By: Ibni Maqbool
Srinagar: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has fixed criteria for allotment land for industrial units in the Union Territory.
Documents accessed by The Precious Kashmir lay bare that a high-level land allotment committee headed by Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce that the allotment shall be made on merit -cum -choice.
“The J&K Industrial Land Allotment Policy 2021-30 mandates the land allotment committee to adopt a fair and transparent process which shall provide every applicant a fair chance on merits in order to keep the entire land allotment process transparent. In this regard, the 3rd high -level land allotment committee meeting was held on 22.10.2021 under the chairmanship of principal secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department, which decided that the process of land allotment shall be made on merit -cum -choice, where under a meritorious applicant will be given a choice of land in his preferred estate based on merit and subject to the availability of land,” reads the document.
According to the documents, proposed investment, potential employment, cateorgisation and assessment of environmental impact would guide preparation of merit list of the applicants for allotment of land.
It is worthwhile to mention that the policy was approved by the Administrative Council headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in January 2021 for allotment of land to industrial entrepreneurs.
It also covers land allotment for health institutions/medi-cities and educational institutions/edu-cities.
