Taking ahead Government of India’s ‘Make in
India’ campaign, Micromax, India’s
leading handset manufacturer, inaugurated its newest manufacturing facility in
Telangana. The plant was inaugurated by K T Rama Rao, Hon’ble Minister
for IT and P Mahendra Reddy, Minister for Transport in the presence of
other senior State dignitaries. The Telangana manufacturing facility has been
made operational from scratch in flat six months and will have the capacity to
manufacture one million Mobile Phone devices per month. The facility currently
employs 700 people and will increase the number to 1000 employees in the next
two months, boosting employment opportunities in the State.
K T Rama Rao, Minister for IT, Panchayat Raj and Municipal
Administration and Urban Development, Telangana said, “Telangana
Government strongly believes in the vision of ‘Make in India’ and has always
encouraged corporates to establish their factories and R&D centres in the
state. We are very happy that Micromax who has been a front runner in
demonstrating technological prowess by bringing future disruptions at
affordable price points and has chosen Telangana as the destination for setting
up its manufacturing facility. We believe this partnership will provide new
opportunities to youth of the state and develop an electronics manufacturing
ecosystem of global standards in Telangana.”
The minister added that the government has always
encouraged corporates to establish their units in the state. The government has
enacted TS ISPASS act which has been appreciated by the industry. A total of
1691 units have been sanctioned with an investment of Rs 20,347 crores creating
36691 jobs. Of these about 840 units have already commissioned production. The
fact that more than 50% of the approvals have already commissioned production
in less than a year speaks about the ease of doing business.
Elaborating the salient features of the ease of
doing business under the TS ISPASS, the minister said that all the line
department portals have been integrated with TSSIPASS under a single portal.
The registration, renewal and inspection module is being done online. Least
possible turnaround time for consent of establishment and consent for operation
anywhere in the country. Single helpline number (7306600600) has been
introduced. Reduction in number of mandatory documents by combining common
features across departments has been introduced in the act, the minister added.
Referring to the labour and factories reforms,
the minister said inspection schedules have been computerized and the
inspection report to be uploaded by the inspecting officer within 48
hours. Joint inspections will be carried under 10 acts which is a major relief
to industries. Licenses for factories can be renewed in one go with a validity
up to 10 years which is a major relief to units. Voluntary self certification
scheme has been introduced in the act, the minister added.
The minister also spoke about the reforms
relating to fire, registration, commercial tax and pollution control board
departments which include stamp duty payment for property registrations have
been made online and through eSTAMP. A single Tax ID for filing of returns, of
all the taxes, registrations can be done online and returns can be filed online
through e-payment. Exemptions to green industries from any inspections. Renewal
perios increased from 1 year to 5 years through auto renewal mode. Third party
certification introduced for medium risk industries and self certification for
low risk industries.
The minister thanked Micromax who has been a
front runner in demonstrating technological prowess and has chosen Telangana as
the destination for setting up its manufacturing facility. He said this
partnership will provide new opportunities to the youth of the state and
develeop and electronics manufacturing ecosystem of global standards in
Telangana.
P Mahendra Reddy, Minister of Transport,
Telangana mentioned
that, “In a very short span of time since its formation, Telangana has emerged
as one of the fastest growing states with immense focus by the Government on
public-private partnership for the growth and prosperity of the state. With
inception of Micromax plant, the company will focus on integrating product
design capabilities with efficient manufacturing processes which will help in
economic development of the state.” Telangana has the advantage of having good
connectivity with rest of the country and major global hubs. Government of
Telangana is also focused to provide trained manpower to various sectors
including electronic sector through the newly constituted Telangana Academy for
Skill and Knowledge (TASK). A large number of ITI, diploma and degree
institutes are already functional in the state which provide requisite manpower
to the sector.
Commenting on inauguration, Rajesh Agarwal,
Co-Founder, Micromax said, “By 2017, we aim to be India’s first
and largest indigenous phone manufacturer. We have been the front runners for
the 'Make in India' initiative, by assembling the products locally and quickly
ramping up and building capacity of complete manufacturing in close partnership
with the Government. We are grateful for the support of government of Telangana
for providing a slew of incentives, provisioning of all approvals and
compliances in a time bound manner and providing necessary infrastructure and
conducive ecosystem for conduct of business. It is primarily due to the
industry friendly approach and forward thinking policies of Government of
Telangana, that we could set up the plant here in a record time of six months.
The latest plant at Hyderabad promises not just state-of-the-art
manufacturing unit of high-tech products but will also bring in the much needed
employment and economic growth to the region creating thousands of jobs for the
local citizens. The company has already invested over 100 crores in the project
in the first phase.
The ESDM sector is receiving highest attention by Government of
India and Government of Telangana is also supporting this effort by
manufacturing this import substitution product thereby reducing outflow of
forex from the Country. 
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