Industrial Scenario in Jammu
and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir mostly has
manufacturing industries, small-scale industries, cottage
industries etc. There are industries in almost all parts of Jammu
and Kashmir but some areas have been marked as primarily and
significantly industrial areas. Some of these important areas are:
• Industrial Growth Centre in Samba
• Integrated Infrastructure Development Project in Udhampur
• Industrial Complex in Bari Brahmana
• Industrial Estate in Zakura
• Industrial Growth Centre in Ompora
The Government of Jammu and
Kashmir has also laid some policies for the development of
industries in the state.
Small Scale Industries of Jammu and
Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir State is heavily dependent on its tourism
industry. The government is aware of the fact and they are trying
to build an industrial atmosphere in the state. They have invited
leading industrial houses of the country. However, the state is
not in a very good condition as it has faced severe terrorism
threats and insurgencies. The people of the state need jobs and
since the industrial process is time taking, only Small Scale
Industries of Jammu and Kashmir can help.
The following are the areas, which have been given preference to
promote Small Scale Industries in Jammu and Kashmir are:
• Priority sector lending by Banks and Financial Institutions.
• Excise Exemption or concessions
• Reservation of items for exclusive production
• Package of Incentives
• Emphasis now on promotion of quality, technology and efficiency
• Price & Purchase preference
• Infrastructure Development
The main types of small-scale industries in Jammu and Kashmir are:
• Food products
• Beverages
• Machinery parts
• Plastic goods
• Chemicals
• Drugs
• Paper products
• Automobile equipment
• Handicrafts
These industries help to provide bread and butter to the people of
the state, both in the urban and rural sector.
Industrial Infrastructure
The Jammu and Kashmir State is eager to introduce
industrialization in the state with the hope that it will support
the state revenue to a considerable extent. The revenue earning of
the state of Jammu and Kashmir is largely dependent on the tourism
industry, but in the recent past the government is stressing on
the hard-core industries keeping in mind the positive effects of
in-detribalization. Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Infrastructure is
fast developing and the state government is emphasizing on the
other aspects of the state to make the state favorable for the
out-side industrial groups so that they come and invest in and
generate the existing businesses here.
The other aspects, which should be kept in good condition to back
and assist the Industrial Infra-structure in Jammu and Kashmir,
are road and railway network, transport system, law and order,
etc.
The government of the state of Jammu and Kashmir has already
demarcated certain areas as favor-able for industrialization.
These are:
• Industrial Complex at Bari Brahmana in Jammu
• Industrial Estate at Gangyal in Jammu
• Electronic Complex at Rangreth in Srinagar
• Industrial Complex Lassipora at Pulwama in Kashmir
• Industrial Complex at Khonmoh in Srinagar
• Industrial Growth Centre at Samba in Jammu
• Export Promotion Industrial Park at Kartholi in Jammu
• Industrial Area in Kathua
• Industrial Estate at Zainakote in Srinagar
• Industrial Estate at Zakura in Srinagar
• Industrial Growth Centre at Ompora in Budgam
