Kohima, February 26 (MExN): All Nagaland Industrial Entrepreneurs Federation (ANIEF) has unanimously resolved that pending cases under Central Transport Subsidy and Central Capital Investment Subsidy for the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 should be given their one share of payment without resorting to or adopting more process of screening or re-verification at this stage.
A press release from the Federation’s general secretary, Orenbomo Humtsoe and president, Povotso Lohe informed that in its general meeting held on February 25 at Red Cross Complex conference hall here, ANIEF thoroughly deliberated the latest position of the pending cases under Central Transport Subsidy and Central Capital Investment Subsidy for the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 under the State department of Industries and Commerce. All the participants touched upon financial hardships being faced by the entrepreneurs of Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units in running their business for not getting payment since 2007 till date, it affirmed.
The meeting stated that all the pending cases have been verified or re-verified several times by the State department of Industries & Commerce after clearance from State Level Committee (SLC). Therefore, it resolved that status quo be maintained as far as the selected units of the 3 years pending cases are concerned and payment to the selected units be made starting from 2007 up to 2009 on year wise basis.
Some of the units under the pending cases were pre-audited by the Audit of the Department of Industrial Promotion & Policy (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and Government of India during 2011. As a matter of fact, the release added, the meeting in a resolution strongly urged the state department of Industries and Commerce to ensure that the audit from the ministry be deployed to Nagaland in order to pre-audit the remaining cases without further delay.
The Federation also resolved that it will extend its support and cooperation to the State department of Industries & Commerce to solve the genuine grievances of the pending cases under the schemes. Further, it appealed to all the political parties in the State to extend their cooperation and support to expedite early release of funds to make payment to the selected units under pending cases for promotion of industrial activities for the educated unemployed in Nagaland.
