Earlier BJP govt’s industrial, land acquisition policies

it will resuscitate Karnataka’s “failed” economic and financial management and the “crippled infrastructure”. For this, it says it will stress on the industrial policy and land acquisition rules it had notified when earlier in power. The salient features of that policy being:

Identifying and using government wasteland for job generation

Creating a land bank by an inventory of surplus and unused land available with the state, state undertakings, urban local bodies and “suitable” private land

“Clear-cut” land acquisition policy, in consultation with farmers and industry; spelling out clearly that only dry and single-crop land will be taken for industry; excluding land that houses temples, crematoria, schools, playgrounds and houses

“Adequate” relief and rehabilitation package to the owners

Clause to complete development of land and implementation of project on acquired land within a deadline

At least a fifth of all acquired land to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for back-up vendor development support to larger projects

Some land earmarked to create social infrastructure such as houses, schools and hospitals

‘World-class’ infrastructure to investors like all-weather roads, uninterrupted power supply, water, railways and port connectivity, and warehouses

In large industrial estates, 20-25 per cent land reserved for townships Environment management 25 kms of Suvarna Karnataka Development Corridor will run through industrial clusters and satellite towns

Supportive package to companies and entrepreneurs