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Chandigarh, June 14– Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala, informed that the State Government aims to make the State a leading MRO hub (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Hub) in North India in the field of aerospace and defence equipment production. This will be beneficial for both the civil aircraft and defence aircraft. This hub will also reduce the maintenance cost for all airlines. He said that in the next five years, the state government aims to generate employment opportunities for about 31,000 youth, directly and indirectly, by investing Rs. 7,000 crore in aerospace and defence equipment production sector.
The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of Civil Aviation Department, gave this information after presiding over the meeting of senior officers regarding ‘Haryana Aerospace and Defence Policy-2021’ here today.
Sh. Dushyant Chautala informed that ‘Haryana Aerospace and Defence Policy’ is being prepared to attract industries from the same field of aerospace and defence equipment production, which will be finalized soon. For the formulation of this policy, a committee consisting of representatives of Haryana Civil Aviation Department, MSME Department, Industries and Commerce Department, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry was formed in which the draft policy has been prepared after taking suggestions from all the stakeholders.
He said that about three months ago, a conference of stakeholders was organized to take suggestions for the formation of ‘Aerospace and Defence Policy’ in which representatives from reputed companies in the field of ‘Aerospace and Defence Equipment Production’ from across the country participated and gave their suggestions. The State Government is going to formulate a dynamic and comprehensive policy by incorporating all these suggestions.
Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that Haryana is already a leader in the auto sector, now by making ‘Aerospace and Defence Policy’, we are moving forward towards the path of making Haryana a hub for avaition and defence equipment production sector. He said that the aviation hub which is being prepared in Hisar will open opportunities for other industries associated with aerospace and defence equipment production sector to come.
He said that in the proposed policy, special concessions would be given to the industries investing in the field of aerospace and defence equipment production in the State.
On this occasion, Additional Chief Secretary, Electricity Department, Sh. PK Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Civil Aviation, Sh. Sudhir Rajpal, Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary, Haryana Higher Education, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning and Urban Estate Sh. Apoorva Kumar Singh, Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar, Director General, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Sh. Vikas Gupta, Director General of Industries and Commerce, Sh. Saket Kumar, OSD to Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Kamlesh Bhadoo and other officials were present.
