Activities of Industries Department

Small Scale Registration  

Small Scale Industries (S.S.I.) Registration is voluntary and not compulsory. However, an Industrial undertaking has to be registered with the State Directorate of Industries in order to avail some of the basic facilities like land or sheds in Industrial Area and Estates, Bank or Institutional Finance, State Incentives and Central Grant of Transport Subsidies.

S.S.I. Registration is done in two stages i.e.,: -

1. Provisional Registration : When an Industrial Project is under proposal or, in preliminary stage.

2. Permanent/ Final/ Registration : When of effective steps have already been taken up towards implementation of the projects and it is ready to go into production or when a unit is already existing and functioning.

Scheme for Self Employment of the Educated Unemployed Youth

The Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (P.M.R.Y.) was introduced in 1993-94 with 95% loan for all type of ventures such as:-

Normal Industrial Loan

The District Industries Centres (D.I.Cs) do appraise and sponsor normal industrial loan cases to financial institutions, for long term loan and to the commercial banks for short term lending for working capital requirements.

EMPs/ EDPs/ Investment Awareness Programme

Towards motivation of the local people and to create Industrial Awareness atmosphere, the Department organised Entrepreneurial Motivation Programmes (EMPs), Entrepreneurial Motivation Developments (EDPs) and Investment Awareness Programmes at identified growth centre throughout the state.

Departmental Training Programme

In order to meet the local demand of skilled hands and also to equip the local youths for self-employment ventures, the Department runs regular vocational courses in the trade of :

1. Knitting

2. Tailoring and Embroidery

3. Carpet Weaving

4. Carpentry and Furniture making

5. Leather, Blacksmith and Fabrication works etc

The trainees are granted with monthly stipend at nominal basis. On completion of the training course, as a follow up, Grants-in-aid both in cash and kind are made available to these technical entrepreneurs to set up self-employment ventures of their own.

Departmental Training Inside and Outside the State

Under the scheme of training inside and outside the state, the Department sponsors local youths with stipend to undergo vocational training both inside and outside the state to create skilled manpower who can either be employed in local industries or start self-employment ventures of their own.

Training under the Practicing Master Craftsman

Like in the scheme of training inside and outside the state, under the above-mentioned schemes also stipend to trainee craftsman and honorarium of master craftsman are offered.