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'Rajasthan govt committed to facilitate ease of doing business'
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SME Times News Bureau | 12 Jan, 2021
The Rajasthan government is committed to facilitate ease of doing
business and help industries become competitive. The state government
has set up a single-window system in which officials from 14 departments
are providing permissions in 100 different areas related to industries.
MSMEs can avail permissions easily through the Raj portal without
having to run around to different offices.
During 2019-2020,
RIICO received investments of Rs 1400 crores from the auction of
industrial plots via e-auction. This was informed by Rajasthan Minister
for Industry Parsadi Lal Meena while addressing a webinar on "Challenges
in Sourcing Cheaper Electricity for Industries" on Tuesday.
The webinar was organised by FICCI Rajasthan State Council, in association with Indian Energy Exchange Limited.
Managing
Director, Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd, Rohit Gupta said that
electricity cost is a major input in the overall cost of industries.
Electricity cost in Rajasthan is higher as compared to other states due
to the financial position of the power discoms which is linked to the
consumer mix of the state.
The department is planning to look
into areas like access to rebates, making timely payments to the
generators, operational efficiency of thermal plants, etc. to reduce the
overall procurement cost, he said.
Head-Business Development
& SVP, Indian Energy Exchange, Rohit Bajaj said that high Cross
Subsidy Surcharge, 24-hour scheduling restriction, uniform scheduling
for at least 8 hours, minimum 1 MW contract demand for availing open
access, among others are key issues for open access in Rajasthan.
Bajaj
said that industries can avail of power procurement options like
long-term for more than 7 years, medium term from 1 year to 5 years,
short term for up to 1 year. The most preferred option is, however, the
Power Exchange option which is a highly liquid and transparent
marketplace.
Partner, Deloitte, Anujesh Dwivedi said that open
access is an option to purchase cheaper electricity. It allows the
consumer to purchase electricity directly from power generators, traders
or exchange. In Rajasthan, open access will have a positive impact on
additional job opportunities and state wise share in incremental GDP.
There
is a need to initiate discussions between the Department, Rajasthan
Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC), Power Discoms on how open
access can be effectively resolved. Furthermore, there is also a need to
establish a road map for implementing provisions related to Open Access
under the Rajasthan Industrial Development policy 2019, he added.
Earlier,
delivering the welcome remarks, Chairman, FICCI Rajasthan State Council
&, CMD, Kajaria Ceramics Ltd, Ashok Kajaria said that as industrial
activity resumes after Covid there is a need to fight the slowdown and
attract new investments to the state. For this, the reduction of
operating cost, especially electricity cost, can help in the growth of
industries. Rajasthan can look into the best practices being adopted by
other states.
Chairman, FICCI Rajasthan Sub-committee on MSMEs, N K Jain proposed the vote of thanks at the webinar.
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