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Important Editorial
Topic: -Land banks to be created by the Punjab government to promote industrial development.
- The Punjab Village Common Land ( Regulation) Rules, 1964 are to be amended to create the Land Banks.
- An ordinance would be brought to put in Rule 12- B in the Punjab Village Common Land Regulation rules, 1964.
- This ordinance would seek to provide Special provision for transfer of Shamlat land ( common land) for development of industrial infrastructure.
- This infrastructure development. Would be implemented by the Punjab Industry Department and Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation ( PSIEC).
Why this change in rules is being done?
- The government wants the Panchayats to promote the development of villages making available the common lands.
- Earlier, the policy of leasing out of village Common lands was followed ( for a period of 33 years). But the leased lands could not be utilised for obtaining financial assistance from the institutions.
Other aspects of the Policy:-
- The government wants to promote the Amritsar- Kolkata Industrial Corridor ( AKIC) project.
- For this, around 1000 acres of such land is required to be purchased from the Panchayats.
- The state government of Punjab is also willing to establish a Global Manufacturing and Knowledge park at Rajpura ( Patiala), as an integrated manufacturing cluster.
Other changes in industrial and labour relations were also brought:-
- Punjab right to business act, 2019 and Punjab right to business rules. 2019 ordinances were also brought to promote the ease of doing business in the state for the MSMEs.
- This ordinance would increase the threshold limit of the number of workers in factories ( manufacturing processes). From 10 to 20 workers and from 20 to 40 workers.
- The Cabinet also decided to increase the minimum limit of workers for applying the provisions relating to layoffs, retrenchments, closure etc from 100 to 300 . ( This would make it easier for the companies to hire and fire people. It would lead to expansion of companies).
- Other provisions were also changed .e.g.Factories act, 1948, Industrial disputes act, 1947, Contract Labour ( Regulation and Abolition ) Act, 1970.etc.
(Source:- The Tribune)
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