Punjab government for promotion of small-scale industries

Punjab government has formulated a strategy for the promotion and expansion of small-scale industries including agro-based industries in the province. The work on the proposed programme will carried out in next fiscal year.
Official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday that the government had set aside huge funds for the development of small-scale industries aimed at generating a large number of employment opportunities for the skilled and semi-skilled persons in the Punjab. Under the proposed plan special attention will be accorded on the establishment of agro-based industries in remote and neglected areas by giving the incentives and concession to the interested persons for setting up such industries in their respective areas.