Mission Begin Again: Nearly 65,000 industries restarted with 13.63 lakh workers in Maharashtra

Mission Begin Again: Nearly 65,000 industries restarted with 13.63 lakh workers in Maharashtra

Sanjay JogUpdated: Monday, June 01, 2020, 09:59 PM IST
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Mumbai: Since the partial opening of the lockdown from April 20, the state-run Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has given permission to 1,00,284 units and nearly 13,63,293 workers have already reported on duties. Of the 1,00,284 units so far 65,185 have restarted their operations across the state excluding containment zones.

The state industries department expects more industrial units to get online approval to reopen units and resume production following the release of the guidelines of ‘’Mission Begin Again’' issued on Sunday. The government in three phases June 3, 5, and 8 has proposed to relax lockdown so that the state economy will start rolling.

The government has launched an exercise to attract investments from China, US, UK, Germany, Taiwan and South Korea post COVID-19 with the implementation of plug and play policy.

FICCI in recent representation has urged the state government to allow manufacturing in red zones with specific SOPs including entry and exit of workers in particular where it impacts supply chains for manufacturing. Further, the industry body had appealed that the government may consider allowing non-essential supply chain activities in red zone with using Aarogya Setu app.

Meanwhile, Industries Minister Subhash Desai said the normalcy is being restored with the government’s slew of initiatives. He informed that a pharma park will be set up in Raigad district with all amenities including common effluent plant, common testing centre, employees training centre. He urged the investors to invest there. The proposed investment is estimated at Rs 1,000 crore.

Industry bodies like CII, FICCI, IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry have called upon the state government to fast track transportation arrangements for the pharmaceutical sector and other industries by resolving issues related to transport of raw material, goods between states. Further, clearance from ports like JNPT should be expedited and backlog must be cleared by allowing more working hours.

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