INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
CENTRES
LOK SABHA
There are 23 Integrated
Infrastructure Development (IID) Centres which are functional/operational
in country. Under the provisions of the IID Scheme, the State
Governments/Union Territories are required to select appropriate
sites for setting up IID Centres, prepare project reports and
submit these to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
for techno-economic appraisal. On the basis of the appraisal report
of SIDBI, the Central Government sanctions the setting up of IID
Centres.
While development
of SSIs is primarily the responsibility of the State/UT Government,
the Central Government has taken several steps to improve their
performance by implementing various schemes such as Integrated
Infrastructural Development, technology upgradation, marketing
and entrepreneurial development etc. In addition, on 30th
August, 2000, the Prime Minister announced a Comprehensive Policy
Package for the promotion and development of Small Scale Sector
to enhance its competitiveness, both domestically and globally.
The policy package consists of enhanced fiscal and credit support,
better infrastructure and marketing facilities and incentives
for technology upgradation.
The Government has
amended the IID Scheme to progressively cover the entire country
with 50% reservation for rural areas. The funding pattern for
the Scheme has also been suitably modified to enhance the quantum
of central grant from 40% to 80% in respect of North-Eastern Region
(including Sikkim), J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
This information
was given by Shri Tapan Sikdar, Minister of State for Small Scale
Industries and Development of North Eastern Region in a written
reply to a question by Shri Y.G. Mahajan and Shri Ramsheth Thakur
in Lok Sabha today.
