INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF ASSAM 2003

IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

COMMITTEES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INCENTIVES UNDER THE POLICY:

The State Government will notify the following Committees for effective implementation of the Industrial Policy:

1. STATE LEVEL COMMITTEE:




1.	The Commissioner & Secretary / Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Industries & Commerce Department.	Chairman
2.	The Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Revenue Department.	Member
3.	Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Finance Department.	Member
4.	Director of Industries & Commerce, Assam	Member
5.	Commissioner of Taxes, Govt. of Assam	Member
6.	Member / Chief Engineer (Commercial), ASEB	Member
7.	Director of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Assam	Member
8.	Chief Inspector of Factories	Member
9.	Secretary, Pollution Control Board	Member
10.	M.D., Assam Industrial Development Corpn. Ltd.	Member
11.	M.D., Assam Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation	Member
12.	M.D., Assam Electronics Development Corporation	Member
13.	M.D., Assam Small Industries Development Corpn.	Member
14.	All Additional Director of Industries & Commerce	Member
15.	Addl. Director of Industries & Commerce (Udyog Sahayak)	Member-secy




The Chairman may invite expert (s) to specific meeting (s) of the committee. Committee’s decision shall be binding to all such departments.

The Committee shell:

1. Scrutinise the applications and approve the deserving cases for the issuance of Eligibility Certificate for the incentives to an industrial unit having an investment on plant & machinery above Rs. 10 Lakhs and upto Rs. 100 Lakhs.
2. Scrutinise and approve Sanction of incentives as per Eligibility Certificate under the Policy.
3. The Committee shall meet as and when necessary and at least once in every quarter with the approval of the Chairman.

At least five members including the Commissioner & Secretary / Secretary to the Government of Assam, Industries & Commerce Department / Secretary, Finance / Commissioner of Taxes / Director of Employment and Craftsman Training and Member Secretary shall be necessary for any sitting of the committee.

2. DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE




1.	Deputy Commissioner	Chairman
2.	Additional Director of Industries & Commerce (Zonal)	Vice Chairman
3.	Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad	Member
4.	Additional Deputy Commissioner (Dev) JHBJB	Member
5.	Deputy Commissioner of Taxes (Incharge of Districts)	Member
6.	Senior most officer of the ASEB at the Distt	Member
7.	District Employment Officer	Member
8.	General Manager, District Industries & Commerce Centre	Member Secretary




The Chairman may invite expert (s) to specific meeting (s) of the Committee. Committee’s decision shall be binding on such departments.
The Committee shall:



1. Scrutinise the applications and recommend / approve the deserving cases for the issuance of Eligibility Certificate for the incentives to an industrial unit having investment on plant and machinery upto Rs. 10 Lakhs.
2. Scrutinise and approve Sanction of incentives as per Eligibility Certificate issued by them under the Policy.
3. The Committee shall meet as and when necessary and at least once in every quarter with the approval of the Chairman.

At least three members including the Chairman /Deputy Commissioner of Taxes and Member Secretary shall be necessary for sitting of the committee.



3. AIDC Committee

Udyog Sahayak Committee for AIDC for medium / large and FDI Industries.

1.	Commissioner & Secretary / Secretary to the Government of Assam, Industries Department.	Chairman
2.	Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance Department.	Member
3.	Secretary to the Government of Assam, Revenue Department.	Member
4.	Commissioner of Taxes, Government of Assam	Member
5.	Director of Industries, Government of Assam	Member
6.	General Manager, Industrial Development Bank of India / NEDFi	Member
7.	Director of Employment and Craftsmen Training, Government of Assam.	Member
8.	Nominee of Chairman, ASEB	Member
9.	Chief General Manager, SBI or his nominee	Member
10.	Additional Director of Industries (Udyog Sahayak)	Member
11.	Managing Director, AIDC Ltd.	Member
12.	General Manager, AIDC Ltd. (Udyog Sahayak)	Member Secretary




The Chairman may co-opt expert(s) to specific meeting (s) of the committee.

Functions of the Committee shall be



1. To scrutinise the applications and to recommend the deserving cases for the issuance of Eligibility Certificate for the incentives in case of an Industrial unit where the total investment in plant and machinery exceeds Rs. 100 lakhs.
2. To scrutinise and approve for sanction of claims for all incentives falling within the purview of the Committee.
3. The Committee shall meet as and when necessary and at least once in every quarter with the approval of the Chairman.
4. At least seven members including the Commissioner & Secretary / Secretary to the Government of Assam, Industries Department, Commissioner of Taxes, Director of Industries / Additional Director of Industries (US), Director of Employment and Craftsmen Training, Managing Director, AIDC Ltd. and Member Secretary shall be necessary for any sitting of the committee.

SINGLE WINDOW CLEARANCE:

With the objectives of expediting clearance and approvals from various departments / boards / corporations in implementation of respective projects, State Govt. shall provide Single Window Clearance facilities under the Directorate of Industries and Commerce. The Composite application forms shall be made available to the entrepreneurs / investors from the offices of Directorate of Industries and GM, District Industries & Commerce Centres. The completed application forms shall be received at the offices of Directorate of Industries & Commerce at the state level or at the office of the GM, DICCs at the district level. The offices under the Directorate of Industries and Commerce shall in turn pursue the case for obtaining necessary clearances within a period of two months from different departments. The Directorate or Industries and Commerce shall in turn communicate the sanction / clearance / approval etc. to the entrepreneurs / investors immediately on receipt of the same.

The State Govt. shall constitute two High Level Monitoring Committees to review and monitor the implementation of the Single Window Clearing System for large and medium Industries at the State Level and for SSI / tiny sector industries at the District Level.

1. State Level Committee for Single Window Clearance:




i.	Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Assam	Chairman
ii.	Principal Secretary / Commissioner & Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department.	Vice Chairman
iii.	Chairman, ASEB	Member
iv.	Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. oF Assam, Industries & Commerce.	Member
v.	Commissioner & Secretary, Finance Department	Member
vi.	Comissioner & Secretary, Power	Member
vii.	Commissioner & Secretary, Mines & Minerals	Member
viii.	Comissioner & Secretary, Agriculture	Member
ix.	Commissioner & Secretary, Revenue	Member
x.	Commissioner & Environment and Forest	Member
xi.	Commissioner & Secretary, Tourism	Member
xii.	Commissioner & Secretary, Labour	Member
xiii.	Chairman, Pollution Control Board	Member
xiv.	Managing Director, AIDC Ltd.	Member
xv.	Director of Industries & Commerce Department	Member Secretary




The Chairman shall have the powers to co-opt two more members.

Terms of reference and functions of the Committee:

1. The committee shall meet at least once in three months
2. The Member Secretary shall circulate the Agenda Notes at least 10 days in advance before the meeting
3. At least 5 members will form quorum for the meeting
4. The Member Secretary will put up status report in the meeting of State Level Committee. The Committee will discuss the reasons for unreasonable delay in clearance or reasons for rejections of the proposal if any. The Committee may issue necessary instructions to the department concerned.
5. The Committee will also monitor the functioning of the District Level Committees and issue necessary directions to expedite any pending matters within a fixed time frame.
6. For speedy industrial and economic development of the State, the Committee may also suggest simplification / amendments in any provisions of acts and rules of various departments.
7. The Committee will also look into the grievances and complaints received in respect of implementation of Industrial Policy and take necessary steps for effective redressal of the same.



2. District Level Committee for Single Window Clearance:




i.	Deputy Commissioner	Chairman
ii.	Additional Director of Industries and Commerce (Zonal)	Vice Chairman
iii.	Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad.	Member
iv.	Superintendent of Taxes	Member
v.	Superintendent Engineer/ Executive Engineer, ASEB	Member
vi.	Lead Bank Officer	Member
vii.	District Employment Exchange Office	Member
viii.	General Manager, District Industries & Commerce Centre.	Member Secretary

Terms of reference and functions of the Committee:

The terms of reference and function of the District Level Committee will be the same as of State Level Committee in the respective district.

Schedule 1
List of non eligible Units

1. Plywood, Veneer, Block Board, Block Door manufacturing unit
2. Saw Mill
3. Roller Mill
4. Re-rolling Mills
5. Tea Industries excepting tea factory (Bought Tea Leaf Factory), blending and packaging units in the Small Sector under management having no financial involvement or stake in an established Tea Garden or established Tea Garden.
6. Weigh Bridge
7. Storage (Except Cold storage)
8. Galvanised Sheet corrugating units
9. Marble and decorative Stone cutting from slabs / sheets and polishing units.
10. Paper cutting from Roll Paper
11. Coal to washed coal, sized coal
12. Conversion of Plain rod to tor rod
13. Candle sticks making units.