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E D I TO R I A L

A game changer

With an impressive economic growth, highest per capita

income except in case of Goa, a growing industrial

infrastructure, strapping manufacturing base, a mechanised

efficient agriculture backed by an energetic service sector,

Haryana is one of the leading industrialised states of India. It is

striving for the same position in education too.

Its manufacturing stronghold particularly in automobile, auto

components, light engineering goods, information technology,

textile and apparels, besides electrical and electronic goods,

gives it a real strength. Sectoral balance has clearly shifted

from the farm sector to industries and services. This makes

Haryana as the natural choice for national and international

investors.

Haryana has always strived to create and maintain a conducive

environment for attracting investment through investor friendly

rules and procedures and smooth delivery of services. It has

made sustained efforts in removal of any bottlenecks in smooth

operation of industries. State government had enacted Industrial

Promotion Act 2005, introduced self-certification schemes and

made provision for outsourcing of the authority to provide

enabling environment for investors.

As a result of its investor friendly policies, the state has been

successful in attracting huge investments. The state has been

acknowledged as a leader in per capita investment for the year

2007 by established authorities.

We have New Industrial Policy from the year 2011. Based on

good old experience, it takes care of the needs of the future.

Taking into account the current economic scenario and

prospective developments, it lays particular emphasis on further

strengthening the base of manufacturing sector, besides

knowledge based and high-tech industries, efficient use of

energy, conservation of resources and pragmatic environmental

policies for sustainable development.

The scope and potential for investment and value addition in

the primary products has been brought out clearly through these

policy measures. Development of well-planned infrastructure

holds the key to overall future economic growth and this

continues to be focus of the present government. The policy

would provide vigour and clear directions.

Haryana Review offers a detailed analysis of this policy and

what it offers for the future. This will help our readers

understand and appreciate its nuances.

We also offer a number of articles on culture and sports as on

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Haryana on the global map 4

A new thrust for industrial development 5

Haryana on fast track 7

Interview: Industries soaring to new heights 15

Roads and Rails 18

The power story 19

Haryana’s stronghold in auto industry 20

Textile industry: Weaving success 22

Information Technology: The booming sector 24

Agro-industries: The key to prosperity 26

The growing petrochemical industry 28

The biomass power 29

Contributing in industrial development 30

Ideal investment destination for NRIs 32

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Every New Year brings one face to face with anopportunity to reflect on the challenges and

opportunities of both the year gone by and the yearthat knocks at our doors. In my long political career, Ihave always put myself through severest tests to seeas to how much we have been able to achieve for ourstate. It gives me great satisfaction to say that the pastsix years have been among my most satisfying periodsin terms of service to the people of Haryana.

The New Year is the time for doing soul-searching,stock-taking and making new resolves. We must pauseand ponder, and make an honest assessment of howfar we have succeeded in addressing people’s issuesand meeting their aspirations and needs during theprevious 12 months, and draw guidelines to shape ourvision for the New Year.

2010 was indeed a watershed year, which sawHaryana forge ahead in fields ranging from as old aseducation, health and infrastructure to as young asmetro linkages and nuclear energy. The state carved aniche for itself on the national and global canvas. Wehave taken sure and steady steps on the road toensuring efficient delivery of services, improving thequality of life and meeting aspirations of the people.But we have miles to travel and a long way to go.

Having placed Haryana in the high-growth orbit,we must now move to make it a model state. We aredetermined to bring the state close to the goal ofpower self-sufficiency, take concrete measures to beefup infrastructure, broaden educational and healthcare facilities and move further up on the humandevelopment index ladder. We shall concentrate ourenergies on conserving precious resources like waterand power, and creating an eco-friendly industrialenvironment.

We must work to make Haryana a state whereequity reigns supreme, where a transparent andresponsive administration bends to people’s needs,

where opportunities and resources are aplenty, wherenepotism, graft, crime, female foeticide and othersocial evils have no space, and where people are madeproud participants in progress.

We must take quick steps to create new avenues ofgrowth, conserve resources, take basic facilities rightto people’s doorstep and put in place an effectiveredressal system. On the occasion of New Year, let ustake a resolve to achieve these goals with dedicationand indulgence. g

Haryanaon theglobal map

We are determined tobring the state closeto the goal of powerself-sufficiency, takeconcrete measures tobeef up infrastructureand broadeneducational andhealth care facilities

-Bhupinder Singh Hooda Chief Minister of Haryana

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Gobind Thukral

It was indeed a significant decisionway back in 2005 when Haryana

government launched a carefullycrafted industrial policy. With someaberrations here or there, this policyhas worked favourably and pushed thestate to nearly first slot in matter ofindustrial development. Direct foreigninvestment from 2005-10 has touched Rs9,628.96 crore.

A total investment of Rs 78,500 crorehas been made in Haryana. Proposalsfor Rs 1 lakh crore are in the pipeline.The state has overcome recession andstill leads in the manufacturing ofautomobile, both four wheelers and twowheelers and takes the major part ofthe cake in textiles.

The chief minister, BhupinderSingh Hooda while releasing the muchawaited ‘Industrial and InvestmentPolicy-2011’ described it as document ofhope. He reasoned, “While theIndustrial Policy-2005 yielded excellentresults, we felt the need for its revisionin order to respond to a dynamiceconomic environment. We have gonethrough a wide consultative process andare confident that this policy wouldmeet the expectations of all sectors ofeconomy.” The new policy is in linewith National Industrial and

Investment Policy 2011.The new policy has come into

operation from the first day of the NewYear, 2011 and is not limited to themanufacturing sector. The policycomprehensively addresses the issue ofstate’s potential for attractinginvestment across various sectors. Andit is rightly called an Industrial andInvestment Policy.

Highlighting the priorities set forththrough the Policy, the Chief Ministersaid, “We are proud of the developmentin areas in close proximity to Delhisuch as Gurgaon, Faridabad, Manesar,Kundli and Rai areas but the outreachof development boundaries must beexpanded and investment brought to therelatively backward areas of the state”.Particulalry to south of the state.

The Chief Minister emphasised,“Provision of quality infrastructureand good connectivity holds the key todevelopment of new areas. Newinvestment across sectors wouldgenerate greater employmentopportunities. The skill developmentinitiatives would increase theemployability of the state youth. Weexpect the private sector to augmentand partner in our initiatives and toaugment the skill developmentinitiatives of our people so as tocomprehensively address the gap

between the demand and supply”. The policy interventions aim to

attract investments by enhancingenterprise and sector competitiveness,generate employment opportunities andtrigger inclusive, innovative andenvironmentally sustainable growth inthe state.

In the per capita investment,Haryana was at 14th place ten yearsback, came to 13th place five years backand has acquired the top position now.Official data shows that despiterecession world over in 2008-09, 70 percent of the projects were completed inHaryana, while in most other states ofthe country, it was 33 per cent.Currently, the completion of theseprojects has reached 81 per cent, whichis highest in the country.

The state would end the currentfiscal year by touching 8.5 per centgrowth rate or even crossing it. It ismore than the expected nationalaverage that could hover around 8 percent.

Haryana has 1,356 large and mediumunits with an investment of Rs 25,750crore and producing goods worth Rs1,71,185 crore annually. These unitsemploy 2,36,312 workers. There are79,456 small scale units. These wereonce the backbone of industries. Thereis an investment of Rs 431.69 crore.These produce goods worth Rs 2,504.73crore annually and employ 13,928workers. There are 5,770 textileindustrial units and 18,504 readymadegarments manufacturing units in thestate. The total export of the textilesincluding handlooms is Rs 1,707.20crore. The annual export of readymadegarments from the state is worth Rs1,344.28 crore.

Information Technology (IT) and ITEnabled Services accounted for anexport of Rs 23,000 crore out of the totalexport of Rs 43,000 from the stateduring 2009-10. The state governmentwould continue to accord priority to theIT and ITES sector in recognition of itspotential for employment, exports,wealth generation and spin off on thegrowth of service sector.

In Haryana, 42,42,579 two-wheelers,33,60,963 four-wheelers and 13,500tractors are produced annually. Two-wheelers worth Rs 563.27 crore and four-wheelers of Rs 4,879 crore are exportedfrom the state annually.

In fact, economy has undergone a bigchange in its structural composition.

A new thrustfor industrialdevelopment

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The balance continues strongly infavour of the secondary and the tertiarysectors, relegating the primary sector tothird position. Manufacturing besidesthe service sector and other alliedsectors are driving the economy.Haryana has now a strong industrialand service sector base. Agriculture andallied sectors which once were the starperformers are getting pushed back.These structural shifts mean moremoney as taxes to the state’s coffers.Haryana can afford to continue buildingfirst class infrastructure; more powerplants, roads and buildings. The statehopes to turn power surplus in anotherthree years. It has already a record planoutlay of Rs 11,864 crore for the currentyear. It was a mere Rs 2,369 crore during2003-04. Total plan and non-planexpenditure this year would cross Rs33,601 crore.

Gross State Domestic Production(GSDP) which was Rs 93,561.46 croreduring 2004-05 at current prices hasmoved to Rs 2,09,509.55 crore during2009-10. Similarly, the per capita incomeat current prices moved from Rs 37,681to Rs 77,878 during the same period.This is a magnificent achievement,particularly in the context of worldwiderecession.

Haryana’s manufacturing base,

though fundamentally strong, needsinnovative policy measures to counterany such global competitiveness andeconomic uncertainties. To facechallenges of global meltdown, there isa need to strengthen the industrialcapacity and diversification of exports.

It is in this larger context that thenew policy should be viewed. Thedocument says, “The new industrialpolicy, taking into account the currenteconomic scenario and prospectivedevelopments, lays particular emphasison further strengthening the base of themanufacturing sector besidesknowledge based and high-techindustries, efficient use of energy,conservation of resources andpragmatic environmental policies forsustainable development”.

The policy takes into account thescope and potential for investment andvalue addition in the primary products.Development of well-plannedinfrastructure holds the key to overallfuture economic growth and thiscontinues to be the focus of thegovernment. The state recognises theincreased role of public-privatepartnerships and, accordingly, thepolicy lays down a well-defined roadmap in this direction. Adoption ofinformation and communication

technology would bring efficiency andtransparency in the delivery ofservices, eliminate procedural delaysand minimise the transaction costs. Thepolicy lays down a time-frame for acomplete switch-over to IT enabledregime of approvals and clearances.“Self-certification and outsourcing ofcertain services places greater relianceon self-regulation by the keystakeholders”. This is being adoptedwithout abandoning responsibilities ofthe state as Financial Commissionerand Secretary Industries, YudhvirSingh Malik who spent days in writingand fine tuning the policy points out.

Keeping in view long termsustainability and growth potential, thestate promises to encourageinvestments in agro-based, foodprocessing and allied industry,automobile and automotivecomponents. It is pushing educationand skill development, electronics,information and communicationtechnology, footwear and accessories,handloom, hosiery, textile and garmentmanufacturing, health and healthcare,pharmaceutical industry, research anddevelopment and frontier technologiesand transport network services besideswaste processing and re-cyclingindustry. g

“The Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal region in thestate has been identifiedas an auto hub by theGovernment of Indiaand the stategovernment has takenseveral initiatives to givea further boost to thissector.

Haryana wouldcontinue to accordpriority to the sector in

the allotment of developed industrial land for the existingmanufacturers to meet their expansion requirements as wellas new entrepreneurs.

HSIIDC had earlier allotted eight acres of land to theAutomotive Research Association of India at the IMT,Manesar, for setting up an automotive testing laboratory,which was being run by the National Automotive Testing,Research and Development Infrastructure Project .

Another site measuring 46 acres has been allotted at

concessional rates at the IMT, Manesar. The foundationstone for the facility was laid in June last year. Theavailability of testing and research and developmentfacility at this centre would facilitate further development ofauto and auto components industry in the state.

There is a proposal to create a railway siding facility atthe IMT, Manesar, for smooth transportation ofmanufactured goods from out of the IMT area for exportand across various destinations in the country.

The automobile manufacturing sector constitutedHaryana’s primary strength and the presence of Maruti-Suzuki, Hero-Honda, Honda Motors and Escorts had ledto the development of a large number of ancillaries in thesector.

A number of auto and auto component units havealready set up base in this hub. Maruti-Suzuki had rolledout its one-millionth car in a year. Maruti-Suzuki wasdeveloping its testing track and research and developmentfacility at the IMT, Rohtak. Haryana-based units weresuppliers to most of these manufacturers”.

Mahender Partap Singh- Industries and Commerce Minister

Fresh boost to auto sector

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The State has always strived tocreate and maintain a conducive

environment for attracting investmentthrough investor friendly rules andprocedures and timely and smoothdelivery of services. It has madesustained efforts in removal of anybottlenecks in smooth operation ofindustries. State Government hasenacted Industrial Promotion Act2005, introduced self-certificationschemes and made provision foroutsourcing of the authority toprovide enabling environment forinvestors. As a result of its investorfriendly policies, the State has beensuccessful in attracting hugeinvestments. The State has beenacknowledged as a leader in per capitainvestment for the year 2007 as per the

Centre for Monitoring IndianEconomy (CMIE) report.

Haryana’s manufacturing base,though fundamentally strong, needsinnovative policy measures to counterany such global competitiveness andeconomic uncertainties. To facechallenges of global meltdown, thereis a need to strengthen the industrialcapacity and diversification ofexports.

The new industrial policy, takinginto account the current economicscenario and prospectivedevelopments, lays particularemphasis on further strengthening thebase of the manufacturing sectorbesides knowledge based and high-tech industries, efficient use ofenergy, conservation of resources andpragmatic environmental policies forsustainable development. The scopeand potential for investment and value

addition in the primary products hasbeen brought out clearly throughthese policy measures. Development ofwell-planned infrastructure holds thekey to overall future economic growthand this continues to be the focus ofthe Government. The State recognisesthe increased role of Public-PrivatePartnerships and accordingly, thepolicy lays down a well-definedroadmap in this direction. Adoption ofInformation and CommunicationTechnology brings efficiency andtransparency in the delivery ofservices, eliminates procedural delaysand minimise the transaction costs.The policy lays down a time-frame fora complete switch-over to IT enabledregime of approvals and clearances.Self-certification and outsourcing ofcertain services places greaterreliance on self-regulation by the keystakeholders.

Haryana on fast trackNew Industrial and Investment Policy- 2011 will push industrialisation in Haryana

Extracts fromIndustrial and Investment Policy 2011

ObjectivesThe following key objectives are sought to beachieved through the industrial policy:

g Higher, sustainable and inclusive economic growthby attracting investments in a focused andstructured manner in potential areas.

g Promote private sector investment through PublicPrivate Partnerships.

g Employment generation and enhanced

employability through skill development.g Continued thrust on manufacturing sector as a key

driver of economic growth.g Generation of entrepreneurial opportunities across

all sectors of the economy.g Facilitation of spatial dispersal of economic

activities particularly in industrially lesser developedregions of the state.

g Sustainable development by adopting environmentfriendly technologies.

The State Government proposes to achieve theobjectives set out in the policy by: g Adoption of a coordinated approach to the

development of all sectors of economy throughquality infrastructure & addressing issues ofinfrastructure gaps, creation of sufficient land bankby the developing agencies to meet futurerequirements of entrepreneurs and addressing theconcerns of the land owners whose land is acquired,by way of rehabilitation & resettlement initiatives anddeveloping necessary skill sets amongst such affectedpersons.

g Encouraging private sector participation ininfrastructure projects under Public Private Partnership(PPP) especially in industrial infrastructure, power,roads & bridges, health, tourism, education sectors,simplification of rules & procedures, self-certificationand use of Information & Communication Technology(ICT) for hassle-free, timely delivery of services andfurther liberalisation of Estate ManagementProcedures.

g Strengthening of institutional support mechanismthrough a Grievance Redressal Mechanism forindustry and joint consultative framework.

g Promoting quality competitiveness, research &development and technology up-gradation &modernisation, strengthening of Small & MediumEnterprises (SMEs), laying special focus on clusterdevelopment, provision of flatted factories andincentivising MSMEs;

g Efficient use of water resource, treatment, re-cyclingof waste water, promoting non-conventional sourcesof energy, green technologies and reducing carbonemission to protect environment. National SolarMission is a major initiative of the Government topromote ecologically sustainable growth whileaddressing energy security challenge.

g Adoption of labour-friendly policies and creation ofinfrastructure for labour to meet the basicrequirements e.g. ESI hospitals and dispensaries,welfare centres and Industrial worker housingfacilities.

Strategies to meet the key objectives

Preferred Investment destination Haryana is a vibrant, fast growingState – a perfect place for stable andprofitable investment. Keeping inview their long term sustainabilityand growth potential, the state wouldcontinue to encourage investments inthe following sectors:

AGRO- BASED, FOODPROCESSING AND ALLIEDINDUSTRYHaryana has the advantage of beingan agrarian state with abundant

fertile land. It is a major contributorto the national food grains pool.Apart from its own base forproduction of vegetables and fruits(perishable commodities), the Stateconstitutes the route fortransportation of fruit from J&K andHimachal Pradesh. Home to theMurrah Buffalo, the state has a goodbase for production of milk and holdsthe potential for growth of milk anddairy based industry. It enjoys thelocational advantage of its proximity

to one of the largest consumermarkets of Delhi and the adjoiningurban agglomerations. As such, thestate offers a huge potential for theestablishment of agro-based and foodprocessing industry. This not onlyincludes the manufacturing of valueadded products but also theassociated service industry ofprovision of cold chain, storage,grading & sorting, segregation andpackaging of the vegetable and fruitproducts for ultimate supply to the


consumer market.

AUTOMOBILES & AUTOMOTIVECOMPONENTS

Automobile manufacturing sectorconstitutes Haryana’s primarystrength, thanks to the presence ofMaruti-Suzuki, Hero-Honda, HondaMotors, Escorts which have led to thedevelopment of a large number ofancillaries in this Sector. Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal region has beenidentified as an Auto Hub by theGovernment of India. A number ofauto & auto component units havealready set up base in this hub.Maruti-Suzuki has already rolled-outits one-millionth car in a year.

EDUCATION INCLUDINGMANAGEMENT, TECHNICALEDUCATION & SKILLDEVELOPMENT FACILITIES

1. Over the last few years, the Statehas accorded priority to this sector.An enabling legislation to establishprivate universities is already inplace and the State has developed the‘Rajiv Gandhi Education City’ nearRai-Kundli over an area of about 2000acres (Phase-I) in close proximity toDelhi where plots have been/ arebeing allotted for establishment ofhigher education institutions. Thesector offers a huge potential forinvestment as the State is growing tobe a preferred destination among

young aspirants for pursuing highereducation in various disciplines. Thedevelopment of second phase of theEducation City will be taken up indue course of time. The GoI has alsosanctioned the Indian Institute ofManagement which is being set upnear Rohtak.

2. Recognising that development ofmatching skill sets is a pre-requisitefor the growth of industry, the Statehas taken steps for establishment ofsuch institutions. Some of theinstitutions that have a directrelationship with capacity buildingfor the manufacturing sector arebeing set up in the State.

3. The Government has launched amajor initiative in partnership withthe Corporate sector and industrialassociations to upgrade the ITIs inPublic Private Partnership mode tofill the infrastructure and skill gap.The project is titled ‘Upgradation of1,396 Government ITIs is throughPublic Private Partnership’. The ITIsstand to gain from the experience andexpertise of private sector to create aworkforce with the skills relevant tothe needs of economy. At the sametime private sector can harness theirhuman resource requirement formaking the industry more productive,profitable and quality oriented.Industry partner is associated witheach ITI to lead the process of

upgradation and to:i) Assess emerging skill

requirements in the region andsuggest changes in trainingcourses being run in the ITI.

ii) Start short-term training courses.

iii) Review training needs andapprove training of instructorsand of administrative/office staff.

iv) Facilitate placement of ITIgraduates.

Each ITI can avail interest free loanof upto Rs. 2.50 crore for upgradationof the ITI into a centre of excellence.The loan is repayable over a period of30 years with a moratorium of 10years. The government has alreadytaken initiative for upgradation of 36ITIs during the last three years (2007-08 – 13 nos., 2008-09 – 13 nos. and 2009-10 – 10 nos.), through Public PrivatePartnership mode.4. It has been decided to makeprovision of land/plots forestablishment of Technical TrainingInstitutions/Skill DevelopmentCentres by the public/private sectorin the IMTs being developed by theHSIIDC to the extent theseinstitutions directly co-relate to thedevelopment of skill sets for themanufacturing sector. Plots will beallotted at the rates applicable forindustrial plots for this purpose.


ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION &COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

g Government would continue tofacilitate private sector investmentin developing Special EconomicZones/IT Parks/Cyber Parks/Cyber Cities exclusively forElectronics and Information &Communication industry.

FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES

g The State has many leather product& footwear-making clusters whichare actively involved in the processof end-to-end product making. Themajor clusters are at Karnal,Faridabad, Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon,Manesar, Sonipat, Kundli, Ambalaetc.

g FAR (Floor Area Ratio) up to 250%is permissible for footwear units inthe new industrial estates andexpansion phases of the existingindustrial estates.

g In view of the demand of trained

manpower of the footwear industry,Footwear Design and DevelopmentInstitute (FDDI) is being set up atIMT Rohtak. The institute willcater to the needs of trainedmanpower for the presentrequirement and future expansionof the industry and provide alltechnical value added services forthe global competence of theIndustry.

g An Exhibition-cum-Display Centrefor the goods manufactured fromLeather and its variants would beset up by the HSIIDC inBahadurgarh.

HANDLOOM, HOSIERY, TEXTILE ANDGARMENTS MANUFACTURING

g Panipat has already established itsplace on the international map as acentre for the handloom products.Gurgaon-Manesar belt has alsoemerged as the centre formanufacture and export of ready-made garments. A number of unitsare engaged in the manufacturing

of leather garments and otheraccessories. The HSIIDC hasalready developed a Textile Park atBarhi.

g An International Trade andConvention centre would be set upat Panipat to promote handloomproducts. The Trade Centre wouldhave global market informationdata and design centre forhandloom and garments industry.

g FAR up to 250% is permissible forapparel units in the new industrialestates and expansion phases of theexisting industrial estates.

HEALTH & HEALTHCARE

g The Government seeks privatesector investment in heath &healthcare sector in order tofacilitate establishment of qualityhealthcare institutions within theframework of set standards &norms. The private sector can playan important role to supplementand complement State

S.No. Name of the Institute Location Statusi) Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) IMT, Manesar The Institute is being set-up by the Ministry of

Corporate Affairs, GoI over a plot of 14 acresii) Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Murthal The Institute is being set up by

Technology (CIPET) the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, GoI iii) National Institute of Food Technology, Kundli The Institute is being set up by the Ministry of Food

Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) Processing Industries, GoI over a plot of 100 acresiv) Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) IMT, Rohtak The Institute is being set up by the Ministry OF

Industry & Commerce, over a plot of 17 acresv) National Automotive Testing and R&D IMT, Manesar The Project is being set up by the Ministry of

Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise, GoI over a plot of 46 acres

vi) National Institute of Design (NID) Being finalized The Institute has been approved for Haryana by theMinistry of Industry & Commerce, GoI

vii) • State Institute of Film & TV Rohtak The four institutions are being set up over • State Institute of Fashion & Design an area of 22 acres• State Institute of Fine Arts• State Institute of Professional Studies for Women

viii) Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnerships Keri Jassaur The Department of Atomic Energy, with four schools: and Jassaur Government of India is establishing the Centre

• School of Advanced Nuclear Energy Kheri near over an area of near 235 acres of landSystem Studies Bahadurgarh

• School of Excellence in Nuclear Security in Jhajjar• School of Excellence in Radiation Safety district • School for Applications of Radioisotopes and

Radiation Technology


Professional institutes being set up in Haryana

Government’s efforts in providingquality healthcare facilitiesthrough specialty and superspecialty hospitals and state-of-theart diagnostic facilities at thetertiary level.

g The state holds great potential forinvestment in the health sectorthrough establishment of hospitalsoffering primary, secondary andtertiary level healthcare facilitiesand allied services e.g. pharmacies,diagnostics, pathological labs,training and skill development forpara-medical services etc. The Statealso has the potential fordevelopment as a centre formedical tourism. The State wouldalso promote health tourism andsuch projects involving aninvestment of Rs 100 crore andabove would be given the status ofindustry for the purpose ofincentives.

g The government would worktowards establishment of thefollowing facilities:

n Common bio-medical wastetreatment facilities for properdisposal of bio-medical wastegenerated by hospitals, laboratoriesand R&D Centres.

n Effluent treatment plants fortreatment of liquid effluentgenerated from governmenthospitals.

n Liquid oxygen plants in hospitalswith bed strength of more than 100

n The State government agencies(HUDA, HSIIDC and the UrbanDevelopment Bodies) wouldendeavour to earmark separateclusters at appropriate locations formedical care service providers.

n Non-nuisance ProfessionalConsultancy Services, whichincludes doctors (without nursinghomes) are permissible inresidential areas, as per the norms.

The Town & Country PlanningDepartment allows change of land use(CLU) permission for health facilitiesin the conforming zones ofDevelopment Plans i.e. residential,and public & semi-public. Apart from

the above, hospitals are also permittedin the agriculture zone in relaxationof zoning regulations in the publicinterest by the Government.

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

The Pharma sector has a vast growthpotential in the country and the Staterecognises the need for developmentof this Sector on a sustainable basis.The Government of India has selectedHaryana State for establishment of aBio-Technology Park along with R&Dfacility besides promoting theestablishment of a Pharma Industrialpark in the state. It is in thisbackground that the state governmenthas decided to earmark/acquire about1,000 acres of land for thedevelopment of a dedicated PharmaPark in the KMP Expressway GlobalEconomic Corridor for this purpose.

The State Government hasundertaken procedural reformsduring the year 2009 in connectionwith grant and renewal of drugmanufacturing licenses to minimisedelays at various levels and bringtransparency in disposal of variousapplications by the concerneddepartment/authority.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ANDFRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES

g Continuous innovation is the key tosurvival in a competitiveenvironment. The StateGovernment will accord priority toinitiatives in development andapplication of frontier technologieslike nano technology, developmentof new materials, genetics,biotechnology, chip manufacturing,communications technology, mobilecomputing, robotics, energy savingand development of new sources ofenergy etc.

g Efforts will be made to set upCentres of Excellence amongresearch institutions, which will begiven financial support forinstalling equipment andemploying requisite manpower.Incubation centres will be set up inuniversities and managementinstitutes to encourage research inindustrial projects particularlybased on innovative use of localresources. International bestpractices in research and

development will be identified andadopted in the State. Rajiv GandhiEducation City is being developedat Rai, which will house a numberof educational and researchinstitutes.

g Handholding and facilitationservices will be provided to suchventures by the IPC and theDepartment of Science andTechnology. Space in industrialsheds and flatted factories built byHSIIDC will be provided for thispurpose.

TRANSPORT NETWORK ANDSERVICES

The State Government endeavours toimprove connectivity of its townswith National Capital of Delhi inorder to facilitate smooth anduninterrupted flow of goods andpassengers both within the urbancentres in the State as well as withNational Capital of Delhi. Majorinitiatives taken by the StateGovernment in this regard include:

g Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expresswayg Upgradation of National as well as

State Highwaysg Metro connectivity between Delhi-

Gurgaon completed. Metroconnectivity between Delhi-Faridabad and Delhi-Bahadurgarhbeing finalised

g MRTS proposed between Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal

The State Government has decided toset up a SPV viz. ‘Haryana MassRapid Transport Corporation’(HRMTC) to facilitate development ofspecific projects in this behalf in thePPP mode.

WASTE PROCESSING AND RE-CYCLINGINDUSTRY

The State would like to encourage andpromote the industry engaged inprocessing of waste material e.g.urban solid waste, hazardous waste,medical waste etc. and its recyclingwith value addition to be set up indifferent parts of the state and wouldfacilitate all the requisite clearancesfor this industry on priority. As aspecial measure to promote thisindustry, the Government proposes toexempt from VAT on any fuelmanufactured by the processing ofmunicipal solid waste. g


LABOUR LAWS

The State Government has introducedSelf Certification Scheme in respect ofLabour Laws to curtail unnecessaryvisits of inspectors and to streamlinethe inspection process under LabourLaws. The scheme is optional.

APPROVAL OF BUILDING PLANS – SELFCERTIFICATION

The facility of self-certification ofbuilding plans /DPC Certificates/Occupation Certificates has beengranted to the plot owners forresidential/ industrial buildings interms of Notification bearing No-JE(B)-2010/Misc-288-A/3319 dated 16March 2010 issued by the Town &Country Planning Department, whichcan be accessed on the Department’swebsite http://tcpharyana.gov.in Theprovisions of this Notification wouldas well apply in respect of the plotsallotted by the HSIIDC in variousindustrial estates.

FACILITATION THROUGH THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATIONS

Agencies outside the governmentdepartments have been authorised toissue certificates in respect of thefollowing:

i) Certification under the IndianBoilers ActThe Government of India has carriedout certain amendments in the IndianBoilers Act, 1923 by way of the IndianBoilers (Amendment) Act, 2007. Theamended Act has introducedimprovements in the provisions of lawto enhance safety norms, ensureuniformity in standards of inspection,

expediting inspections and reducingbureaucratic delays bydecentralisation of inspection ofboilers during their manufacture,erection and use by allowinginspection and certification by thethird party independent inspectionauthorities. The State Government iscommitted to implement thesemeasures.

ii) Testing/Inspections ofElectrical InstallationsThe State Government in the PowerDepartment would empanel andauthorise independent third partyagencies/qualified engineers, in termsof Rule 4 of the Indian ElectricityRules, 1956 to carry out inspections/testing of electrical installations. Theprocess of empanelment of suchagencies has already been initiated.

iii) Water (Prevention & Controlof Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air(Prevention & Control ofPollution) Act, 1981The State government wouldauthorise qualified engineers/thirdparty agencies to carry outinspections/verification under theWater (Prevention & Control ofPollution) Act, 1974 and the Air(Prevention & Control of Pollution)Act, 1981.

REVISED APPROACH IN POLLUTIONCONTROL REGULATIONS

i) No NOC/consent would be requiredin respect of industries not coveredunder any of the identified categoriesof polluting industries.

ii) MSME definition of Government of

India would be strictly applied forgrant of exemption from consentmechanism.

iii) The role of Haryana StatePollution Control Board would bestreamlined for improving, optimisingand upgrading the scope and qualityof its activities so that businesses arecarried out with improvedenvironmental compliance. Sufficientchecks and balances would be built inthe administrative apparatus toprevent any misuse of discretionarypowers.

iv) More private labs would beidentified and authorised to facilitatetesting of water/air samples.

v) Electronic filing of applications forobtaining NOC/consent for water/airpollution would be implemented in atime bound manner.

vi) The present consent fee/sample feestructure would be reviewed.

CHANGES IN THE SALES TAXREGIME

i) Responding to an old pendingdemand of the industry regardingabolition of VAT D-3 (earlier ST 38)forms, the government has alreadydecided to permit self printing of VATD-3 forms to the dealers having aturnover of more than the prescribedthreshold limit. The governmentwould examine the feasibility ofreducing the threshold limit for selfprinting and the feasibility ofsimplifying procedures for thosedealers who are below the thresholdlimits.

ii) A comprehensive e-Governancesystem is being implemented in theCommercial Taxes Departmentwherein facilities for e-registration, e-payment, e-filing and e-refunds areenvisaged.

iii) Value Added Tax regime isenvisaged to be replaced by Goods &Service Tax (GST) regime in the State.This will give more relief to theindustry, trade, agriculture andconsumer through a morecomprehensive and wider coverage ofinput tax set-off and service tax set-off, subsuming of several taxes in GSTand phasing out of Central ServiceTax (CST).

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The Government endeavours to adopta comprehensive approach to assistthe MSME sector in becomingglobally competitive. Recognising theneed for optimising the factors ofproduction along with technology up-gradation needs, a series of measuresare envisaged to be initiated by thegovernment in partnership with theIndustry representatives.

The Ministry of MSME,Government of India has come outwith National ManufacturingCompetitiveness Campaign and hasidentified the related issues. TheState would proactively support aninterface between entrepreneurs andthe Ministry so as to implement thecampaign in right earnest. Therelevant issues identified by theMinistry are-- Cluster development,Technology upgradation, Marketaccess, Market facilitation, CleanDevelopment mechanisms,Intellectual Property Rights andPatents, Design clinics, Incubatorsand entrepreneurship developmentand Quality management standards.

STRATEGY TO ASSIST THE MSMESECTOR

i) The Directorate of Industrieswould prepare a compendium ofall the application forms andformalities/ procedures for settingup of an industry and filing ofsubsequent returns. The GM/ DICsand concerned Estate Managers,HSIIDC would provide therequired handholding services tothe new entrepreneurs in order toimprove the confidence level of anew investor.

ii) The Directorate would take stepsfor implementation of an e-Governance system for efficientdelivery of services anddevelopment of content-rich portalfor dissemination of all therequired information.

iii)The Directorate of Industrieswould set-up a dedicated cell forMSMEs for an effective interfacewith the Ministry of MSME andthe MSMEs.

iv)All universities, technical andresearch institutions would be

encouraged to provide incubationfacility for new and promisingentrepreneurs.

v) The SME Renewal Fund would berechristened as the MSMERenewal Fund and adequatelystrengthened to finance thecomplete support system for theMSMEs e.g. initial financing ofpreparation of DPRs fordevelopment of clusters,engagement of experts/consultants and transactionadvisers and the MSMEs would beencouraged to interact with theseresources for the purpose.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

i) Cluster developmentRecognising that a clusterapproach is most suitable forprovision of institutional supportfor the MSME Sector, theGovernment has decided toestablish various clusters inpartnership with the industryand financial support from theGovernment of India under theIndustrial InfrastructureUpgradation Scheme (IIUS).These clusters would meet therequirements of commonfacilities e.g. productdevelopment, economising ofproduction costs, qualitymarking, lab testing, effluenttreatment, and other suchfacilities. Steps have already beeninitiated to set up such clustersfor the Scientific Instruments atAmbala, Light EngineeringGoods at Faridabad, andHandloom Industry at Panipat.

ii) Technology upgradationsupportOne of the first and foremostobjectives envisaged to beachieved subsequent to thecluster formation is thetechnology upgradation in a costeffective manner.

iii) Incubation centres andentrepreneurship developmentThe State emphasizes the needfor incubation as a catalyst forMSME sector as the new andpromising entrepreneur needs

support in terms of space andtechnology along with somemonetary assistance. This will betaken care by incubation centers,which the Governmentendeavours to develop incollaboration with universitiesand other state developmentagencies.

iv) Market DevelopmentAssistanceThe government will endeavourto optimally utilise the schemesof the MSME Ministry,Government of India. Theseschemes also address the issue ofmarketing under common brandname, bar coding, creating databank for market intelligence andmarket development access. Itwould also have a component forc-watch which providesinformation regardingcompetition and costing.

v) Design clinic SchemeAn effort would be made to bringthe manufacturing centre anddesign professionals on acommon platform to provideexpert advice and cost effectivesolutions on real time designproblems to improve and achievevalue addition for existing/newproducts. National Institute ofDesign, being set up in the State,will be encouraged to supportDPRs/design clinics of MSMEs ofHaryana State.

vi) Quality standardsThe Directorate would strengthenits Quality Marking Centres andHeat Treatment Centres,preferably in the PPP mode, tomake provision of availability ofhigh quality services/ facilitiesin these areas. Wherever feasible,these would also form a part ofthe clusters envisaged to bedeveloped.

vii) Efforts would be made tosensitise the MSME sectorregarding adoption ofintroduction of CleanDevelopment Mechanisms(CDMs) and lean manufacturingprocesses.

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Sector


Haryana is amongst the first fewstates to have come out with acomprehensive Labour Policy to createcordial relations between the employerand the employee. A few initiativestaken by the government in this behalfare as under:

i) Filing of a Single Return in respectof five labour laws.

ii) Delegation of powers at the fieldlevel for clearances under theContract Labour (Regulation &Abolition) Act 1972.

iii)Introduction of self certificationunder various labour laws.

iv) Focus on improvement in theworking of ESI hospitals.v) Online registration of shopsand commercial establishments tocurtail unnecessary inspections.

The State Government wouldpromote an environment ofindustrial harmony and peace byadopting measures that motivatethe employer for voluntarycompliance of labour laws relatingto working conditions and wagelevels of the workers. TheGovernment would work towards

labour welfare through variousmeasures including:

POLICY MEASURES

The government will facilitate healthysocial dialogue by constituting“Tripartite Committees” of employers,workers and Governmentrepresentative and promoting them aseffective informal conciliationmechanism. It will also put in placeschemes that are focused on workers’welfare, education and skillupgradation. The operationalefficiency of welfare legislations willbe improved by strengthening

dedicated implementation structuresand adequate staffing.

HOUSING

It has been observed that theindustrial workers, especially the shopfloor workers, find it difficult to getaffordable residential accommodationwith adequate hygienic livingconditions close to their work place.Recognising this gap between demandand supply, the HSIIDC, hasundertaken the initiative forconstruction of Industrial labourhousing facilities within its IndustrialModel Townships. One such facility,with provision for single-roomdwelling units and dormitory unitshas already been commissioned atIMT-Manesar. This scheme of labourhousing is proposed to be taken up inother Industrial Estate/IMT/GrowthCentre at Faridabad, Kundli, Rai,Barhi, Rohtak and Manesar, Phase-II.

LABOUR WELFARE CENTRE & ESIHOSPITALS/DISPENSARIES

HSIIDC will earmark plots/siteswithin its Industrial ModelTownships/Industrial estates forallotment to the Labour Departmentfor setting up of ESIhospitals/dispensaries and LabourWelfare Centres.

Initiatives for Labour Welfare

1. The government would not support any industrycoming up in the non-conforming areas, especially inthe residential zones of Municipal Areas and theDevelopment Plans notified by the Town & CountryPlanning Department, unless specifically permitted incertain categories, in the overall interest of plannedurban development and provision of supportinginfrastructure facilities. The Industries & CommerceDepartment may not register such industrial units.

2. The state would not encourage the following categoriesof Industries for reasons of Pollution or water scarcityor planning perspective. The financial incentivesapproved under this Policy would not be available tothese industries:

i) Industrial units involving trade effluents and airemissions setup within or operating from the residentialareas.

ii) Cigars and Cigarettes of Tobacco and manufacture ofTobacco including other Tobacco products.

iii) Induction and Arc furnace with more than 0.6 MTcapacity (restricted due to high energy consumingunits).

iv) Industrial units for soft drinks/aerated water andpackaged drinking water, (consuming high water

content) located in areas notified as “Dark Zones” forwater availability.

v) Stone crushers/ Washeries/ Screening Plants locatedoutside the approved zones for reasons of air and waterpollution.

vi) Brick kilns located within urbanisable zones of anycontrolled areas for reasons of pollution and plannedurban development.

vii) Sugar industry within the urbanisable limits of townsand outside catchment area of sugarcane for reasons ofpollution, smell and non-availability of raw material.

viii)Copper smelter/Zinc smelter recovery of Zinc metalfrom Zinc ash, Dross and Waster.

ix) Dyes and Dye intermediates located outside the areasdesignated for such units for reasons of high pollution;

x) Dyeing industry for yarn and cloth established outsidethe designated areas.

xi) Refining of used oil.xii) Secondary processing of Iron and Steel manufacturing

of CR sheets, Galvanized sheets and Castings outsidethe designated zones.

xiii)Tanneries. xiv) Incandescent electric bulbs and fluorescent bulbs/tubes

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Restrictive list of industries


Haryana’s map is dottedwith large and medium

industrial hubs, churning allkinds of goods, pushing upservices and creating more andmore avenues for jobs. Thestate today pulsates withsoaring industrial activity thatis changing the entire socialand cultural ethos and isscaling new heights every day.The new industrial policy issure to push it further as thestate is becoming self-sufficient in power supply, avery important ingredient forindustrial growth.

Haryana Review team metFinancial Commissionerand Secretary Industries,Yudhvir Singh Malik for twohours to seek details aboutthe unprecedented industrialgrowth and what future doesthe new policy hold.

Excerpts from theinterview:

The state government ispromoting Special EconomicZones in a big way toaccelerate the pace ofindustrial development inHaryana. What is the currentstatus of Special EconomicZones in the state?

Government of India has enactedthe Special Economic Zone Act, 2005to set up Special Economic Zones topromote and establish large selfcontained industrial townships withworld class infrastructure, toaccelerate and facilitate both publicand private sector participation in aninternationally competitive andhassle-free environment for export

promotion thereby securing largedividends in terms of economic andindustrial development and to act asa catalyst of regional development.

A total of 101 proposals for settingup of Special Economic Zones havebeen received in Haryana, out ofwhich 95 proposals are in NationalCapital Region and six proposals areoutside the National Capital Region.Among the 101 proposals of SEZs, 10are multi product SEZs, four aremulti services SEZs, 70 are IT/ITESSEZs, and 17 are single product SEZs(other than IT/ITES). Totalinvestment to the tune of about Rs 2lakh crore and employment potentialfor about 20,00,000 persons isenvisaged from these SEZs.Government of India has granted 64approvals to the developers for thestate of Haryana, of which 45 areformal approvals and 17 are in-principle approvals. StateGovernment has given concurrence

for 30 SEZ proposals. Government ofIndia has notified 32 SEZs out ofwhich State Government has notifiedeight SEZs.

The construction work of threeSEZs -- DLF Limited in villageSilokhera of Gurgaon, GurgaonInfospace Limited in villageDundahera of Gurgaon and DLFCyber City in Gurgaon -- is nearlycomplete. And implementationprocess in seven SEZs -- Metro ValleyBusiness Park Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon,Reliance Haryana SEZ Limited,Gurgaon, Canton Buildwell Pvt Ltd,Gurgaon, Airmid Developers Ltd,Gurgaon, Mayar InfrastructureDevelopment Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon,Anant Raj Industries Ltd, Rai Estate,Sonipat and Ansal ColoursEngineering SEZ Ltd, Sonipat -- hasstarted.

What steps are being takenby the state government to

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Industries soaringto new heights

promote investment in ITsector of Haryana? Special provisions have been made inthe Industrial Policy-2011 for thedevelopment of IT sector. Together,Information Technology and ITEnabled Services (ITES) accountedfor an export of Rs 23,000 crore out ofthe total export of Rs 43,000 from thestate during 2009-10. The StateGovernment would continue toaccord priority to the IT and ITESsector in recognition of its potentialfor employment, exports, wealthgeneration and spin off on thegrowth of services sector.

The State has received a total of 70proposals for IT/ITES sector specificSEZs, of which 35 have beenapproved by the Government ofIndia. In addition, the IT Departmenthas recommended 78 cases ofdevelopment of Cyber Parks, ofwhich the Town and CountryPlanning Department has grantedlicenses in respect of 33 proposalsinvolving 262.50 acres of land. This islikely to create about 25 million sq mof built up space.

Gurgaon has emerged as the mostpreferred investment destination inNorthern India for IT/ITES industry.It would be the endeavour of theState Government to preserve thepre-eminent place of Gurgaon byimproving the infrastructure andcontinuously upgrading it to matchinternational standards.

HSIIDC has allotted plots of 10acres and above following thecampus norms in IMT Manesar andRai. Two of the IT parks in Manesarhave already been commissioned andconstruction works are alreadyunder way in about 10 other suchsites. HCL has also recently madeoperational its technology hub atIMT Manesar. The project with aninvestment of Rs 250 crore wouldgenerate employment opportunitiesfor over 3,200 people and earn annualexport revenues of Rs 1,000 crore. Atthis hub, HCL’s global businesseswill be housed and incubated, addingto India’s ability to become a sourceof cutting-edge technologies for theworld.

The New Industrial-cum-Investment Policy 2011 contains allthe details of policy initiatives inthis sector. The major incentivesbeing offered by HaryanaGovernment to IT Industry are:

preferential allotment of land for ITIndustry, Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of250 for the IT/ITES and Technologysectors, IT as priority sector forlending, exemption from electricityduty for a period of five years, saletax deferment facilities, continuousuninterrupted power supply, self-certification/exemption from variousActs and special incentives for megaprojects etc.

Information Technology policyalso lays emphasis on strengtheningof communication network forimproving the voice, data and videocommunication in the state. For thispurpose, the government has framedan investor friendly Right of WayPolicy and has signed agreementswith two companies-- Bharti Telentand Haryana Cybernet-- for layingoptical fiber in the State. Thesecompanies would be providing freebandwidth as per the agreementsigned for the use of government.

What is the scope ofpetrochemicals industry inHaryana?

Keeping in view the low per capitaconsumption of plastics in India andhigh growth of Indianpetrochemicals industries, the IndianOil Corporation (IOC) has drawn upan ambitious master plan andlaunched several initiatives forforward integration intopetrochemicals using productstreams from its existing refineries.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd isdeveloping a petrochemicals hub atPanipat. The investment envisagedinto petrochemicals hub is Rs 17,000crore apart from already madeinvestment of Rs 18,000 crore to theirexisting facilities catalysing a totalinvestment of Rs 33,000 crore andemployment for 30,000 persons.

As a major step towards forwardintegration in the hydrocarbon valuechain, IOC has set up the PX/PTAplant at Panipat manufacturingparaxylene (PX) from captiveNaphtha and thereafter converting itinto PTA. The plant has been builtwith an investment of around Rs5,200 crore. The capacity of PX is toproduce 3,60,000 TPA.

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The Naphtha Cracker anddownstream polymer units areplanned to produce 8,00,000 TPA ofEthylene based on this, otherdownstream polymer units can beestablished to produce Linear LowDensity Polyethylene (LLDPE), HighDensity Polyethylene (HDPE),Polypropylene (PP) etc. NaphthaCracker complex will also generateby products such as Benzene, CarbonBlack feed stock, Di & Tri-EthyleneGlycol. LLDPE and HDPE and TP areused as field stock for furtherconversion into extensive range ofproducts. This will propel the growthof polymer based plastic industry inthe region with potential investmentof over 15,000 crore.

With the easy availability of rawmaterial from Indian OilCorporation, the world classinfrastructure and investmentfriendly industrial policy of the StateGovernment, there is likely to be aphenomenal growth of this industryin the State.

Automobile manufacturing

industry constitutesHaryana’s primary strength.What steps is the governmenttaking to further boost thissector?

Under the Industrial andInvestment Policy - 2011, thegovernment has identifiedAutomobile and AutomotiveComponents Industry as one of thethrust areas. Haryana had the firstmover advantage in the field of autoand auto components due to thesetting up of Maruti unit in the Stateway back in the year 1983. Sincethen, it has become one of theleading States in terms of industrialproduction especially passenger cars,motorcycle, tractor, bicycles, sanitarywares, G.I. pipes, etc.

In the State, 42,42,579 twowheelers, 33,60,963 four wheelers and13,500 tractors are producedannually. Two wheelers of worth Rs563. 27 crore and four wheelers ofworth Rs 4,879 crore are exportedfrom the state annually.

The State envisions the continuedgrowth of this sector with a largenumber of new internationalentrants in the country. The Statewould continue to accord priority tothis sector in allotment of developedindustrial land for the existingmanufacturers for meeting theirexpansion requirements as well asthe new entrepreneurs.

The Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal belthas emerged as the auto hub of thecountry, thereby offering ampleopportunities to the entrepreneurs.A number of auto and autocomponent units have already set upbase in this hub.

Maruti-Suzuki is developing itsTesting Track and R&D facility atIMT Rohtak, which will further boostthe development of auto industry inthe region.

What initiatives are beingtaken by the stategovernment for thepromotion of agro-based andfood processing industries inHaryana?

Under the Industrial & InvestmentPolicy-2011, the Government hasidentified Agro Based, FoodProcessing and Allied Industry asone of the thrust areas. In order topromote the sunrise industries, theCorporation has developed Food

Parks at Rai and Saha. A number ofFood Processing Units are operatingout of these Parks including Yakult-Danone, Epic Food (Fruiti), etc. Landhas also been allotted to ShivalikBreweries for setting up a brewery atIndustrial Estate, Saha. Land hasalso been allotted to NationalInstitute of Food TechnologyEntrepreneurship and Management(NIFTEM) for setting up aninstitution focusing on skilldevelopment in management andtechnical issues relating to food &food processing industries.

HSIIDC is also, in consultationwith the Manitoba Food DevelopmentCentre, an agency of Government ofManitoba, Canada, setting up a FoodDevelopment Center in Haryana. Thecenter would provide support fordevelopment of technologies fromconcept to commercialisation. Nestleis also setting up its R&D Centre atIMT Manesar. The ContainerCorporation of India has also set upa cold chain facility at IndustrialEstate, Rai for fruits and vegetables.

In order to facilitate the foodprocessing industry in the state,MoU has been signed betweenHSIIDC and Manitoba FoodDevelopment Centre, Canada, on 12thMay 2010 for setting up of FoodDevelopment Centre in Haryana. Thecentre will assist Food ProcessingIndustry in development andcommercialisation of food andhealth products and services likeformulating and improvingnew/existing products, improvingproduct shelf life, standardisation ofexisting formulations and processesfor quality and cost control,identifying packaging alternatives,testing of shelf life, etc.

NIFTEM is being set up as aworld-class institution to cater to thevarious stakeholders such asentrepreneurs, industry, exporters,policy makers, government etc. Themission of NIFTEM is to produceworld-class business leaders, developglobally competitive processes andtechnologies and internationally bestpractices in the area of foodtechnology, entrepreneurship andmanagement. HSIIDC has allotted 101acres of land for setting NIFTEMcampus to meet the requirement ofworld-class food technologists atIndustrial Estate Kundli, with aninvestment of Rs 240 crore. g

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Numerous investors have beeninvesting in Haryana owing to its

strategic location and its investorfriendly policies. Apart from this, thestate provides a good network of localroads, state highways, nationalhighways and railways making itmore lucrative for investors.

The state is covered with a roadnetwork of total length of 24,557 kms.The road length of state highwaysand national highways passingthrough the state is 23,095 km and1,462 km respectively. Roads havepaved way for the growth of trade andcommerce in the state.

Chief Minister, Bhupinder SinghHooda, said, “In the past six years, Rs9,428.96 crore of direct foreigninvestment has taken place in theindustrial sector in Haryana. Roadsalso play an important role insteering the economy towardsindustrial development. In 2010-11budget, an amount of Rs 1019.64 crorewas approved for the development ofroads and buildings.”

To take full advantage of state’sstrategic location, Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway and Delhi-Mumbaiindustrial corridor are beingdeveloped that promise to take thepace of industrialisation in Haryanato another level. The 135 km Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway isin its advanced stage. Haryanasurrounds the National CapitalRegion, Delhi from three sides andKMP Expressway is expected to

facilitate commerce and trade withinthe state. It connects four mostimportant industrial centres andintersects four of India's busiestnational highways: NH-1 near Kundli(Sonipat), NH-10 near Bahadurgarh,NH-8 at Manesar (Gurgaon) and NH-2near Palwal (Faridabad). It is a vitallink for north western India andpeople can travel without touchingDelhi, saving time and energy.

The development of KMPExpressway has been undertaken byHSIIDC. This project holdsunprecedented potential fordevelopment of economic hubs atstrategic locations along theexpressway. A Global EconomicCorridor is planned along the KMPExpressway with provision forestablishment of various theme citieslike Knowledge City, Cyber City, Bio-sciences and Pharma City, Medi-City,Fashion City, Entertainment City,World Trade City, Leisure City, DryPort City, Eco City, Sports City etc.These cities or hubs will cater to theinstitutional, commercial, industrial,research, residential, logistics, freightactivities. These cities would bedeveloped in public-privatepartnership mode and are expected togenerate huge employmentopportunities.

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor(DMIC) is the major initiativeplanned in Haryana. It covers morethan 66 per cent of the state and isbeing developed along the alignmentof the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor.Under this mega projects, four early

bird projects have also beenidentified-- Exhibition cumconvention centre at Gurgaon, MassRapid Transit System betweenGurgaon-Manesar-Bawal, IntegratedMultimodal Logistics Hub at Rewariand New passenger rail link -- Palwal-Rewari via Bhiwadi, Farrukhnagar-Jhajjar.

The Government of India isestablishing a Dedicated FreightCorridor (DFC) between Delhi and

Mumbai, with terminals at Dadriin the National Capital Region ofDelhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Portnear Mumbai. In order to tap theimmense potential and opportunitieslikely to be thrown open by theCorridor, a band of 1,500 km is beingdeveloped as the Delhi-MumbaiIndustrial Corridor (DMIC). It willpass through six states of UttarPradesh, National Capital Territoryof Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujaratand Maharashtra and 13 districts ofthe state. The Dedicated FreightCorridor is expected to offer high-speed connectivity for high axle loadwagons through high powerlocomotives.

As mentioned in Industrial andInvestment Policy 2011, InvestmentRegions, with minimum area of 200sq km and industrial areas, withminimum area of 100 sq km havebeen identified within this zone.These regions/areas would includeself-sustained industrial townshipswith world-class infrastructureserved by multi-modal connectivityfor freight movement/logistic hubs,domestic/ international airconnectivity, reliable power, qualitysocial infrastructure and globallycompetitive environment. The projectwould open up opportunities alongthe various national highways (NH-1,NH-2, NH-8 and NH-10) for developingindustrial, urban and supportinginfrastructure.

The State has plannedestablishment of an InternationalCargo Airport along with provision ofAircraft Maintenance Hub in NorthIndia. The proposal has been taken upwith the Ministry of Civil Aviationand the Airport Authority of Indiafor taking the project further. Subjectto feasibility, this project would opennew areas of development in thestate, in particular in the areaslocated in close vicinity of theproposed project. g

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Power is the key to all development.Today, power has come to play an

important role in every field ofdevelopment, whether it is agriculture,education, health or industry. However,industrial development is one sectorwhere growth cannot be imaginedwithout sufficient power supply.

The Haryana government has takenbig leaps in the development of powersector and is determined to makeHaryana power surplus by 2012-13. Dueto the efforts of Hooda government, theaverage power availability per day inthe state, which was only 578 lakh unitsin 2004-05, has gone up to 907 lakh unitsin 2010.

Tremendous progress has been madein enhancing the power generationcapacity of the state. In the period from1999 to 2005, only 704.4 MW was added tothe generation capacity of Haryana,whereas, during the first tenure ofBhupinder Singh Hooda governmentfrom 2005 to 2010, 1,117.8 MW havealready been added to the generationcapacity.

POWER PROJECTS IN THE STATE

Currently, there are four thermal andhydel power plants working in the stateand two are under implementation.Western Yamuna Canal Hydel ElectricPlant, Yamunanagar; Deen BandhuChhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant,Yamunanagar; Panipat Thermal PowerStation and Rajiv Gandhi ThermalPower Plant, Hisar are working and hasa total capacity of 3,230.2 MW. Apartfrom these projects, two thermal powerplants, 3x500 MW Indira Gandhi SuperThermal Power Project (IGSTPP),Jhajjar and 1,320 MW Mahatma Gandhi

Thermal Power Project in Jhajjar, areunder implementation.

The future projects are 1,500 MW Gasbased Project at Faridabad, 660 MWcapacity additional super criticalThermal Unit at Yamunanagar as anextension of 2x300 MW DCRTPP,Yamunanagar, 2,800 MW (4x700 MW)Nuclear Power Plant in districtFatehabad near village Gorakhpur andcoal block at Mara-to-Mahan in MP withestimated coal reserves of 956 milliontonnes allocated jointly to HPGCL andDelhi Government. For the 2,800 MWNuclear Power Plant to be set up atvillage Gorakhpur in districtFatehabad, pre-project work has beenstarted by the Nuclear PowerCorporation of India Limited for settingup two units of 700 MW each in the firstphase.

For upgradation of the transmissionnetwork in the state, Rs 3,365.8 crore isbeing spent to add 25 substations of 66KV and above in 2009-10, and 72substations in 2010-11. The first 400 KVsubstation of the state has been set upat Kirori village in Hisar district. Thestate is planning to augment thetransformation capacity by 5,000 MVAduring the 11th Plan.

INCREASE IN DEMAND

Power demand in the state hasincreased due to rapid industrialisationand urbanisation. It is growing at a rateof 15 per cent per annum. More than 91million units of power are beingsupplied daily, out of which 54,404.54lakh KWH goes to industrial sector.Total number of industrial connectionsin Haryana is 79,186. The average poweravailability per day in the state, whichwas 578 lakh units in 2004-05, hasincreased to 864 lakh units in per day

during 2009-10. The per capitaconsumption of electricity increasedfrom 700 units in 2006-07 to 905 units in2009-10.

The government is committed toincrease the production of electricity inthe state and supply high quality cost-effective power to consumers of allcategories by strengthening thetransmission and distribution network.Haryana is emerging as a hub of fastpaced industrial activity, including thehighest number of special economiczones (SEZs) and a hot destination ofinvestment, both domestic and foreign.The government is making efforts toensure that industries receiveuninterrupted power supply ofstandard voltage. While it achieved only4,000 MW capacity in the last 40 years,the government aims to add 5,000 MWmore by 2012.

Accepting the role of power as anengine of growth for both industrialand agricultural sectors, the chiefminister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said,“The state government is setting upnew power projects to enhance itspresent capacity to 9,000 MW. With thenew power generation projectsbecoming functional, state consumerswill get uninterrupted power supply of20-22 hours per day. The Government ofIndia has also agreed to set up a nuclearpower plant in Haryana.”

The demand for power is 8,761 MW atpresent. The state has an installed andcontracted power generation capacity of5,807.83 MW. Out of this, the state gets3,230.50 MW from its own generatingstations, 875 MW from its share in thejoint projects of Bhakra BeasManagement Board and InderprasthaThermal Station and 1,566.33 MW asshare from central generation projects.In order to meet the shortfall, power isalso being arranged through bilateralpower purchase agreements fromwithin and outside the region.

The HPGC has drawn up a massiveplan to add 1,950 MW power byconstructing own power generationplants and contracting another 2,440.10MW from other sources by 2011-12.Power shall be available under variouspower purchase agreements -- 97.50 MW(2008-09); 655 MW (2009-10); 875.10 MW(2010-11) and 2,440.10 MW (2011-12). By2012-13, Haryana will be a powersurplus state. Against the demand of12,828 MW, the state would be able toproduce a total capacity of 13,591.33MW. g

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Ruchi Sharma

There was a time when the term‘means of transport’ only meant

horses and bullock carts. But today, theterm has changed altogether andencompasses a large number ofvehicles from bicycles, scooters,motorcycles and cars to buses,tractors, trains, aeroplanes and ships.The auto industry has widened ourchoices of means of transportation.

When it comes to auto industry,Haryana is a leading manufacturer ofpassenger cars, motorcycles andscooters in the country. Thanks to thepresence of important names ofautomobile world in Haryana, the statehas a stronghold in manufacturing ofautomobiles and auto components. Theautomobile manufacturing sector is

Haryana’s primary strength. Maruti-Suzuki, Hero-Honda, Escorts, YamahaMotors, Sona Koyo Steering Systems,Essar, Talbros Automotive, Ricoautoand Omax Auto are some of theimportant names which have also ledto the development of a large numberof ancillary units.

The Haryana automobile industrymanufactures a wide range of vehicles,original equipments and replacementitems. Haryana is emerging as the hubof automobiles and the credit goes tostates’ investor-friendly policies. Theautomobile industryin Haryana is thebiggest manufacturer of two wheelersand four wheelers in the country. Withgeographical area of just 1.37 per centof the country's geographical area,Haryana produces more than 50 percent of the passenger cars and 55 per

cent of the motorcycles manufacturedin India. It produces country’s 25 percent of tractors. One out of everyfourth bicycle is manufactured in thestate. Annually, 42,42,579 two wheelers,33,60,963 four wheelers and 13,500tractors are produced in the state fordomestic use and exports. Twowheelers of worth Rs 563. 27 crore,and four wheelers of worth Rs 4,879crore are exported from the stateannually.

The chief minister, BhupinderSingh Hooda, says, “We haveenunciated a host of progressive andvisionary policies that have beenattracting many entrepreneurial eyes.Industrial policy 2005 was undertakento give higher impetus to the industrialgrowth. This policy encouraged publicprivate partnership projects especially

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in backward areas and exemptedeligible new industrial units frompayment of electricity duty for fiveyears. It has yielded dividends inattracting investment in the state. Thepolicy has now been revised and a newmore investor-friendly industrialpolicy has been formed which wasannounced on Dec 31 last year. It isexpected to give a further push toforeign as well as domestic investmentin the automobile industry as well.”

The Government of India hasidentified Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawalregion as an Auto Hub. A number ofauto and auto component units havealready set up their bases in this hub.The state envisions the continuedgrowth of the automobile sector with alarge number of new internationalentrants in the country.

Out of the major manufacturingcompanies of cars, trucks, buses,tractors, two wheelers and threewheelers, eight are located in Haryana.Gurgaon and Faridabad are majorautomobile centres where every yearautomobiles are manufactured. MarutiUdyog Ltd. and Hero Honda haveproduction plants in the State.

Hero Honda Motors Ltd is theworld’s single largest two wheeler

manufacturer. Hero Honda has crossedyet another significant milestone – thetotal cumulative sales landmark of 30million of two wheelers. The companycrossed this milestone in the month ofMarch, 2010. The company has beenrolling out stylish bikes and scooters.In the financial year 2009-10, in thethird consecutive quarter, sales ofmore than a million units werereported. The Profit after tax wasrecorded to be over Rs 5,000 crore.

Maruti Suzuki Limited, thecountry's largest automobile company,has its plant in Gurgaon. Today, it is acar market leader and is producingmany luxury cars. The total volume ofsales was 5,61,822 units in 2005-06, outof which 34,784 units were exportedand in 2009-10, out of the total 10,18,365sales volume, 1,47,575 units were theexports.

RC Bhargava, Chairman of MarutiSuzuki, says, “At the time of theannual general meeting last year, therewas cautious optimism that the Indianeconomy would recover faster than therest of the world. This actuallyhappened and the GDP growth in 2009-10 was 7.4 per cent. This year we maysee 8.5 per cent growth. I am happy toreport that Maruti Suzuki could

establish a new record and cross thesignificant milestone of selling over amillion cars in the last financial yearand 1,00,000 cars in a month. We werehelped by the progressive policies ofthe government which providedstimulus for the growth.”

Maruti-Suzuki is developing itstesting track and research anddevelopment facilities at IMT, Rohtak.This will further enhance the growthof automobile industry in the region.

Many Haryana based units areoriginal equipment manufacturer orsuppliers to most of these automobilemanufacturers. Under new industrialpolicy, automobile sector wouldcontinue to be the priority of the state.There would be allotment of developedindustrial land for the existingmanufacturers for meeting theirexpansion requirements as well as thenew entrepreneurs. The new policyinitiatives are expected to provide afurther boost to this industry.

Earlier, the HSIIDC had allottedeight acres of land to AutomotiveResearch Association of India (ARAI)in IMT Manesar, for setting up ofAutomotive Testing Laboratory, whichis being run by National AutomotiveTesting, R&D Infrastructure Project(NATRIP). Another site of 46 acres hasbeen allotted at concessional rates atIMT Manesar. The foundation stone forthis facility was laid on the 4 June2010. The availability of testing andR&D facility at this centre will furtherhelp in the development of auto andauto components industry in Haryana.

A railway siding facility in IMTManesar is proposed for smoothtransportation of the manufacturedgoods from out of the IMT area forexport and for different destinationsacross the country. The state wouldencourage establishment of logisticscentre facility in PPP mode or throughthe private sector in IMT Manesar forefficient inventory management anddispatches by the industries.

Every automobile industry hasachieved one or the other milestone inproduction of tractors, cycles orscooters and is heading for new targetsin production. Maruti has mega plansto add 5,00,000 car production capacityin two more plants in Manesar to takethe production to over two million carsa year from the current 1.2 millioncars by the year 2015-16. It is anindicator of booming auto industry inHaryana. g


“We have enunciated a host ofprogressive and visionary policiesthat have been attracting manyentrepreneurial eyes. The newmore investor-friendly industrialpolicy is expected to give a furtherpush to foreign as well as domesticinvestment in the automobileindustry as well.”

-Bhupinder Singh Hooda,Chief Minister, Haryana

HARYANA REVIEW, FEBRUARY 2011

Ravneet Kaur Brar

Haryana has a long tradition ofweaving durries and khes.

Originally, the colourful andbeautifully durries and khes werewoven with love and care by thevillage women for their daughters’dowry. In every village, there wereweavers also. But now, this practicehas almost disappeared. However, thistraditional practice of weaving forpersonal and local use has come out asa huge industry.

Haryana boasts of a sprawlinghandloom weaving industry in thecity of Panipat. Long before oneenters the main city, billboards can beseen on the roads guiding way to theweaving units. Panipat is also knownas ‘City of Weavers’. It is a city oftextiles and carpets. It is the biggest

centre for quality blankets and carpetsin India. Panipat is famous for ‘panjadurrie’ a kind of a floor covering,which is in great demand in India andabroad.

There are a number of private andstate owned weaving units within thecity which offer a wide variety ofhome furnishings like curtains,carpets, towels, bed sheets anddurries. All these products are sold inthe domestic market as well asexported to the US, Australia, Japan,Canada, Germany and Malaysia.

The handloom sector providesemployment for large people and isthe largest rural employment providernext to agriculture, generating jobsalso in semi-urban and urban areas ofthe state. Agricultural labour getsemployment in handloom sectorduring the non-agricultural season.

The industries department’srecords show that handloom exportsfrom Panipat rose from Rs 680 croresin 1999-2000 to Rs 3,000 crore in 2007-08.Large-scale units provideemployment to a large number ofweavers. The weavers are migrantsfrom Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and otherstates, who are employed oncontractual wages or a piece ratebasis.

The government is trying topromote Panipat textile industrythrough a ‘cluster developmentscheme’ of worth Rs 55 crore. Aninternational trade and conventioncentre would be set up at Panipat topromote handloom products. Thistrade centre would have global marketinformation data and design centre forhandloom and garments’ industry.

Haryana's textile sector comprisesfour important segments -- moderntextile mills, independent powerlooms, handlooms and garments.Haryana has abundant availability ofraw materials, especially cotton andwool, as well as a large number ofgarment manufacturing units. Itoffers easy access to key buyingcentres such as Delhi and Gurgaon.

Panipat has already established itsplace on the international map as acentre for the handloom products.Gurgaon-Manesar belt has also

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emerged as the centre for manufactureand export of readymade garments.There are large numbers of textileunits providing various services. Anumber of units are engaged in themanufacturing of leather garmentsand other accessories. The HSIIDC hasalready developed a Textile Park atBarhi. There are 5,770 textileindustrial units and 18,504 readymadegarments manufacturing units in thestate. The total export of the textilesincluding handlooms is Rs 1,707.20crore. The annual export ofreadymade garments from the state isworth Rs 1,344.28 crore.

Benetton India has amanufacturing unit in Gurgaon wherealmost 50 per cent of the garmentsrequired for Indian stores aremanufactured. A cluster of such typeof high-fashion readymade garmentsunits have come up in the well-developed industrial area of UdyogVihar in Gurgaon. These units areexporting their products to manyforeign countries thus earningvaluable foreign exchange for thecountry. The prestigious units includeOrient Craft Limited, Pearl Global,GIVO, Gaurav International DynamicFashions etc.

Grasim Bhiwani Textiles Limited,a subsidiary of Grasim, is well knownfor its branded suitings, Grasim and

Graviera, mainly in the polyester-cellulosic branded menswear and itsplant is located at Bhiwani. Fabricoperations are centralised at Bhiwaniwith a processing capacity of 17million metres a year. The mainindustries of Bhiwani district aretextile cloth, PV blended fabric andyarns, cloth and niwar.

People of the state are nowconscious of clothes and this hashelped in developing textile industry.Readymade garments shops can beseen in every nook and corner of thestate. With globalization, demand fortextiles is also increasing day by day.Now even the local customers arelooking for new and modern fabricsand are spending a lot on the clothes.Moreover, the state has all the featurescongenial for setting up textileindustries like easy availability of rawmaterial and labour. Haryana is likelyto continue its march towardsbuilding itself as the ultimatedestination for the industry. With ahost of infrastructure projects to beinitiated and ready for commissioningin 2011, the state is expected to seegood industrial development.

Haryana Khadi and VillageIndustries Board is also contributing alot in the industrial sector. It not onlyuplifts the rural poor but alsocontributes to the textile industries at

the village level. These villageindustries make use of the locallyavailable raw materials and help tobuild up a strong rural economy interms of money and wealth.

One cannot forget the readymadegarments and clothes’ market inAmbala which offers a variety andgood quality of clothes. People fromnearby state rush in the city forshopping for weddings. Also, it isfamous for its wholesale cloth market,which sells one of the best cloths inthe region and at the cheapest prices.Kamal, a resident of Moga fromPunjab, says, “My two daughters aremarried and their shopping was donefrom Ambala. The place is best forwedding suits and lehngas. Now, it isthe wedding of my third daughter andwe are here again. The quality anddesigns here are unique andappealing.”

Haryana is coming up as a hugetextile industry. Textiles contribute to27 per cent of the capital investmentand 15 per cent of the exports fromthis state. The state government isactively involved in propelling thegrowth of textile sector. Any investorwho comes to visit the state isimpressed and ready to invest in thetextile industry. In the coming days,Haryana will bloom as the biggesttextile industry in the country. g


Ruchi Sharma

The small state of Haryana hascarved a place for itself on the

world map of Information Technology(IT) exports. Haryana is one of theleading investors in IT. The stategovernment recognised IT sector as aneffective tool in catalysing economicactivity and has been providingsupport of its efficient governance. In

2009-10, there was a total of Rs 23,000crore software export from Haryana.

Leading companies that operate inHaryana in the IT/ITES sector includeIBM Daksh, Convergys India, Genpact,Tata Consultancy, Wipro, GE, Oracle,Siemens and WNS. Gurgaon is apreferred destination for the ITindustry in north India. It is rankedthird after Bangalore and Chennai inthe country's software export. This

achievement has been partly due tothe infrastructure provided todevelopers and entrepreneurs by thestate government. Dedicated IT parksat Gurgaon and Manesar have beendeveloped by the state agencies andprivate developers such as DLF,Unitech and others. Apart fromlocational advantage, investor-friendlyenvironment has definitely facilitatedthe growth of IT industry in the state.

The state’s IT policy has helped ingiving impetus to investments in thissector. A slew of incentives whichinclude preference in land allotment,uninterrupted power supply,exemption from payment of electricityduty without any time limit, setting upof software units or IT parks in urbanareas, exemption from the purview ofthe Haryana Pollution Control Act, norestriction of opening and closinghours and others have given ITindustry a boost.

Special provisions have been madein the Industrial and InvestmentPolicy-2011 for the development of ITsector. Information Technology and ITEnabled Services (ITES) accounted foran export of Rs 23,000 crore out of thetotal export of Rs 43,000 from the stateduring 2009-10. The State Governmentwould continue to accord priority tothis sector for its potential foremployment, exports, wealthgeneration and spin off on the growthof services sector.

Of total 101 proposals received byHaryana for setting up of SpecialEconomic Zones (SEZ), 70 are forIT/ITES sector specific SEZs. Out of70 proposals, 35 have been approved bythe Government of India. In addition,the IT Department has recommended78 cases of development of CyberParks, for which the Town andCountry Planning Department hasgranted licenses in respect of 33proposals involving 262.50 acres ofland.

HSIIDC has allotted plots of 10acres and above following the campusnorms in IMT Manesar and Rai. Two

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of the IT parks in Manesar havealready been commissioned andconstruction works are already underway in about 10 other such sites. HCLhas also recently operationalised itsTechnology Hub at IMT Manesar. Theproject with an investment of Rs 250crore would generate employmentopportunities for over 3,200 people andannual export revenues of Rs 1,000crore. At this hub, HCL’s globalbusinesses will be housed andincubated, adding to India’s ability tobecome a source for cutting-edgetechnologies for the world.

The Industrial and InvestmentPolicy-2011 contains all the details ofpolicy initiatives in this sector. Themajor incentives being offered byHaryana Government to IT industryare: Preferential allotment of land forIT Industry; floor area ratio of 250 forthe IT/ITES and technology sectors; ITas priority sector for lending;exemption from electricity duty for aperiod of five years; sale taxdeferment facilities; continuousuninterrupted power supply; self-certification/exemption from variousacts; special incentives for megaprojects etc.

Information technology policy alsolays emphasis on strengthening ofcommunication network forimproving the voice, data and videocommunication in the state. For thispurpose, the government has framedan investor friendly Right of WayPolicy and has signed agreements withtwo companies; M/s Bharti Telent andM/s Haryana Cybernet for layingoptical fibre in the state. Thesecompanies would be providing freebandwidth as per the agreementsigned for the use of government.

It is recognised that continuousinnovation is the key to survival in acompetitive environment. The stategovernment will accord priority toinitiatives in development andapplication of frontier technologieslike nano technology, development ofnew materials, genetics, biotechnology,chip manufacturing, communicationstechnology, mobile computing,robotics, energy saving anddevelopment of new sources of energyand others.

Efforts will be made to set upCentres of Excellence among researchinstitutions, which will be givenfinancial support for installingequipment and employing requisite

manpower. Incubation centres will beset up in universities and managementinstitutes to encourage research inindustrial projects particularly basedon innovative use of local resources.International best practices inresearch and development will beidentified and adopted. Rajiv GandhiEducation City is being developed atRai, which will house a number ofeducational and research institutes.

Besides, the state government istaking initiatives through its agencieslike Secretariat for InformationTechnology (SIT), HARTRON andHSIIDC for furthering thedevelopment of Information andCommunication Technology sector inthe state. HSIIDC has developedTechnology Parks at IMT Manesar,Industrial Estates at Rai and

Panchkula for development of theIT/ITES. The Corporation is alsodeveloping an Electronics HardwareTechnology Park at Kundli to supportthe IT/ITES sector.

Apart from the public sectorinitiatives, private sector would alsobe encouraged to develop and set up ITsector Special Economic Zones, CyberParks, Technology Parks, TechnologyCities and other supportiveinfrastructure and services.

With the cessation of incentives forIT industries under the SoftwareTechnology Parks of India (STPI)scheme of Government of India, it isexpected that the developers are likelyto focus on setting up of IT/ITESspecific Special Economic Zones foravailing the incentives provided underthe SEZ Act. g

Where does Haryana stand in e-Governance?Gurgaon has emerged as an IT hub in Haryana after Bangalore andHyderabad. Haryana has been rated as leader in e-GovernanceReadiness Index 2006 of the country and has attained 4th position inIndia according to the e-Readiness report of Government of Indiareleased in Feb. 2008. Haryana has also been ranked 4th among topfive best e-governed states in the 5th Dataquest-IDC e-Governance Survey2008-09. According to this survey, Haryana has progressed significantlyand rated ahead of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat,Maharasthra etc. The state has also received 19 national level prestigiouse-Governance awards including winner’s award of Telecom IndiaExcellence Awards 2007 for most progressive state government in e-Governance.

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Agro industries are regarded as anextended form of agriculture.

These add to the value of farm products.They not only boost the economy of thestate but can certainly help the farmersto come out from their agrarian crisis.Terms of the trade are weighed heavilyagainst the farmers and onlyinterventions by the state help them toget remunerative prices. A well-developed agro industry base can getfarmers a better deal.

The development of the agroindustry can make agriculture moreprofitable since it would lead todiversification and commercialisationof agriculture. It will thus, enhance theincomes of farmers by adding value totheir product. Hence, there is demandfrom political leaders that the states ofPunjab and Haryana should be declaredSpecial Economic Zones (SEZ) foragriculture and the food-processingindustry should be a part of it. As bothare agricultural states, they must get allincentives for agro-processingindustries as given to industrial sectorlocated in SEZ.

Chief Minister, Bhupinder SinghHooda supports the views. He says,“Value addition in the agriculturesector and ensuring farmers their dueshare in the enhanced value are the wayforward for promoting farmer’sprosperity. We need to reverse the trend

of stagnancy in creation of farminfrastructure and post harvestfacilities and have to promote publicand private investments in agrobusiness.”

The agro industry mainly comprisesthe post-harvest activities of processingand preserving agricultural productsfor intermediate or final consumption.The importance of agro-industries inoverall agricultural and economicdevelopment is well-recognised. A cropproduced in the farm can be processedin variety of ways. Wheat can beprocessed and turned into value addedproducts like dalia, flour, maida, bread,biscuits and suji. Similarly, a fruit canbe converted into juice, jam or jelly. It isin this sense that the agro-industry is animportant and vital part ofmanufacturing.

The agro based industries in thestate include mainly cotton textile,sugar and diary industry. The state isthe major producer of milk in thecountry. It has got highest per capitaavailability of milk.

Haryana has made a remarkablecontribution in terms of agriculturalproduction in India. Nearly 30 per centof the total income of the state comesfrom agriculture and allied activities. Inwheat, paddy, oilseeds, sugarcane, fruitsand vegetables, state has achievedremarkable progress and can furtherprosper.

There are 4,116 food processing and

agro based units in the state. Thegovernment has taken a decision in theIndustrial Policy 2011 to provide aspecial thrust to encourage investmentsin agro based food processing and alliedindustry. The total export of rice fromthe state is Rs 5,010 crore annually.Haryana Agro Industries Corporationhas ‘constructed godown’ coveredstorage capacity of 55,000 metric tonnesfor the storage of food grains atShahabad, Pipli, Jind and Murthal.

HAFED is playing an important rolein procurement of paddy, wheat andoilseeds. During Kharif 2009, it hasprocured 9.18 lakh metric tonnes ofpaddy which is 37 per cent of totalshare. In Rabi 2010, it has procured 20.90lakh metric tonnes wheat which is 33per cent share of total purchase. It dealswith the shelling of rice. Oilseeds areused to produce oil.

The project of constructing amultistorey and multipurposewarehouse of 30,000 metric tonneshaving storage space of 1,80,000 sq feetat Gurgaon with an estimated projectcost of Rs 20 crore has also been takenup. The hard work of the farmer may gowaste if government does not havefacilities of storing or processing thevarious crops. Kulwant Singh Virk, aprogressive farmer from Shahabad,says, “We are dependent on middlemenfor the sale of our crop, so we get lessprofit from our crop. There are farmersin our area who are growing potatoes

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and other vegetables on large scale. Butthey do not get much profit as there isno processing plant nearby. Thegovernment should set up a processingplant in this area so that the farmerscan draw more benefits.”

In Industrial and Investment Policy- 2011, the government has identifiedAgro Based, Food Processing and AlliedIndustry as one of the thrust areas. Inorder to promote the sunrise industries,the Corporation has developed FoodParks at Rai and Saha. A number offood processing units are operating outof these Parks including Yakult-Danone,Epic Food (Fruiti). Land has also beenallotted to Shivalik Breweries for settingup a brewery at Industrial Estate, Saha.Land has also been allotted to NationalInstitute of Food TechnologyEntrepreneurship and Management(NIFTEM) for setting up an institutionfocusing on skill development inmanagement and technical issuesrelating to food and food processingindustries.

HSIIDC, in consultation with theManitoba Food Development Centre, anagency of Government of Manitoba,Canada, is setting up a FoodDevelopment Centre in Haryana. Thecentre would provide support fordevelopment of technologies fromconcept to commercialisation. Nestle isalso setting up its research anddevelopment centre at IMT Manesar.The Container Corporation of India hasalso set up a cold chain facility atIndustrial Estate, Rai for fruits andvegetables. In addition to this, a largenumber of small-scale food processingunits have also come up in the state.Thus, a vast potential for thedevelopment of agro-processingindustries exists in Haryana.

The Haryana government is

providing incentives for food processingindustries through new industrialpolicy. Incentives to new units includeinterest-free loan up to 50 per cent of thetax paid on goods produced by anindustrial unit, exemption fromelectricity duty for five years, reductionin stamp duty for agro-based and foodprocessing units in category B and Careas, exemption from market fee forsuch units, and special priority inelectricity connection for mega projects,100 per cent export-oriented units, ITindustries and FDI projects. This willdefinitely help to promote agro industryin the state.

Most of the sugar mills of theHaryana sugar industry are located inKot, Naraingarh, Kamada and Gohana.All sugar mills use the latest technologyand equipment to manufacture the bestquality of sugar for the consumers.Sugarcane is cultivated in the state invery high volumes and this ensures thatall the mills have an easy access to this.Some of the sugar mills located inHaryana are Naraingarh Sugar Mills,Saraswati Sugar Mill, YamunanagarSugar Mill and Gohana CooperativeSugar Mills. The Government ofHaryana along with the centralgovernment has taken several measuresto boost up the Haryana sugar industry.One of the measures taken by the stateis constant upward revision of the priceof sugarcane. The Government hastaken this step to ensure that it benefitsboth the farmers and also the sugarmills. The government has announcedthat the prices of sugarcane in 2010-11will also be hiked. The Haryana sugarindustry has made significantcontributions in the development of thestate by providing employment in therural sector besides producing sugar.

Haryana Agro Industries

Corporation Limited is a public sectororganisation, which was set up with theprimary objective of providing serviceto the farmers in Haryana. It has beendesignated as the nodal agency by thestate government for promotion of foodprocessing and agro-based industries inHaryana. It undertakes, assists, aids,finances and promotes agro industriessuch as poultry, dairy, land developmentand seed related activities. It looks afterother agro based industries andmanufactures agriculture implements,agricultural machinery and othermaterials and equipments required forthese industries in Haryana and inIndia and to sell the finished products ofthese industries. The Corporation issetting up projects under the assistedand joint sector schemes. Till date, theCorporation has promoted 18 agro basedand food processing projects in the stateof Haryana for manufacturing barleymalt, vegetable oils and ghee, milk anddairy products, pet foods, vegetables andfruit products, egg powders and alliedproducts and for growing flowers,mushrooms etc.

The Corporation intends to set upfour projects for the processing ofturmeric, ginger, red chilli and gradingand packing of kinnos in the FoodParks to be set up by the stategovernment at Saha in Ambala district,Dabawali in Sirsa district, Kundli inSonipat district and Narwana in Jinddistrict.

The effort of the governmentthrough various departments is tosupport agricultural development in thestate to create employmentopportunities, both at the productionand marketing stages. This would surelyhelp in enhancing the development ofthe state as well as prosperity of thefarmers. g

CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda greets Ambassador of Israel Mark Sofer at a function to inaugurate Centre of Excellence forVegetables under Indo-Israel Project at Gharaunda, Karnal. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is also seen in the picture.


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The Haryana Government isdeveloping a petrochemical hub in

Panipat for the downstream industriesof the Panipat Refinery to generatelarge scale employment opportunities.Keeping in view the low per capitalconsumption of plastics in India andhigh growth of Indian petrochemicalsindustries, the Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) has drawn up an ambitiousmaster plan and launched severalinitiatives for forward integration intopetrochemicals using product streamsfrom its existing refineries. Indian OilCorporation is developing apetrochemicals hub at Panipat. Theinvestment envisaged intopetrochemicals hub is Rs 17,000 croreapart from investment already made tothe tune of Rs 18,000 crore in theirexisting facilities catalysing a totalinvestment of Rs 33,000 crore andemployment of 30,000 persons.

An investment of Rs 13,000 crore isexpected to be made in 470 units. Thefirst phase of the project has beenimplemented from 2007-2012 and secondphase from 2013-2016. The project is tobe set up over 4,000 acres, out of whichover 900 acres have already been

acquired and development worksawarded by the Haryana StateIndustrial and InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation .

Indian Oil has commissioned India'slargest naphtha cracker at Panipatwhich would facilitate easy availabilityof raw materials for downstreamprocessing units in the proposedcomplex. The cracker was built by IOCat an investment of Rs 14,000 crore. Ithas manufacturing facilities forpolypropylene, high densitypolyethylene and linear low densitypolyethylene, swing unit with HDPEand monoethylene glycol plant.

The cracker will produce over 800thousand tonnes per annum (KTA) ofethylene, 600 KTA of propylene and 125KTA of benzene. The polypropylene isused as a raw material formanufacturing finished products likefood packaging and laminations, foodcontainers, automobile parts, luggageand heavy duty transport containers.Polyethylene is used for makingproducts like injection moulded caps,heavy duty crates, containers, bins,textile bobbins, luggage ware, thermoware, storage bins, pressure pipes forgas and water, small blow-mouldedbottles and jerry cans.

Indian Oil Corporation has alsoentered into a joint venture withTaiwan State Rubber Corporation(TSRC) Corporation of Taiwan and theMarubeni Corporation of Japanto toset up a Styrene Butadiene Rubber(SBR) unit at Panipat. With a capacityof 1,20,000 tonnes per annum, the SBRunit will utilise butadiene feed madeavailable from the naphtha cracker toproduce high quality synthetic rubberused in the manufacture of automotivetyres, conveyors, fan belts etc. Thesetting up of the SBR unit at Panipatwould not only result in importsubstitution but also add value to theintermediate streams of the cracker.

Haryana Chief Secretary, UrvashiGulati said, “Over 900 acre had alreadybeen acquired and development workon turnkey basis had been awardedrecently by the Haryana Industrial andInfrastructural DevelopmentCorporation (HSIIDC) for thepetrochemical hub. HSIIDC has alreadyoffered to develop the proposedpetrochemical hub on its own bypumping in about Rs 3,700 crore.”

The completion of PetrochemicalComplex of naphtha cracker within arecord time of 46 months had made therefinery as one of the three major petrochemical complexes in South East Asia,she added.

The Panipat oil refinery takes care ofenvironment also. To maintainecological balance is the need of thehour. Along the way to its progress, therefinery has never failed to fulfill itssocial obligation towards society. Therefinery has provided drinking waterfacilities in a number of adjoiningvillages. It has provided medical care tothe poor people and had made effortsfor the expansion of education.

SBR is predominantly used forproduction of car tyres and light trucks,besides making house ware mats, drainboard trays, shoe sole, chewing gum,food container sealants, conveyor belts,sponge articles and others. It is alsoused in pharmaceutical, surgical, andsanitary products along with foodpackaging. The project would be a hugesuccess and would bring prosperity tothe state and the country.

With the easy availability of rawmaterial from Indian Oil Corporation,the world class infrastructure andinvestment friendly industrial policy ofthe state government, there will be aphenomenal growth of petrochemicalindustry in the state. g

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More than 1,000 MW power, enoughto make the state self-reliant, can

be generated from the surplusagricultural and forest biomassavailable in Haryana, reveals a studyconducted by the Haryana RenewableEnergy Development Agency(HAREDA). Currently, the state isgenerating 128.11 MW of power fromrenewable energy sources.

The study reveals the net surplusbiomass available after consumptionby way of domestic use andsubtraction of sugarcane biomass is8,416.47 thousand tonnes which holdsthe potential of producing 1,019 MWof power. The maximum potentialexists in Sirsa district (131 MW),followed by Karnal (122 MW); Kaithal(89 MW); Kurukshetra (84 MW); andFatehabad (78 MW).

The study has drawn estimates oftotal generation of biomass and itsutilisation and surplus available fromdifferent crops in various blocks byusing satellite data through theHaryana Space Application Centre(HARSAC), Hisar.

Releasing the findings of the study,Haryana Chief Minister BhupinderSingh Hooda said that use of biomass

for generation would not only makethe state self-reliant in power but alsoprovide additional income to farmers,and result in employment generationin the rural areas. The report will bevery useful in deciding where to setup biomass-based power projects inthe state.

Haryana Renewable EnergyMinister, Mahender Pratap Singh,said that biomass constituted animportant energy source fordeveloping countries like India.Biomass-based power generation isemerging as an attractive option tomeet the growing energy demands.

Conscious of the need for

developing renewable energy-basedpower generation, the governmentnotified its policy on generation ofelectricity through renewable energysources in November, 2005. The policyaims at creating conditions conducivefor involvement of the private sectoror public-private sector participationin renewable energy sources-basedpower projects. The policy providesvarious incentives, includingexemption from change of land usecharges; local area development tax,electricity duty etc, wheeling andbanking facility; and power purchaseagreement for 20 years or more.

Giving details of power purchasepolicy, Madhusudan Prasad, FinancialCommissioner and PrincipalSecretary, Renewable EnergyDepartment, said that power frombiomass projects was purchased bystate power distribution companiesfor Rs 4 per unit with base year 2007-08 with an annual escalation of 2 percent for 2008-09 and 3 per cent from2009-10 to 2012-13.

At present, 128.11 MW power isbeing generated from renewableenergy sources in the state, andprojects for 233.58 MW are undervarious stages of installation,including 21 projects of 191 MW. g

The biomass powerBiomass constituted animportant energy sourcefor developing countrieslike India. Biomass-based power generationis emerging as anattractive option to meetthe growing energydemands.

CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda releasing the study report conducted by HAREDA. Haryana Renewable EnergyMinister Mahender Partap Singh, Principal Secretary to CM Chhatar Singh, Financial Commissioner and

Principal Secretary Renewable Energy Department Madhusudan Prasad are also seen in the picture.

Considered an agricultureeconomy till a few years

back, Haryana has come along way to be countedamong the top industrialstates of the country in thelast six years of BhupinderSingh Hooda government. Itgoes without saying that thebest of automobile, IT, powerloom and several otherindustries are situated inHaryana. Apart from thesebig industries, there are

several micro and smallindustries producing milkproducts, agricultureimplements, handicrafts,leather goods etc in differentdistricts of the state whichhave played an importantrole in putting Haryana onthe industrial map of thecountry.

Our staff writer, SwatiSethi travelled to Hisar,Sirsa and Fatehabad to takean account of the industrial

development in these threedistricts.

HISAR

Hisar is among the betterindustrially developed districts ofHaryana. Known as the home placeof Jindals, a big industrial family ofthe country, Hisar houses severalwell-known industries in Haryana.

In Hisar district, there are 20 largescale, seven medium, 82 small and1,039 micro industries that areproviding employment to more than14,000 people.

In the last financial year, theindustries from Hisar have exported

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goods worth Rs 1,216.59 crore and inthe current financial year, Hisarexported goods worth Rs 609.67 crore.These industries produce goods likePVC pipes, food, handlooms,pharmaceuticals, M S Pipes, cement,paper/ paper products, chemicals,medicines, ceramics, cotton, textiles,oil, agriculture implements, steeland wooden furniture, paints,utensils, engineering items andleather shoes and jutis. There arecotton ginning and rolling mills aswell. Hisar industries export goodsin countries like Bangladesh, SriLanka, England, China, Hong Kong,Italy, Argentina, Turkey, Pakistan,Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Peru,Brazil, Malaysia, Holland, Israel andThailand.

SIRSA

Though an industrially backwarddistrict, Sirsa has a good number ofagro based industries andagriculture implements’ industries.The district Sirsa which was earliera part of Hisar district was carvedout as a district in 1975. TheGhagghar is the only river which hasabundant water during the rainyseason. Out of the total area, about90 per cent area is under cultivation.District Sirsa is known as “thecotton belt of Haryana”.

Sirsa has many types ofindustries in the district such ascotton ginning, rice shelling, ironand steel fabrication, milk and milkchilling, agriculture implements,leather goods, hard board and strawboard, wooden and woodenhandicrafts, bread and biscuits, PVCpipes, electric insulators andtransformers, cattle feed, paper, gheeand milk powder, butter, seedprocessing, churi and korma, fruitjams, jelly and juice etc.

The main resource of the districtis agro products. Sirsa has fiveexporting units. They export PaddyParboiling, Shella rice, Drier Plantsto countries like Saudi Arabia,

Dubai, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Kuwaitand Hong-Kong.“There are about 1,890micro and 40 smallscale industries inSirsa besides twomedium levelindustries,” says N KGoyal, General

Manager, District Industries Centre(DIC), Sirsa. While the microindustries range from agriculturalimplements to wrapping paper andmilk chilling, the small scale units

include shellers, cotton ginners, hardboard manufacturers, PVC pipemanufacturers, steel fabricators,Gwar gum manufacturers, cattle feedand seed manufacturers, he adds.

GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS

Although Sirsa district has noindustrial estate of the Departmentof Industries, however, the stategovernment has developed the

industrial areas through HUDA andHSIIDC. Industrial plots areavailable for the prospectiveentrepreneurs at most reasonableprices in these areas. HUDA hasallotted 207 plots at different placesin Sirsa, Kalanwali and Dabwali. 135industrial plots have been allotted byHSIIDC.

An Udyog Kunj has beendeveloped by the government atvillage Bhaudin in Sirsa district inan area of 11 acre. The grampanchayat has offered land free ofcost to set up venture in this UdyogKunj. It has been developed by theHSIIDC. All the residents of Haryanaare eligible to participate in thescheme.

FATEHABAD

Fatehabad district has three largeand medium (one large and twomedium) and 1,077 small and microindustrial units with a totalinvestment of Rs 120 crore and Rs23.97 crore respectively.

NK Goyal, General Manager,District Industries Centre,Fatehabad, says, “The three largeand medium units of the districthave a production of Rs 36.16 croreper annum and provide employmentto 389 persons. The 1,077 small andmicro units have production of Rs263.12 crore and these have beenproviding employment to 3,980workers. Food and agro basedindustries lead the table with 192small scale industries working inthis sector in the district. 148 unitsdeal in leather products.”

“We have units which are engagedin cotton ginning, rice shelling andcold storage and in manufacturingrice bran, oil, medium density fibreboard, sugar, PVC pipe, straw board,zinc sulphate, agricultureimplements, oil and oil cakes, wastecotton, gram dal, jute bags, biscuits,toffee, candy, wheat flour, steelfurniture, rubber and leatherchappals, canvas shoes, card board,generator sets, mono block pump setsand stapler pins,” he adds. g

Status of industries in Hisar:Sector Number Investment Employment

of units (Rs in lakh) (in numbers)Micro 1039 7206 6126Small 82 6032.55 1456Medium 7 2695 454Large 20 82930 6030

Status of industries in Sirsa:Sector Number of units Investment Production Employment

(Rs in lakh) (Rs in lakh) (in numbers)Micro 1890 9587.52 36750.5 1250Small 40 12992.50 4390.65 585Medium 2 1380 375.40 115

The New Industrial Policy-2011 had been made onthe basis of Industrial Policyof 2005, which too wasvery successful asinvestments worth Rs 78,500crore had been made inHaryana due to that. In theper capita investment,Haryana was at 14th placeten years back, came to13th place five years backand has acquired the topposition now.

-Gopal KandaMinister of State for Industries

& commerce


Swati Sethi

Chief Minister Bhupinder SinghHooda has floated an idea of

formation of ‘Commonwealth of Peopleof Indian Origin’ embracing numerousoverseas Indian communities settled indifferent parts of the world.

Addressing the states’ session at thePravasi Bhartiya Divas celebrations inNew Delhi on January 9, 2011, Hoodasaid, “We all know that overseasIndians’ status and prestige is steadilyrising in their respective adoptivehomelands. There is no doubt that youhave earned this by dint of your ownability, drive and industry. But we alsoneed to acknowledge that India’sgrowing power is also responsible forraising your self-confidence. Let usconceive a ‘Commonwealth of People ofIndian Origin’.”

The 25 million strong Indiandiaspora has become a formidableglobal force, representing a truly greatresource in intellectual, technical,scientific, professional andentrepreneurial excellence, he added.

Indians settled abroad have played akey role in global brand-building forIndia. “You also possess a greatpotential for national development by

way of enhancing investments,accelerating industrial developmentand boosting trade and tourism efforts.We seek your support in changing theenvironment around us to achieve thegoal of sustainable and inclusivedevelopment,” Hooda said.

“We aim at promoting Haryana as avibrant and competitive destinationinternationally, and offer the state as acorporate capital, an industrialdestination, and a residential andentertainment centre while retainingthe edge in the manufacturing,services and knowledge sectors,” hesaid.

It would be ‘Destination Haryana’ allthe way during the coming years. Aclear vision, political will, goodgovernance, empathy, empowerment,partnerships (Bhagidari) and creativitywill be the keywords to drive the futuresuccess of Haryana. Prosperity inHaryana goes hand-in-hand with socialresponsibility. All the initiatives of thestate government hinge on the fourpillars of good governance, wealthcreation, human resource developmentand equality of opportunity.

“Haryana had made rapid stridesand carved a niche for itself on thenational and global canvas. Initially an

agrarian state, it is now one of themost industrialised states in thecountry, with the manufacturing andservice sector contributing about 80 percent of the Gross State DomesticProduct (GSDP). The GSDP grew at therate of 8 per cent even during themeltdown period which gives ampleindication of the state’s economichealth,” said the CM.

Referring to the state’s newIndustrial and Investment Policy, theChief Minister said it represented aparadigm shift in focus and was basedon the realisation that a vibrant ruraleconomy was vital to ensuringincreased rural income andemployment which would contribute ina big way to the all round economicdevelopment.

Hooda said that during the last fiveyears, the state attracted investmentworth Rs 53,000 crore (US$ 11 billion)from both domestic as well asinternational sources, and investmentworth Rs 1 lakh crore (US $ 21 billion)was in the pipeline. Making thepassage to investment smooth andhassle-free, the state government hasset up two investment promotioncentres at Delhi and Chandigarh whichact as single-contact points for

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Haryana CM Bhupinder SinghHooda shares a point withDeputy Chairman of PlanningCommission, Dr Montek SinghAhluwalia at the PravasiBhartiya Divas celebration inNew Delhi


investment related matters.“When my government came to

power in 2005, we announced a newindustrial policy, which has facilitatedrapid industrial development in thestate. As per the CMIE Report of 2007,Haryana traversed from 13th positionin 2002 to number one position in 2007in terms of per capita investment at Rs78,500. According to another study byAssocham released in September, 2010,Haryana achieved 81 per centimplementation rate of pledgedinvestment, the highest in the country,”said Hooda.

He said that Haryana is among thetop states in terms of per capitaincome. The state continues tomaintain its lead on the agriculturefront by being the second largestcontributor of food grains to thecentral pool and is currently the largestexporter of Basmati rice in the country.

Besides, Haryana is also one of theleading producers of cotton andmustard in the country. Hooda said thatHaryana was the first state to come outwith a comprehensive and forwardlooking ‘Rehabilitation andResettlement Policy’ for landacquisition which has become a rolemodel for other states in the country.

The policy provides for payment ofannuity of Rs 21,000 to Rs 42,000 peracre for 33 years apart from landcompensation to the land owners, andmakes provision of employment, skilldevelopment and plots by thedevelopers. Haryana again was the firststate to introduce a progressive labourpolicy to create a labour-friendlyenvironment and to promote cordialrelations between employers andemployees.

“We have also identified educationand health sectors as the key areas forour special focus. In the educationsector, our aim is to reduce the drop-outrate. We have launched a majorinitiative to upgrade the ITIs incollaboration with the corporate sectorin order to scale up the employability.A state-of-the-art Rajiv GandhiEducation City has been set up atSonipat. Overseas Indians can availthemselves of this opportunity and setup centres of higher learning,” he said.

In the health sector, Haryana hasidentified some focal areas and devisedkey strategies. Special schemes havebeen launched to provide basic healthservices to the people below povertyline, to promote the concept ofinstitutional deliveries through

delivery huts and provide access tomodern quality health servicesthrough referral systems and tele-medicine networks.

The state government recognisesthe fact that good connectivity and anefficient transport system have asignificant bearing on the overalldevelopment process. “We are takingnecessary steps in this respect. Whilethe Metro has already been extended toGurgaon, towns like Bahadurgarh,Kundli and Faridabad are also beinglinked with Delhi through metro. AGlobal Economic Corridor has alsobeen planned along the KMPExpressway, which will open vastopportunities for development of newurban and industrial townships alongits 135 km route. Various infrastructureinitiatives have also been plannedunder the Delhi Mumbai IndustrialCorridor Project in Haryana,” theChief Minister added.

Congratulating the Ministry ofOverseas India Affairs, Government ofIndia, for taking the initiative oforganising the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas,Hooda said that it provided anopportunity to showcase thedevelopments taking place in India,and specifically in Haryana. g

The Haryana government hasdecided to reserve up to 10 per cent

of industrial plots or sheds for non-resident Indians or persons of Indianorigin and for units with 33 per cent ormore Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).The investment friendly offer isexpected to attract investment.

According to Haryana StateIndustrial and InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation (HSIIDC) incase of plots for NRIs, the entireamount towards the price of the plotwould have to be remitted throughnon-resident external rupee (NRE)account of the applicant or inremittances from abroad or foreignexchange.

In the case of FDI, at least 33 percent of the project cost is required tocome from the FDI route. However, the10 per cent limit would not preclude

allotment of plots in the FDI categoryas a part of the general scheme ofallotment.

Preferential allotment up to 2 percent of the industrial plots or sheds ineach estate had been prescribed by thegovernment for allotment to personswith disabilities.

The government had alsoprescribed a differential rate ofinterest on installments for thiscategory. However, in case noapplication was available from theeligible category, the unallotted plotsmight be utilised under the generalcategory.

While allotting plots, preferencewould be accorded to prestigiousprojects involving a capital investmentof Rs 10 crore, Rs 20 crore and Rs 30crore and above; projects involvingcreation of ancillaries and large

employment opportunities; existingindustrial units for meeting theirexpansion or re-location requirements;projects involving introduction ofstate-of-the-art or new technology andnew investments by promoters withestablished credentials or experience.Ex-servicemen, women entrepreneurs,unemployed engineering graduates,polytechnic or ITI- trained candidatesand entrepreneurs with exceptionalskills would also be given preference.

Allotment of industrial plots wouldbe governed on an ongoing basis inrespect of mega projects involving afixed capital investment (land,building, machinery and other fixedassets) of Rs 100 crore and above, orprojects involving employment tomore than 500 persons and serving asanchor units for proliferation ofancillaries. g

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Reserves 10 per cent plots for NRIs

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Ladli scheme is a remarkable effortof the Women and Child

Development Department initiated tofight out the evil of female foeticideand improve the declining sex ratio inHaryana. In Haryana, Ladli schemewas launched by Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda w.e.f. August20, 2005 for five years.

Now the scheme has been extendedfor another five years. Under thescheme, a second girl child born on orafter August 20, 2005 is given benefit ofRs 5,000 per year for five years and thesum is invested in group scheme Ladliof Life Insurance Corporation of India

and the matured amount ofapproximately Rs 96,000 at the currentrate of interest i.e. 9.40 per cent isgiven to the girl after completing theage of 18 years. She should also beunmarried at that time.

The aim of this scheme is to combatthe menace of female foeticide whichhas devastating demographic andsocial consequences, to restore thedemographic sex ratio imbalance, tofacilitate the birth of more girlchildren and to meet the needs ofwomen and girl children.

All parents, residents of Haryanaor having Haryana domicile, whosesecond girl child/twins/multiple girlsis/are born on or after 20 August, 2005are eligible for the benefits in thescheme, irrespective of their caste,creed, religion, income and number ofsons.

In special cases, where twin ormultiple daughters are born after thebirth of first girl child, Rs 2,500 pergirl child is given for all the live girlchildren. In case of death of any girlchild, the benefit of that particulargirl child only, may be stopped till thenumber of live girl children in thefamily is two.

The first installment would bereleased at the earliest after the birthof second girl child. Successiveinstallments would be released on thebirthdays of the second daughterevery year. A total of 55,190beneficiaries have been benefited byincurring Rs 2,759.54 lakh up toNovember 2010 during the financialyear 2010-11. Now this popular schemehas been extended by the stategovernment for five more years. g

Progress under Ladli Scheme since 20.08.2005Achievements

Year Targets Financial( in lakh)

Physical1st time CumulativeBenefit

2005-06 6,000 5,647 5,647 282.122006-07 24,000 18,079 23,726 1,180.812007-08 42,000 25,832 49,558 2,501.182008-09 60,100 23,066 72,624 2,961.242009-10 80,400 32,489 1,05,113 5,255.652010-11(up to Nov 10) 94,400 15,447 55,190 2,759.54Total 3,06,900 1,20,557 14,940.49

LLaaddllii:: Our darlingdaughterThe state government is endeavouring tocombat the menace of female foeticide andbalance the sex ratio in Haryana

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Lohri in honour ofthe girl childHaryana Review Bureau

More than 2,100 girls in the agegroup of 0-1 year attended a

function, ‘Lohri beti ke naam’,organised by a local NGO NationalIntegrated Forum of Artists andActivists (NIFAA) in Karnal, in honourof the girl child to create awarenessagainst female foeticide. Parents fromall parts of the district had come to jointhe celebrations.

The function was presided over byHaryana governor Jagannath Pahadia.He opened the function by lighting abonfire to celebrate Lohri. Thegovernor expressed concern over thealarmingly low female sex ratio in thestate. “Though the female sex ratio islow in the country (927), it is lower inHaryana (824). The government hadlaunched several schemes like Ladli forimproving the female sex ratio,” hesaid.

He said it was an irony that whilewomen were worshipped like “devi” inthe Indian culture, yet people wereindulging in female foeticide. Thegovernor announced a sum of Rs 1 lakhfrom his discretionary funds to fightthis menace.

Sarpanches of 23 villages in thedistrict in which the birth rate of thegirl child was more than the male childduring the past two years werehonoured by the governor. The villagesincluded Sarvan, Munak, Takhana,Badagaon, Arianpura, Chochra, Biyana,Nilokheri, Dadupur, Kunjpura, Dachar,Phaphrana, Kurlin, Shamgarh,Begumpur, Aungad, Sandhir, Kalsara,Narukheri, Uncha Sammana, Kaimlaand Ardana. Civil Surgeon VandanaBhatia was also honoured on theoccasion for the corporation renderedby the department.

The function was also attended byfilm director and activist Mahesh Bhatt

and Satish Kaushik. Speaking on theoccasion, film director Mahesh Bhattlauded the initiative taken by NIFAAand said he would undertake a nationaltour to spread the success story of these23 Karnal villages among the educatedclass which has misused the medicalfacility of ultrasound for sexdetermination.

He said he had made a film,“Tamanna”, which conveyed a strongmessage against female foeticide. Hesaid these model villages should serveas an example for urban areas wherethe number of cases of female foeticidewas on a rise.

Satish Kaushik, director-cum-actor,exhorted people to make the campaignagainst female foeticide a massmovement and work for changing themindset of the people.

The chairman of NIFAA, PritpalSingh Pannu, said this was the sixthLohri function celebrated by theorganisation and said the number ofparticipating baby girls was increasingevery year.

He said fixed deposits of Rs 5,100would be made in the name of five babygirls for 10 years and they would get themoney after the FDs matured. g

Film director Mahesh Bhattsaid he would undertakea national tour to spreadthe success story of these23 Karnal villages amongthe educated class whichhas misused the medicalfacility of ultrasound forsex determination.

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Afemale sarpanch of Ridau village in Sonipat districthas taken an extraordinary initiative in saving the girl

child. An octogenarian, recently elected sarpanch,Bhateri Devi, has announced a financial help of Rs 5,100for every girl child born in a poor family in the village.Wife of former Indian National Army soldier Daya Singh,95, Bhateri Devi has already opened fixed deposits forsix families in which girls were born in the last month.She says her family, comprising her husband and sixsons, will raise funds to finance her largesse.

“I have decided to extend the benefit to families on thebirth of girl child in future, too. We need ways to tacklethe decreasing population of girls as people are resortingto female foeticide taking advantage of new technology,''said Bhateri Devi.

Haryana's sex ratio is 850 girls for every 1,000 malebirths. ''While the government has formulated schemesand spent crores, initiatives from the people are

important,'' she added. Bhateri denied any prejudice formales in her own family in Kharawar village of Rohtakdistrict. She was born at number four, third girl, in afamily of seven siblings comprising three brothers.

Raj Kumar, one of her six sons, who is a politicalactivist and businessman, informed that his mother felt theneed to do something for the betterment of society in thevillage apart from routine panchayat works. "Since all ofus (siblings) are in good financial position and our fatherwas also getting freedom fighter pension, we decided topool in funds for the scheme," said Raj Kumar.

Rani Devi, who is one of the beneficiaries of thisscheme and gave birth to fourth daughter recently,commented, "It is a big help to me and my daughter. Myfamily was apprehensive about the upbringing of thechild but this gesture would prove helpful when mydaughter grows up and needs finances for education andso on," she said. g

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The women of Karnal celebrated thefestival of Lohri by doing a ‘pram

walk’ to propagate gender equality.More than 500 women, carryingchildren in prams, joined the walkbraving the chill. More than 65 per centof the participants were from ruralareas.

The ‘pram walk’ was organised by alocal NGO National Integrated Forum ofArtists and Activists (NIFAA). Itsurpassed the record of another suchendeavour (306 prams) by MotherCentre Hviezdicka, Slovakia, on May 13,2006, making its way into the GuinnessBook of World Records.

The prams carrying infants belowthe age of two made a 1.6 km-long chainfrom National Dairy Research Instituteto the Karan Stadium. DeputyCommissioner, Neelam Pradeep Kasni,and SP, Rakesh Arya, flagged off theslogans in favour of the girl child.

Mothers from poor families wereprovided prams at heavy discounts. Allthe participants were issued acertificate and children winning the 1st,2nd and 3rd positions were awarded Rs11,000, Rs 5,100 and Rs 3,100, respectively.

Walking that extra mile

Mothers and toddlerspropagate gender

equality through a‘Pram Walk‘

An extraordinary initiative

Sonali Narang

Migration is not a new thing;people have always left their

homes in search of betteropportunities both within and outsidethe homeland. It can be motivated by adream of a better life or someone canbe made to do it against his or her will.Migration can be for survival or forpleasure. It can be easy or verydifficult. Migrants can be of any age,gender, race or nationality.

The present day migration is closely

related to globalisation in many ways.Globalisation fosters conditions thatpush people to migrate in search ofwork opportunities. There areestimates which say that nearly oneout of six people in this world, i.e.more than one billion people, arecrossing national borders as migrantworkers. Of these, one billion i.e. 72per cent are women. Perhaps, reasonsmay be different. According tofeminists’ understanding of themigration, there can be differenttrends in men vs. women migration,

but when it comes to effects ofmigration, women are the mostvulnerable.

Human trafficking, especiallywomen trafficking, is becoming amajor form of illegal migration, whichraises certain moral questions as well.Even if we see in this globalised world,women are still used like commodities.With migration, there comes theconcept of human trafficking. Humantrafficking is the illegal trade ofhuman beings for the purposes offorced marriages, child marriages,sexual exploitation, forced labour – amodern form of slavery and beggingetc. Human trafficking is the thirdmost profitable criminal activity afterdrugs and arms trafficking. Out of allthe trafficking victims, more than 80per cent are females (US dept of state).In feminist studies on migration, themain focus is on the causes andconditions of women migration.

No doubt, Haryana has emerged asone of most developed and prosperousstates of the country and with time itmight become the state with highestper capita income, but globalisationhas brought to Haryana some of itsdrawbacks such as migration andtrafficking. A forced marriage which isthe cruelest form of trafficking can befound in Haryana these days. Areaswhich have been identified withtrafficking in Haryana are Faridabad,Gurgaon, Panipat, Sonipat, Ambala,Karnal and Mewat.

Mewat, a region which is just 50kilometres (30 miles) from New Delhi,has become a hub of such activities innorth India. “Due to early marriageand poverty many women die duringchildbirth here, leaving a largenumber of widowers who can't findlocal girls, so they have to buy them,”said Manmohan Sharma. Mostly menspend between Rs 5,000- 20,000 for abride.

According to the executive directorof anti-trafficking group, many womenare first brought to Mewat and later

Just feel her painThere is a need to raise awareness about the plight of womenmigrants in Haryana who are being trafficked for the purpose offorced marriages, forced labour and sexual exploitation

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they are sold to other states. In therecent years more than 10,000 womenhave been brought with a promise of ajob from poorer Indian states formarrying men who can’t find a wifefor themselves.

Fatima, who is the resident ofMewat said, “In the region, there arenot many girls left and the locals ofMewat don’t give their girls towidowers, ageing and handicappedmen. People from the villages ofPunjab and Haryana have startedbuying girls from the poverty-riddenstates like Bihar, U.P, West Bengal andJharkhand to get their boys marriedand many of these girls are treated asslaves and subjected to sexual andphysical violence.” This is happeningdue to a low sex ratio in Haryana andPunjab because people are practicingfemale foeticide. Moreover, many ofthese girls are resold to several peopleas a sexual slave for them. There arevery few girls who get permanentlysettled.

The main reason for migration of

these women to other regions is theattraction of a big city, better payingjobs and a better life. Under the stressof poverty, women generally take thedecision of migrating to differentregions. The problems they encounteris experiencing a different culturalsetup which they have never seen,inability to speak the local languageand thus not being able tocommunicate with other peopleregarding their sufferings.

The trafficking of girls and womenfor sexual exploitation is viewed as amodern form of slavery in which theyare induced through coercion and/ordeception into providing commercialsexual services (Human Rights Watch,1995). Government is conductingregular meetings and workshops forcombating trafficking. Also thegovernment has started variousschemes and facilities through whichit is improving the overall status ofwomen in society.

NGOs, like Empower People areworking in the areas of Kurukshetra,

Jind and Mewat, and are helping thesewomen. Moreover, Haryana OverseasPlacement Assistance Society Ltd(HOPAS) is also being established forhelping the job aspirants in Haryanato protect them from the exploitationof private agents. Separate cells havealso been formed by territorial policein order to deal with cases related tohuman trafficking.

Though government has startedvarious schemes and facilities throughwhich it is improving the status ofwomen in society, but unless or untilthe people of the state realise thatgirls shouldn’t be treated ascommodities and stop female foeticide,this critical issue can’t be resolved. Ihope one day the situation ofmigrating women workers will getchanged by effective working ofgovernment organisations andawakening of the general public. g

The writer is a research scholar atthe Centre for the Study of Geopolitics,

Department of Political Science,Panjab University, Chandigarh

The members of about 2,000 self-help groups formedunder the Haryana community forestry project, fundedby the European Commission and the stategovernment, can script a rags-to-riches story. Oncepoor and dependent on men folk, these women todayearn between Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 a month.

The women have got a trademark, ‘Hara Sona’ forall the products made by them. The logo is alsodesigned by them. Their products, whether it isPhulkari, artificial jewellery, sweet boxes, knitwear,crochet, pickles, candles or bangles, can be sold withthe trademark seal.

Dr Amrinder Kaur, Chief Conservator of Forests(CCF), says when the project started ten years ago,there was just a token share of women. “Today, thewomen, who have become the new opinion leader,actively take part in panchayat elections, savingenvironment, eradicating social evils, besides raidingliquor vends and spreading awareness about organicfarming and RTI Act,” she says.

More than 1,000 women from Ambala, Hisar,Yamunanagar and Panchkula districts have masteredthe art of Phulkari and are now weaving a bright futurefor themselves and their families. The CCF says

their work was also showcased at Surajkund fair.

Chander Kala of Bewal village in Rewari districtreceived training in vermicompost in 2002 and withinfour years, her coffers were filled with Rs 6 lakh. Shehas also received state award for makingvermicompost manure. She then started spreadingawareness about organic farming and engaged morewomen in her endeavour.

In Bhurthala village in Rewari district, they havebeen trying their bit to better the dismal sex ratio. Theykeep a track of pregnant woman and once caught awoman taking her daughter-in-law for sex-selectiveabortion, says Kaur. Women in Asalwas Merheta andvillages haves started celebrating the birth of a girlchild.

Munni Devi of Barop village who was from a belowpoverty line family, started making envelopes with aninitial investment of Rs 500, and then opened autensil’s shop. Today, she has a four-wheeler andearned Rs 2 lakh last Diwali.

When a depot holder fouled up the ration record ofan illiterate woman, she filed an RTI applicationagainst him. A woman in Kanina village inMahendergarh district took a loan of Rs 2,000 underthe project a few years ago, and today earns Rs25,000 a month from the beauty parlour she opened.

Women members of self-help groups scale new heights in social, economic uplift NEW DIRECTIONS

Government’s NewYear resolution: To minimise litigation

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Shweta Vashishta

Over the years, the state hasemerged as the major litigant

particularly at the High Court andSupreme Court level. Litigation hasincreased on several counts-- rulesand regulations are not clear and theattitude of bureaucracy to encouragelitigation rather than taking remedialsteps to nip the problem in the bud.And to top all this, the lawsuits filedmove at a snail pace and decisionsare not awarded for years. No wonderthe courts are pressurised with themounting number of pending cases.

The Haryana government hasawakened to this problem and hasapproved the Haryana StateLitigation Policy-2010 to minimiselitigation by putting an effectivegrievance-redressal mechanism inplace. The policy also aims attransforming the government into anefficient and responsible litigant.

The policy aims at streamliningand minimising litigation through--better decision-making, quickresponse to representations,managing litigation through IT-baseddecision support system, capacitybuilding, review and disputesettlements and improvinginfrastructure, quality of manpower,systems and procedures.

It would also ensure that goodcases are won and bad cases notpursued needlessly. This wouldreduce the load of governmentlitigation in courts, thereby providingrelief to the judiciary.

A state-level empoweredcommittee, department-level policyimplementation committees anddistrict-level policy implementationcommittees would be formed underthe policy. The empowered committee

would have full powers to takedecisions on the policy content andchanges in procedures to beintroduced. The decisions dulyauthorised by the committee wouldbe implemented directly by thedepartment. Its recommendationsinvolving core policy changes wouldbe referred to the government.

“The empowered committee wouldidentify major causes of litigationand recommend suitable measures tominimise cases.

The policy implementationcommittees would regularly monitorand review litigation arising indepartments. They would havepowers to take decisions on caseswhere financial implication is notvery high. In case the committees feelthe need for streamlining somepolicies or rules, they would makerecommendations to the state-levelcommittee,” Principal Secretary,Home, Sameer Mathur, said.

Similarly, the district-level policyimplementation committees wouldalso monitor and review all cases.The Home or Administration ofJustice Department would be thenodal agency for facilitating co-ordination and interaction amongthese committees.

All departments would set upeffective grievance-redressalcommittees which would pre-empt alot of unnecessary and unwantedlitigation. It would be mandatory foremployees to seek redressal throughthis system first before going to thecourts.

A time limit of eight weeks mightbe fixed to decide a representation forwhich a two-tier structure would beset up. In the first tier, eachdepartment would have a grievancecell at the state level. The second tier

would be at the district level. Allcases and issues, at the request of theaggrieved party, would be reviewed toredress genuine grievances. Asseniority matters were a majorsource of litigation, these would beresolved by all departmentsexpeditiously and seniority listsupdated regularly.

Every department would authorisesome officers with sufficient powersto take final decisions so that minordisputes pending in different courtscould be settled through Lok Adalatswith active participation of suchofficers.

The state empowered committeeand the litigation policyimplementation committee wouldlook into the ways and means ofmaximising case or dispute disposalthrough fast track courts, gramnyayales, evening courts, familycourts etc.

The Haryana government’s StateLitigation policy, prepared on thepattern of the National LitigationPolicy-2010, would hopefully reducethe number of government cases incourts providing them with the muchneeded respite. g

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The wonderyears of

ChildhoodPhoto Feature by Randeep Singh

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Games of twilight

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Bundles of joy

Pleasures of being together

Run for fun

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Me and my dear sister

Shweta Vashishta

Braving the chill and fog, a largecrowd gathered in Shaheed Bhagat

Singh Stadium to welcome ChiefMinister Bhupinder Singh Hooda whoarived in Sirsa on 24 Dec 2010. Hisarrival brought cheer to the largecrowd which was eagerly waiting for

him. Earlier, Hooda inaugurated and

dedicated to the people a Railway overBridge (RoB) constructed on Delhi-Hisar-Sirsa-Sulemanki road at a costof Rs 41 crore. After inaugurating thisbridge, he said that the four-laned RoBwould facilitate the traffic movementto and fro without any obstruction.

Flood lights have been provided byexecuting four high mast lights, so asto illuminate the whole surroundings.The RoB has a total length of 609 mconsisting of 286.5 m and 268.5 mlength of approaches on Hisar andDabwali side respectively and 54 m ofmain Railway Bridge. Out of its totalcost of Rs 41 crore, Rs 22.30 crore has

Let HaryanabloomChief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’svisits provide impetus to development inSirsa and Faridabad

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been provided by the Government ofIndia and Rs 18.70 crore by the IndianRailways.

The chief minister said that from1966 to 2005, only 16 RoBs wereconstructed. During the tenure of thepresent state government, the pace ofdevelopment took a new turn and arevolutionary step for construction of

roads, over bridges on busy railwaycrossings in the state was taken and alarge number of RoBs were plannedfor smooth running of traffic. Asmany as 22 ROBs have been completedwith an investment of Rs 423.60 crorein a short span of about six years onlyand seven RoBs with an investment ofRs 160.64 crore were in progress. Theconstruction of 17 ROBs was alsounder consideration of thegovernment for which an investmentof Rs 423 crore would be required.

Hooda said that Rs 2196.32 crorehad so far been spent in Sirsa districtafter he came to power in Haryana in2005, whereas an amount of Rs 789.34crore was spent during previousgovernment’s regime from 1999 to2005.

Hooda accepted most of thedemands placed before him by SirsaMP Ashok Tanwar and assured toexamine some others.

The chief minister emphasised thatthe New Industrial Policy would bringgreat benefit to entrepreneurs in theindustrially backward district ofSirsa.

FARIDABAD GETS A BOOSTEDDOSE

Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda wentto Faridabad on December 25 toaddress a public meeting organised byMinister of State for Revenue andlocal MLA Shivcharan Sharma in theNIT Assembly constituency.Addressing the meeting, Hooda saidearlier the focus of his governmentwas on solving the power shortageproblem in the state and now potablewater for the entire state was hisgovernment’s priority.

The chief minister announced anumber of measures for the welfare ofworkers and residents of industrialtown of Faridabad. These includedsanction of Rs 2,082 crore project toconnect YMCA, Ballabgarh withmetro rail, Rs 2,800 crore approvedunder Jawaharlal Nehru NationalUrban Renewal Mission, developmentof slums and a new 50-bed hospital insector 55-56 of Faridabad and surveyfor regularisation of unauthorisedcolonies.

Responding to demands of thepeople of the NIT Assemblyconstituency raised by ShivcharanSharma, Hooda said the governmentwould set a water project of“international standards” to solve the

problem of the people. He alsoaccepted demands for the setting up ofa college.

On complaints of residents thatindustrial workers were not beingpaid proper wages, he ordered theauthorities concerned to ensure thatfrom now on full wages were paidthrough cheques. He also accepted ademand for the setting up of “ChhathGhat (a place to offer Chhathprayers)”.

Hooda said that with a view torestore the lost glory of this famousindustrial town, a number of stepswere being taken. An Industrial ModelTown was being set up at Faridabadand various development schemescosting Rs 850 crore had beensanctioned for Faridabad.

He said that during its rule in thestate from 1999 to February 2005, theINLD had spent a sum of about Rs 501crore on development projects inFaridabad. On the contrary, hisgovernment had spent a sum of Rs1,513 crore during the past six years.

Hooda also inaugurated a housingscheme for poor set up under theJawaharlal Nehru National UrbanRenewal Mission (JNNURM). Low-costdwelling units for slum-dwellers weregiven to allotees. More than 3,000 suchunits are being set up under thescheme.

The chief minister said that theunauthorised colonies of Faridabadwould soon be regularised and allbasic facilities would be provided inthese colonies. He gave allotmentletters to the beneficiaries of 'Ashiana'scheme in Sector-62 of Faridabad. Hesaid that the living standard of thepoor would be improved by providingthem affordable multi-storeyresidential accommodation on thepattern of Mumbai and added that thestate government was makingconcerted efforts to improve the livingstandard of common people.

He said that it was gratifying forhim to hand over keys of 583 flats,equipped with all modern amenities,to the beneficiaries. Such 8000 flatswere also being constructed in thevarious districts of the state, headded.

Hooda said that bringing smile onthe face of common people was thepolicy of the Congress party. Heordered the officers to open a primaryschool and shopping centre, besidesproviding bus service to this colony. g

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Ruchi Sharma and Ravneet Kaur Brar

On the occasion of the birthanniversary of Mirza Ghalib, a

poet of all seasons, the Haryanagovernment chose to honour its Urdulitterateurs for their contribution inpromoting the Urdu language. Afunction was organised at HaryanaRaj Bhawan on December 27 toencourage those Urdu lovers who fortheir whole life have worked topromote Urdu values and culturethrough their writings.

People from far and wide had cometo be part of the function and somehad come even on wheelchairs toreceive the awards. Besides HaryanaGovernor, Jagannath Pahadia, ChiefParliamentary Secretary, ShardaRathore, Chief Secretary, UrvashiGulati, Financial Commissioner andPrincipal Secretary, Dr K KKhandelwal and Chief ElectionCommissioner and former Director of

Information and Public RelationsDepartment, Dr S Y Quraishi, gracedthe occasion with their benignpresence.

K L Zakir, Secretary of HaryanaUrdu Akademi, welcomed all theguests. He recalled the contribution ofDr Quraishi in the promotion of Urduliterature in Haryana. “Dr Quraishihas written 16 books for thepromotion of Urdu language andthree of his books are in thepipeline,” he added.

Governor Pahadia gave away theawards to Urdu litterateurs for theyear 2008-09 and 2009-10. He referredto Urdu literature as a promoter ofcommunal harmony, mutualunderstanding and brotherhood sothat the country's unity and integrityis strengthened. He called for makingUrdu simpler, easier and morereceptive. He said that Urdu, Punjabiand English were gaining popularityin the state.

Dr Quraishi was awarded ‘HaliAward’ for the year 2008-09 andRamesh Chander Puhal was awardedfor the year 2009-10. ‘KanwarMahender Singh Award’ was givenaway to Dr Dharam Dev Swami for theyear 2008-09 and Dr Himmat SinghSinha Nazim for the year 2009-10.‘Sabir Dutt Award’ was given to ProfZahida Zaidi for the year 2008-09 andProf Sugra Mehdi for the year 2009-10.‘Sayyed Muzaffar Hussain BurniAward’ was conferred upon AkhgarPanipati for the year 2008-09 andAnjum Zaidi for the year 2009-10;‘Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Award’ to ProfAzad Gulati for the year 2008-09 andDr Kundan Arawali for the year 2009-10. ‘Munshi Gumani Lal Award’ wasbestowed upon Amar Sahani for theyear 2008-09 and Anju Dua for the year2009-10. ‘Surender Pt Soz Award’ wasgiven to Dr Gopal Krishan Shafaq forthe year 2008-09 and Ramesh Tanhafor the year 2009-10.

UUrrdduu lliitttteerraatteeuurrsshonouredHaryana Governor honoured Urdu litterateurs for the year 2008 and2009 and also announced ten new awards to encourage Urdu writings

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Award for Outstanding ChildLiterature was given away to SalikZamil Brar, Hyder Bayabani and DrKhush Hal Zaidi. Veteran WritersAward was given away to DostBhardwaj of Kurukshetra, Sehrai ofGurgaon, Kanwal Haryanavi of Paiand Vasdev Sahani Talib of Faridabadfor the year 2008-09 and Bodhraj Jafar

of Sonipat, Dr Betab Alipuri ofSonipat and Maikash Ambalwi ofYamunanagar for the year 2009-10.Award for Outstanding Books wasgiven to Amar Sahani of Faridabad, SP S Chauhan Bharat of Faridabad andNashad Aurangabadi of Faridabad,Shama Haryanavi of Sonipat,Narender Singh Rafique of Shahabad,

Dr Desh Raj Sapra of Shahabad,Nazma Zabin of Nuh and lateMahavir Jain of Sonipat for the year2008-09 and to Kamar Rais of Sonipat,Azad Sonipati of Sonipat, Devraj PuriDilbar of Sonipat, Anju Dua ofFaridabad, Ram Lok Kaushal ofPinjore and R P Kalia Kausar ofFaridabad for the year 2009-10.

After giving away the awards,Governor Pahadia announced ten newawards to encourage Urdulitterateurs. He said that this will helpin the enrichment and promotion ofUrdu language. A lifetimeachievement award of cash prize ofRs 1.51 lakh was declared.

The Chief Parliamentary Secretary,Sharda Rathore, also appreciated thecontribution of litterateurs to societyand said the government would startUrdu journalism award of Rs 51,000cash prize.

Other awards include an award inUrdu translation, the Jafar Zattaliaward for humour and satire, achildren’s literature award, an awardfor contribution to the promotion ofPersian, an award for ghazal/qawwalisinging, an award for contribution totheatre, an award for writers andpoets belonging to Haryana but livingoutside the state and an award forwritings which help promotescientific temper and improveenvironment. Each award carries acash prize of Rs 21,000. g

2008-09 2009-10 ‘Hali Award’ S Y Quraishi Ramesh Chander Puhal‘Kanwar Mahender Dharam Dev Swami Himmat Singh Sinha NazimSingh Award’ ‘Sabir Dutt Award’ Prof Zahida Zaidi Prof Sugra Mehdi‘Sayyed Muzaffar Akhgar Panipati Anjum ZaidiHussain Burni Award’‘Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Prof Azad Gulati Dr Kundan ArawaliAward’ ‘Munshi Gumani Lal Amar Sahani Anju Dua

Award’ ‘Surender Pt. Soz Dr Gopal Krishan Shafaq Ramesh TanhaAward’

Ten new awardsannounced:A lifetime achievement award of Rs1.51 lakh cash prize; Urdujournalism award of Rs 51,000cash prize; an award in Urdutranslation; the Jafar Zattali awardfor humour and satire; a children’sliterature award; an award forcontribution to the promotion ofPersian; an award forghazal/qawwali singing; an awardfor contribution to theatre; anaward for writers and poetsbelonging to Haryana but livingoutside the state and an award forwritings which promote scientifictemper and improve environment.Each award carries a cash prize ofRs 21,000.

Chief Election Commissioner, Dr S Y Quraishireceiving Hali Award from Governor,Jagannath Pahadia

50 HARYANA REVIEW, FEBRUARY 2011TOURISM

Anil Kumar Sharma

When it comes to highway tourism,the state of Haryana tops the list

of having the maximum number ofgovernment-owned tourist resorts andmotels along highways than any otherstate in the country. Geographicallyspeaking, the network of highwaytourism is spread across Haryana,whether it is the central, northern,southern, eastern or western part ofthe state. The reason being, it shares acommon border with the neighbouringstates of Delhi, Punjab, HimachalPradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The concept of highway tourismwas introduced by S K Mishra, aHaryana cadre IAS Officer. Due to thepopularity gained by HaryanaHighway Tourism Industry, IndiraGandhi, the then Prime Minister ofIndia, called Mishra to serve in the

Union Government, as a token ofreward. While serving in the UnionGovernment, Mishra continued toguide and advise in the formation ofthe highway tourism policy ofHaryana (which was his first love) andvarious plans and programmesassociated with it.

The names of almost all highwaytourist complexes, leaving a very few,are very selectively chosen fromamong the names of birds found indifferent parts of Haryana. The touristcomplexes are built on the peripheryof either national or state highwaysand are equipped with modern to ultramodern facilities to cater to differentkinds of clients. In the true spirit of‘Athethi Devo Bhava’, the complexesare like home away from home andprovide much needed respite to long-route tourists. All the complexes offerpicturesque view and provide well-

furnished accommodation; a few alsohave tennis and billiard courts. Thesecomplexes attract both Indian andforeign tourists. In some selectedcomplexes which fall under the ambitof NCR, foreign tourists sometimesoutnumber the Indian visitors.

The most prominent complexes outof 44 are Anjam Yatrika, Pehowa;Badkhal lake, Faridabad; Baya,Bhiwani; Black Bird, Hansi; Blue Bird,Hisar; Blue Jay, Samalkha; Bulbul,Jind; Dabchick, Hodal; Ethnic India,Rai; Flamingo, Hisar; Gauriyya,Bahadurgarh; Grey Pelican,Yamunanagar; Jatayu Yatrika,Panchkula; Karna Lake, Uchana;Highway Golf Course, Uchana;Kingfisher, Ambala; Koel, Kaithal;Magpie, Faridabad; Mountain Ovail,Morni Hills; Myna, Rohtak;Neelkanthi Yatri Niwas, Kurukshetra;Oasis, Uchana; Parakeet, Pipli; Papiha,

Tourism on a highTourism on a high

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Fatehabad; Red Bishop, Panchkula;Sandpiper, Rewari; Skylark, Panipat;Surkhab, Sirsa; Sunbird, Surajkund;Hermitage, Surajkund; Bird Sanctury,Sultanpur; Tilyar Lake, Rohtak; HotelRaj Hans, Surajkund, Hotel RamgarhFort, Ramgarh; Raja Nahar SinghPalace, Ballabgarh; YadavindraGardens, Pinjore etc.

Apart from the state tourismcomplexes, a sizeable number ofprivate owned restaurants and motelsrun along both sides of the highways.With carefully chosen names likeHavelli, Mirchi, Tava, Zaika, Lazeej,Mehfil, Baithak, Rasoi, theserestaurants and roadside dhabas offersumptuous food, truly living up totheir names. ‘Puran Singh Da Dhaba’at Ambala Cantt is very famous notamong the tourists but locals also.

Haryana with a rich variety oftourist attractions contributes a fairshare in the growth of tourism(foreign tourists coming to India). Topromote tourism in the state, somesort of campaign, on the lines of‘Incredible India’ campaign by theUnion Ministry of Tourism forcommunicating the wonders of Indiato the entire world, should belaunched. Technology like YouTube

online video platforms can be used toprovide an overview of Haryana topromote tourism.

Some appropriate nationalpersonality could be engaged as abrand ambassador of Haryana on thepattern of the state of Gujarat whichhas roped in actor Amitabh Bachan topromote Gujarat tourism. Theairborne message to convey theholding of the Pinjore HeritageFestival to the general public at large

through the mode of helicopter was astep in the right direction. The abovecampaigns not only boost tourism inthe state but also help in generatinghandsome foreign exchange for thecountry. Nevertheless, there is anurgent need to spruce up those resortsand motels which are underused tofurther prop up highway tourism inthe state. g

The writer is Librarian, ArchivesDepartment, Haryana

Haryana has begun promoting health tourism in abig way. Health projects involving an investment of

Rs 100 crore and above are being given the status ofindustry for the purpose of incentives. The Industrial andInvestment Policy-2011 seeks private sector investmentin the heath and healthcare sector to facilitate theestablishment of quality healthcare institutions within theframework of set standards and norms.

The state holds great potential for development as acentre of medical tourism. It also has potential forinvestment in the health sector through establishment ofhospitals offering primary, secondary and tertiary levelhealthcare facilities and allied services like pharmacies,diagnostics, pathological labs, training and skilldevelopment for para-medical services.

The government has decided to establish facilities likecommon bio-medical waste treatment facilities forproper disposal of biomedical waste generated byhospitals, laboratories and research and developmentcentres, effluent treatment plants for treatment of liquideffluent generated from government hospitals and liquidoxygen plants in hospitals with bed strength of more

than 100. HUDA, the Haryana State Industrial andInfrastructure Development Corporation and urbandevelopment bodies would endeavour to earmarkseparate clusters at appropriate locations for medicalcare service providers. The Town and Country PlanningDepartment allows change of land use permission forhealth facilities in the conforming zones of developmentplans. Hospitals are also permitted in the agriculturezone in relaxation of zoning regulations in publicinterest by the government.

Government surveys show that pharmaceuticalsector had a vast growth potential in the country andthe state recognised the need for development of thissector on a sustainable basis. The Union Governmenthas selected Haryana to set up a biotechnology parkalong with research and development facility and alsoestablishment of a pharma industrial park in the state. Itwas in this background that the state government haddecided to earmark or acquire about 1000 acres ofland for the development of a dedicated pharma parkin the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway globaleconomic corridor for this purpose.

Health tourism being promoted

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Amar Nath Wadehra & Randeep Wadehra

For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks – not that you won or lost – But how you played the game.

-Grantland Rice (1880–1954) USsportswriter

It is true that every society developsits own moral precepts and

practices. This development takesplace over centuries and severalfactors like economic, political etccontribute significantly to the process.It goes without saying that no societycan afford to remain stagnant. If it

wants to survive it has to evolveaccording to its contemporary needsas well as the prevailing external aswell as internal socio-economic-political environments. However, thisis easier said than done. For variousreasons status-quoism gets embeddedin the psyche of a traditional society,resulting in resistance to change. Thisphenomenon has been quite manifestin the region – more so in Haryana.

The consequences were there for allto see. Superstition, bigotry andignorance began to rule the roost.Periodically, certain positive factorsdid enter the Haryanvi society,nevertheless. For example thereformist Arya Samaj movement,during the pre-independence period,loosened the orthodoxy’s strangleholdon the common folks. This introducedseveral progressive ideas into thesociety that challenged the caste-basedstratification as well as otherretrogressive practices. Consequentlyefforts, albeit tentative, to educate andempower women and other vulnerablesections of the society were initiated.

Even as this phenomenon began togather momentum after theindependence, the Green Revolutionproved to be a harbinger of economicprogress. Gradually, the resultantaffluence paved the way forHaryanvis’ progress towardsmodernisation of the mind. Theintroduction of new technologiesneeded progressive mindsets forhandling ultramodern productiontechniques and machines.Consequently, the demand foreducational institutions increasedphenomenally – not merely forimparting science and technologyrelated skills but also the soft-skillsthat enable fostering of socialrelationships.

The opening up of the economy tointernational business, industry andeducational institutes has had asalutary effect on Haryana’s socio-economic profile. Yet, much needed tobe achieved, especially in the fields of

Cultural evolutionthrough sports

Young girls take on hockey, once a men’s bastion

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character-building and socialliberalism; this is where the self-esteem factor comes into play. Thisfactor got phenomenal boost, thanksto the Commonwealth Games. Muchbefore the Commonwealth Gameswere held, the country investedheavily in the training of itssportspersons for the competition,which paid dividends in thesubsequently held Asian Games inChina, too. And, Haryana was a majorbeneficiary of this effort.

There is a lot in sporting ethic thatcan reinforce a society’s moral andethical evolution. It comprises theclassic principles of pleasure, duty,virtue, obligation, perfection as wellas complete and harmoniousdevelopment of the human potential.These principles are identical to theones governing a culture’s moralevolution. Today gymnasiums andother sporting facilities have sprungup in various parts of Haryana. Thishas resulted in a positive physicalculture that encourages the state’syouth to participate in various healthyactivities. At the same time, it weansthem away from such unhealthy andanti-social acts as drug abuse, heinouscrime and moral deprivation.

The training of a sportspersoninvolves not merely acquisition andhoning of the requisite skills but alsodevelopment of certain positiveattitudes. Sportsman spirit teaches usthat there is a fundamental differencebetween sporting rivalry and enmity.Tolerance of, and respect for, one’sopponent is deeply ingrained in thepsyche of a sportsperson. At the sametime unflinching attention is paid toperfection – both of body and mind –in order to excel in a particularsporting discipline. Thus, one’sambitions are reconciled with therespect for one’s rivals, as well as awell developed sense of discipline andself-restraint. Such ethic, consciouslyor unconsciously, gets translated intoother fields of human activity – be itpolitics, business, industry andgovernance in general. Let us notforget the moral connotations of thefamiliar phrase, “This is not cricket!”

Similarly, a broader and healthierattitude towards women is alsoinculcated not only among maleathletes but also the society at large.The CWG ushered in an era of moreemancipated Haryanvi woman in amanner that was unthinkable only a

decade or so back. The girls fromHaryana nonchalantly stormed whatwere hitherto considered as malebastions of sports like wrestling andhockey, apart from various track andfield events. Mind you, these girls arenot from some heavily protected,elitist families, but from theconservative core of Haryanvi society– the agrarian middle class. Duringinterviews to various news channels,they revealed how they wereencouraged to take up wrestling bytheir parents, especially respectivefathers, and were encouraged to sparand practice with male wrestlers inorder to hone their skills up to worldclass levels. This sort of attitude in apatriarchal society is bound to havesalutary multiplier effects on theworldview of the rest of rural andurban middle class Haryana.

The time has come when one cansay of Haryana’s lasses what was saidby Sue Dorrington, the Englandwomen’s rugby team captain, “I thinkwomen as a group are better teammembers than men. We communicatebetter and are more compatible. We’realso more perfectionists and takeinstruction better.” (Quoted in TheTimes, London, 03rd May, 1994).

Since women are considered asrepositories of a society’s culture andmoral codes, such healthydevelopments in the Haryanvi societyare bound to take its culturalevolution to a higher plane. All thisthanks to the international sportstournaments catching the imaginationof common folks. g

Amar Nath Wadehra is a writer &Randeep Wadehra is a

poet and columnist

In football too!

Saurabh Duggal

Former state wrestler Mahavir SinghPhogat left his Haryana State

Electricity Board job to live his dreamof winning glory for the countrythrough his daughters. And sistersGeeta (22) and Babita (21) lived theirfather’s dreams by making it to thepodium finish in the DelhiCommonwealth Games. The elder onewon gold, while the younger siblingwon silver.

It all began during the 2000 SydneyOlympics, when the then Haryana ChiefMinister announced a cash award of Rs1 crore for any Haryana player whocould win an Olympic gold. But with no

Haryana player winning the medal inthe Olympics, Mahavir Singh decided tointroduce both his daughters, Geeta andBabita, into wrestling with the sole aimof giving two Olympic medals to thecountry from one village Balali,Bhiwani.

In his mission of producing anOlympic champion he left his job andopened an akhara in his village house.Though the Olympic medal is still faraway, he is progressing well towards hismission.

“I introduced both of my daughtersinto wrestling with an aim of winningan Olympic medal. I am happy that theywon medals in the CWG, but myultimate aim is Olympic medal and I

am not going to be satisfied withanything less than that,” said Mahavir.

Mahavir took the responsibility ofcoaching both her daughters and it allstarted from their village home.

“In the starting, we had a mudakhara and later on the localgovernment college where Geeta andBabita are studying provided us thewresting mats,” the father added.

Till the time, the girls were not in thenational camp, their day started at 4:30am in the morning and the first sessionwent till 7:30 am. The evening sessionwas also of around 3-4 hours.

BEGINNING

Almost a decade ago, when the Phogat

Man with a missionFormer state wrestler and father of the famous Phogat sisters, MahavirSingh Phogat, is the man behind the success of his daughters and isdedicated to winning Olympic medals for the country through his daughters

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Wrestler Geeta Phogat

Wrestler Babita

family put their eldest daughter intowrestling, the village of Balali was upin arms --- the elders were incensed atthe idea of a local girl slugging it out inthe mud.

After the CWG success, the entirevillage turned out in force at the familyhome to greet the champions. And itwas not for the first time that thevillagers gathered at their place. Be itany accomplishment, you will findvillagers standing in the girls’ honour.

“Earlier, I would hear endlesssarcastic remarks from people here forintroducing my daughters to a mudsport. But once they started winning,they became a source of pride for thevillage,” said Mahavir.

After Geeta and Babita, the otherthree daughters, Priyanka (17), Ritu (16)and Vinesh (15), of the family alsojoined the sport.

While Babita, Geeta and Ritu are hisown daughters, Priyanka and Vineshare the daughters of his dead brother,whom he has brought up as his own.They all live together.

“My third daughter and two of theircousins joined them and now we havefive of the family’s seven girls in thesport,” said Mahavir.

“As there were no girls in the villagewith whom Geeta and Babita couldwrestle, they practised with their malecousins. And in local dangals, they notonly competed with boys but defeatedthem.”

But it’s been tough for the family.“Wrestling is my passion butsupporting five wrestlers isn’t easy,” headds.

UNIQUE RECORD: ALLINTERNATIONAL MEDALLISTS

Last year Priyanka, Ritu and Vineshbagged a gold each in the Asian CadetWrestling Championship in Pune.

The trio, incidentally, are theyounger three of five Phogat cousins,India wrestlers and medallists all invarious age groups. The two elder,Babita and Geeta, won the medals lastyear too.

No one’s quite sure of the statistics,but it’s probably a world record of sortsto have five girls from the same homecompeting internationally in a singleyear and all of them winning themedals too.

WINNERS ALL, MOTHER SARPANCH

If earlier girls of the Phogat familypursuing wrestling didn’t go well with

the villagers, now, the five Phogatsisters - Geeta, Babita, Priyanka, Rituand Vinesh - are the pride of the village.Not only this, the villagers even votedthe mother of three and aunt of two,Daya Kaur (43), to victory in lastmonth's village sarpanch elections.

"The entire village is proud of mydaughters and that helped me win theelections," said Daya Kaur. "People heresay, my girls have made the villagepopular in the entire country, and nowthey say I will also bring luck to thevillage," she said.

It's a regular feature in Balali thatwhen the Phogat girls clinch medals inthe international arena, the entirevillage congregates at the family hometo greet them. But from now thegathering would be the same, the onlydifference being that they would becongregating at the sarpanch's home.

"Earlier, elders in the village used todiscourage me by saying I wasintroducing Geeta and Babita to a male-dominated sport. They used to tell me Iwouldn't be able to find a suitablematch for them," recalled Daya.

"But now, those same villagers havevoted me because of my daughters'achievements. They want to see theirdaughters touching great heights in thesport and compliment my husband(Mahavir Singh) for introducing thegirls to the sport," she added.

Last year, all five competed ininternational events and brought homemedals and glory. A uniqueachievement, but the girls don't plan tosit on their laurels, having made uptheir minds to make a still biggersplash in this year. g

The writer is Senior Sports Writerwith the Hindustan Times, Chandigarh

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Are we plain lucky to enjoy not twobut six weathers? Or do the harsh

summers of May and June and equallyruthless winters of December andJanuary that take breath out of us,make us desolate human beings. Howabout the heavenly downpours duringthe monsoons which drench and soakand lend freshness. Yet, smelly too. Butrains are a heavenly gift for lovers andpoets, nay all artists of anyconceivable variety or age. All, fromKalidasa to my friend Dadichi, adorethe clouds that gather to wash theearth with rains.

Kalidasa, the great poet in hisRitusamharam or “Garland ofSeasons” devotes each of the six mainchapters to six seasons of India. Notjust the two, we mentioned. The sixseasons; Summer, Spring, Monsoons,Autumn, Frost and Winters. It is adelightful read as many others inIndian languages or even in Englishare. In fact, Barah Maha (twelvemonths) is a style adopted by sages todescribe nature or philosophies oflife.

The Ritusamharam is a classic ofits own kind. Each of these six seasonsis described as a pair of lovers who

experience changes in their relationslike the changing seasons. Would thismean, as the wag might say seasonschange our moods? Are we that fickle?Harsh weather makes us unkind andenjoyable weather nourishes us to bepleasant. Pray, what has weather to dowith our inner selves?

This enchanting poem starts withthe description of summer. The dryweather and the severe heatconditions make the lands extremelyparched. Everyone yearns for a fewdrops of rain to soak the soil anddrench the soul. But forget theextreme heat and remember the joy ofdelicious mangoes and the coolmoonlit nights. Then the much-awaited monsoons descend withthundering clouds and the motherearth gets drenched to the core. Rainswash away all the dirt and perhapscleanse our souls, too. The trees andthe birds just dance in the fresh rains.Remember the enthralling dance ofthe peacock. The black clouds and theechoing thunder add to the magic ofthe monsoons, making lovers yearnfor more.

Then arrives autumn, the season ofmellow fruitfulness where we look

forward to endless celebration offestivals that spread joy. As theweather changes, one can feel the nipin the air. This is when the winterarrives. The sudden squeeze in the air,the cold winds in the morning andnights and the biting cold all indicatethe season of frost. It turns severe byeach passing day. We hide under thethick layers of clothes and seek a hotsun or tea and coffee, gur and gachak-all the time to fight the chilly winds.

Modern living facilities, airconditioners and warmers havemercifully taken some sting out of theharsh weathers. It snows in the hillsand mountains present a bewitchingsight. But the south of India escapesthe merciless winters.

And, if winter comes, can springbe far behind. It starts to graduallywarm and then arrives the lovelyspring season. Blooming flowers markthis out. This is our popular harvestfestival too and makes the peasantsing and dance. For Kalidasa and thenumerous artists, poets andplaywrights and singers it is bloomingtime. Seasons come and go like thecycle of life. g

-Gobind Thukral

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“Our focus is now onwater conservation.

The year 2011 has beendeclared as ‘WaterConservation Year’. We aredetermined to make morewater available and see that itis judiciously used. The stategovernment is popularisingvarious techniques which helpin conserving water. We haveincreased the state's share forthe centrally-sponsored microirrigation schemes from 10 to50 per cent. Farmers whoadopt these will bear only 10

per cent of the cost, rest 90per cent will be paid by thegovernment. We plan tobring an area of 16,000hectares under the micro-irrigation scheme in the cur-rent financial year.The budget under Plan andNon-plan side of IrrigationDepartment for the year2010-11 is Rs 658.40 croreand Rs 460.11 crore respec-tively. The total expenditureincurred on Plan and Non-plan works so far is Rs536.13 crores.”

Our focus is now on water conservation. The

year 2011 has beendeclared as ‘WaterConservation Year’.

-Bhupinder Singh HoodaChief Minister, Haryana

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