Srinagar, July 19: In its bid to develop the industrial sector on the lines of global technological scenario, the Jammu and Kashmir government today said it was looking for entrepreneurs to set up their industrial ventures in the state and exploit its natural resources. Minister of State for Industries Raman Mattoo, during his visit to the industrial sector in Baramulla in north Kashmir, told reporters the industrial development was a critical component of the strategy to achieve a balanced and integrated progress of the state and to deal with the problem of unemployment.
The government has plans to enhance all possible support as well as market opportunities to profitable units, he said and exhorted the need to exploit the huge natural deposits of gypsum and lime in the state which could prove to be the assets of the industrial sector.
Stating that the government was committed to strengthening the viability of the industrial sector, Mattoo said with the optimum utilization of natural resources in the state, profitable units like mineral water, poultry and poultry products, willow bat and furniture, food processing and dairy products could easily be established.
Willow industry, having ever increasing demand in the international market, would shortly be started in the Baramulla industrial complex, he said.
A fruit park was also being set up at sopore to provide facilities to the unit holders in manufacturing fruit-related products, the minister added. Bureau Report