 posts of teaching nursing faculty under the Medical Education and Research department.