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Protests in Assam over bid to convert land for MSMEs
News:
- The Assam government has announced an ordinance to allow conversion of land for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), without clearances.
- The decision of Assam government met with the protests across the State.
More in the news:
- The ordinance is yet to be notified or receive the Governor’s assent.
- Assam’s Industries and Commerce Minister said the decision will ease the process of setting up industries by doing away with the need to apply for clearances at various departments.
Process:
- A person has to self-declare that he is setting up this industry at this location.
- He has to file the declaration in the form of an application either online or physically to the office of the Commissioner of Industries.
- After checking the application, the Commissioner of Industries will acknowledge the self-declaration.
- That acknowledgement letter will itself be a license to start the industry.
Criticism:
- Agricultural land is very essential for a state like Assam.
- There will be environmental hazard.
- If agricultural land is turned into industrial land just on the basis of a self-declaration, then land will be exploited by industrialists.