By Samachar Digital News
Chandigarh 01st
July:- Industrialist
Pankaj Khanna was unanimously re-elected for the 2nd successive
year as President of the prestigious Industries Association of Chandigarh
(IAOC) for the year 2019-20.
He was
re-elected during the 57th Annual General Meeting of the
association. H S Mamik , Arun Mahajan, SS Sarkaria & Siddharth Gupta were
also unanimously re-elected as Vice-President, Hon. Secretary, Joint Secretary
& Treasurer respectively. The new team will be closely
following & resolving industry demands and issues for the Industrial area
spread over a whopping 1500 acres.
After being elected,
Pankaj Khanna stated that he and his team’s primary objective will be to work
on a start up policy for the Industrial area. We will work towards resolving
issues like conversion of plots from leasehold to freehold, a policy for
misuse/violation penalties, increase in FAR(Floor Area ratio) etc.
After being
reappointed, he expressed his gratitude to Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher for her
constant support in getting the issues plaguing Industries resolved from time
to time. The head of the prestigious association also thanked the current team
of UT officials, who according to him have been at their responsive best.
The new team
also showed keenness to rationalise power tariff and enhance the general
infrastructure of the Industrial area.
The new
office bearers underlined that they will coordinate with the administration to
give a boost to Industry under the MSMED (Micro Small & Medium Enterprises
Development Act 2006).
Pankaj Khanna
said that IAOC will play an important part in
building a spirit of camaraderie and co-operation among the various
associations, forums, stakeholders etc of Industrial area of Chandigarh.
It is
noteworthy that Industries Association of Chandigarh
(IAOC) was established in the year 1962 as the pioneer body for Industries in
Chandigarh. The Chandigarh Administration came out with its First ever
Industrial Policy for the Industrial Area in the year 2015, which was
subsequently amended in Feb 2019 to allow more activities in consonance with
the MSMED Act.
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