Tirupati: 20 industries get approval under single desk system

Tirupati : District Collector K Venkataramana Reddy said that approvals were given to 20 industries under the single desk system out of 36 proposals received while the remaining 16 are under consideration.

He chaired the District Industrial Exports Promotion Committee (DIEPC) meeting at the Collectorate on Saturday and stated that the meeting has approved Rs 93.88 lakh investment subsidies for 16 industries. The industrial exports from the district till February 2023 stood at Rs 15,225 crore.

He asked the officials to act in a planned way to achieve the targets of the current fiscal which include the grounding of pending applications under the Prime Minister Employment Guarantee Programme (PMEGP) by providing them loans from the banks. The industries should strictly adhere to the safety norms to avoid accidents and they should be educated on such norms from time to time.

The meeting reviewed the progress on setting up of wood carving cluster in Madhavamala, copper vessels cluster in Yerramareddy Palem and Venkatagiri saree printing and dying cluster which were taken up under the community development programme.

District industries officer Prathap Reddy, zonal manager of APIIC Chandrasekhar, lead bank manager Subhash, chief inspector of factories Ramakrishna Reddy, district fire officer Ramanaiah, AP Pollution Control Board EE Narendra, DRDA PD AD Jyothi, industrialists and others attended the meeting.