PMK founder S. Ramadoss welcomed the recent measures announced by the Telangana government to ensure speedy industrial growth and slammed the AIADMK government for not doing enough in Tamil Nadu.
In a statement here, Dr. Ramadoss said that the ‘Right to Clearance’ law to ensure speedy clearance of paper work was a welcome initiative. “To attract big industries, a State should create a favourable investment climate. Keeping this in mind, Telangana has formulated this industrial policy. Right to Clearance ensures that applications for starting industries have to be cleared within a time scale. Chandrasekhar Rao’s government had also enacted new legislation called ‘Telangana State Industrial Project Approval and Self-certification System Act 2014,” he said.
Dr. Ramadoss accused the Tamil Nadu government of making it difficult for industrialists who wanted to invest in the State. “It is a herculean task for industrialists to meet the Chief Minister. When investors meet Ministers, instead of facing questions on the quantum of investment they would bring, they are asked, ‘how much are you going to give us?’” he alleged.
He further said: “The proposed Global Investors’ Meet was postponed several times for Ms. Jayalalithaa alone. For the ministers of Tamil Nadu the happiness of Ms. Jayalalithaa is more important than the growth of the industries. This approach is not only discouraging new investments but is driving away existing investors also.”
