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Indian Express
01-08-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Yogi Adityanath calls for result-driven UP footwear & leather policy to unlock its full potential
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday reviewed the draft of the Uttar Pradesh Footwear, Leather and Non-Leather Sector Development Policy, 2025, and underlined the need for making the document practical and result-driven to unlock its full potential. Chairing a meeting of the MSME Department, the CM instructed officials to adopt a cluster-based development model as a core strategy and emphasised the importance of identifying regions best suited for industry-specific development. Highlighting the state's strong base — skilled artisans, raw materials, and industrial hubs like Agra, Kanpur, and Unnao, he said integrated production, design, research, and training on a single platform will attract large-scale investments. The Chief Minister stressed the need to develop key infrastructure like flatted factory complexes to offer modern, efficient work spaces for industrial units. He was informed by officials that the proposed policy could generate around 22 lakh new jobs in the coming years — marking a potential turning point in Uttar Pradesh's rise as a global hub of footwear and leather manufacturing. Currently, India ranks as the second-largest producer and consumer in the world in the footwear and leather sector, with Uttar Pradesh playing a significant role. Over 200 operational tanneries are located in Kanpur and Unnao, while Agra is recognised as the 'Footwear Capital' of the country. The Chief Minister emphasised that the policy should not only promote leather and non-leather footwear manufacturing units, but also extend special incentives to ancillary units producing components like buckles, zips, soles, insoles, laces, dyes, chemicals, heels, threads, tags, and labels. He also stressed support for units manufacturing specialised machinery for leather stitching, cutting, moulding, and production of non-leather safety shoes. This integrated approach, he said, would help establish a complete and localised 'design-to-delivery' ecosystem within the state. He highlighted the need for robust strategies for skilling, packaging, and marketing to enhance product quality and competitiveness. The meeting also included a discussion on the proposed Uttar Pradesh Industrial Asthan Policy. Officials noted several challenges in the current system, including inefficient land utilisation, lease execution complexities, unauthorised mortgaging and subletting and idle plots. The new policy aims to eliminate these hurdles by introducing a transparent, streamlined, and time-bound system, it was informed. Plot allotment will be conducted via e-auctions or other transparent methods, with land prices determined area-wise. However, land rates for anchor units will be set by the state government, they said. Calling the proposed policy 'practical and forward looking,' the Chief Minister said, 'A clear, simplified and accountable process — from land allotment to lease execution, construction, and production—would provide confidence to investors and catalyze industrial growth.' He also suggested the adoption of a 'lease rent model' to ensure optimal utilisation of limited industrial land, minimise capital expenditure for investors, and accelerate development. To promote private industrial parks, the CM advocated for incentives such as capital subsidies, stamp duty exemptions, and electricity and logistics support, along with a single-window approval system. He directed the officials to develop an integrated online portal for applications and disbursement of incentives to ensure a fully digital, seamless, and trackable policy implementation process.
New Indian Express
27-04-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin unveils startup summit logo
CHENNAI: Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday launched the logo and website for the Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit (TNGSS) 2025, set to be held in Coimbatore, as the state seeks to boost its startup ecosystem. Dates for the summit at CODISSIA, Coimbatore, will be announced soon, according to a release. The summit, organised by the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (StartupTN) under the MSME Department, aims to position the state as a global startup hub. The event is expected to attract more than 30,000 participants, including startups, investors, universities, and policymakers from India and abroad. Tamil Nadu, which has seen the number of startups registered with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) rise from 2,032 in 2021 to over 10,800 (till today), is targeting to become a $1 trillion economy by 2030, the release said. To realise the vision of ensuring distributed growth across the state, regional hubs have been established over the past four years in 10 districts – Chennai, Madurai, Erode, Tirunelveli, Hosur, Salem, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Coimbatore and Trichy – the release said. The summit will feature a large-scale startup expo with more than 750 stalls representing sectors such as SpaceTech, climate change management, electric vehicle technology, AgriTech, and artificial intelligence. Government departments, corporates, and incubators will also participate, the release said.
The Hindu
24-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Tamil Nadu's startup growth a reflection of its potential, says Atul Anand at T.N. Startup Summit 2025
Tamil Nadu is among the top 10 regions in Asia in terms of talent pool. NITI Aayog has described the State as a model for the innovation ecosystem, a reflection of its strong potential. This also gives a fillip to the goals the State had fixed, said Atul Anand, Additional Chief Secretary, MSME Department. The State has grown over the last four years from just 2,000 startups to over 10,000, indicating that its startup ecosystem is robust. Inaugurating the Tamil Nadu Startup Summit 2025 in Chennai on Thursday (April 24, 2025), he lauded The Hindu's efforts in organising the event, which is being jointly presented by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and co-sponsored by StartupTN in association with Sify. Tamil Nadu's startup growth 'speaks a lot about the potential of the State,' Mr. Atul said at the event, adding: 'We are on the path to optimising and converting into reality our potential.' The journey has been multifaceted, with Chennai known as the software services capital, with a buoyant medical tourism sector, and agriculture startups using drones, alongside others working on AI and deep tech, he said. 'Multisectoral approach' Mr. Atul told the audience that the State government had, in its recent Budget, allocated ₹10 crore to develop startups in the space sector. The Global Startup Report 2024 had ranked Chennai in the 18th position. Apart from conventional sectors, startups were also diversifying into other areas, including the heritage sector, he said. 'One of the reasons [for the State's success] is our multisectoral approach. It is a rich mix that will make Tamil Nadu the hub of the startup ecosystem,' he said. The government extended support to acquire IPR by funding as much as 50% of the total expenditure for the purpose, he added. The government also had 42 incubators that were established in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. It was focusing on pre-incubation centres in colleges and universities too, Mr. Atul said, with the aim of catching entrepreneurs young. 'Many initiatives supporting startups' A.R. Unnikrishnan, chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil Nadu State Council, and managing director, Glass Group, Saint-Gobain, Tamil Nadu, said the State has a wide spectrum of economy, with around 30% coming from manufacturing and the rest from a broad sector of services. 'A lot of initiatives are supporting the startup ecosystem across the State. The choice of Tamil Nadu as a place for the summit is laudable,' he said. CII's industrial experience could help create many platforms that could solve problems of MSMEs, Mr. Unnikrishnan said. CII-T.N. also has a panel on startups with three objectives: the infant mortality for startups is very high as many become large but do not learn the practices of governance while growing. Another issue is that Chennai lacks the venture capital ecosystem, and CII aims to address this gap. The CII also offered help in filing patents with the MSME department supporting the venture. Training factulty on AI Vice-Chancellor of SRMIST C. Muthamizhchelvan called on academia, industry, startup ventures, and investors to come together to create a good ecosystem for startups. The institute operated on five areas: AI for education; need-based research; fostering entrepreneurship and innovation through mentorship; training programme for faculty; and encouraging students to visit villages and find problems they need solutions for. The institute planned to train 1,000 faculty on AI by December this year. This would lead to a lot of changes, he said. Around 600 faculty have been trained, who support students in their entrepreneurial efforts, the V-C said. The institute had 475 patents and about 10% of them were at the TRL6. 'Unless we get input from the industry we will not be able to proceed,' he said, and for this purpose, the institute had started an industrial research and innovation summit where experts from the industry are invited and patents are showcased. This has helped some patents to move to the next level of tech transfer and some others to the level of product development. 'Present-day students are not going to rural areas. We insist that students go to villages and identify challenges and come up with tangible solutions.' To encourage such students, open elective courses with credits are offered. 'These help our students to think differently and encourage them to become entrepreneurs,' he explained. So far, the institute had incubated 45 companies, of which 11 had graduated from the campus and were doing well, according to him. The institute's pre-incubation centre was open to all, the V-C said. L.V. Navneeth, chief executive officer of The Hindu, welcomed the gathering.
