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    <author>ENA</author>
    <category>State</category>
    <date>2022-07-15 08:36:12</date>
    <fulldesc>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Puducherry, July 15 (KNN)&lt;/strong&gt; The Confederation of Indian Industry has requested the government to improve ease of doing business (EoDB) in Puducherry through policy-level changes across every department.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Expressing concern over the Puducherrys scoring low on EoDB, the industry body said government needs to introduce policy-level changes across all 11 to 12 departments.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;It has also recommended an external consultant to work with the Industries Department for development in the UT.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Addressing a media event on Thursday, Chairman S Surender and Vice Chairman A Joseph Rozario of CII as Puducherry attempts to attract industrial investment for employment, a consultant would be in a better position to consider the complexities of the ranking index.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt; Puducherry has surplus power of 35 MW and the government will be getting another 100 MW from NLC. But a good system is necessary for quality power distribution to address unscheduled power cuts,  the chairman added.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Although the rates will be higher privatisation would address the issue, they said.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;CCI also called for a joint taskforce which would be a collaborative forum under the chairmanship of Chief Minister with an IAS officer as nodal officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;It should be set up to monitor issues of industry, provide guidance, and fast-track implementation of projects.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;The availability of land, the place, and the rate should be made available to the investors online, they suggested.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;They advised the government to introduce flexi working hours in the IT and ITES industry by including them in the policy and amending labour laws.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;Besides effectively utilising the MSME technology centre, and releasing Rs 40 crore pending incentives to MSME units, they said.  &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(KNN Bureau)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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    <id>29861</id>
    <link>https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/cii-points-out-to-low-eodb-score-of-puducherry-calls-for-policy-changes</link>
    <pubDate>2022-07-15 08:36:12</pubDate>
    <source>knnindia.co.in</source>
    <title>CII points out to low EoDB score of Puducherry, calls for policy changes</title>
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