Government of India announced a policy of Special Economic
Zones (SEZs) during March 2000 with a view to augment
infrastructure facilities for export production. Setting
up of Special Economic Zones is permitted in the public,
private, joint sector or by the State Governments. These
SEZs are to be deemed foreign territory for tariff
and trade operations.
With the background of Government
of India guidelines for SEZs, the state has formulated
its SEZ policy to provide a comprehensive framework
for establishment operations and sustainability of SEZs
in the state. The concept of SEZ is expected to bring
large dividends to the state in terms of economic and
industrial development and the generation of new employment
opportunities. The SEZs are expected to be engines for
economic growth.
After the creation of the State of
Jharkhand on 15th November 2000, to optimally utilise
the available resources of the State in a planned manner
and to accelerate the industrial development of the
State, an Industrial Policy has been formulated. To
achieve expected industrial growth, the districts of
the State have been categorised into three categories,
so as to capitalise the industrial potential through
planned utilisation and development of natural and human
resources and to gradually increase the employment opportunities.
The Industrial Policy aims at making
Jharkhand one of the most preferred destination for
investment, both from inside and outside the country
and to ensure accelerated implementation of infrastructure
related projects, increasing employment opportunities,
improving productivity, ensuring homogenous and balanced
development of all Geographical regions of the State
with emphasis on development of small, tiny and cottage
industries.
IT policy of the State of Jharkhand
will provide guidance to all agencies involved in the
goal of overall development of the state using IT as
the enabler. Agencies in the state who are likely to
use the IT policy are Citizens, various ministries,
legislative, IT entrepreneurs, business & professional
associations and other stakeholders.
IT is increasingly permeating every
facet of human endeavor and has radically transformed
the way societies work, play, gather and access knowledge
and govern themselves. Apart from the enormous benefits
accruing from usage of information technology, it is
also universally well recognized now, that India enjoys
a unique comparative advantage globally as a natural
base for the information technology industry. In order
to build on these strong fundamentals, the state has
set out the following objectives to foster rapid growth
of IT industry and realize the above vision.
