Official sources told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the step was being taken for the promotion of small scale industries aimed at generating a large number of employment opportunities for the unwaged 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.
The proposed plan will not only generate the employment opportunities for the skilled and semi-skilled workers but also supportive to discourage the rapid rural migration towards the cities of the Punjab. This proposed programme will also serve its dual role in broadening strong industrial base and ensure the development process in far-off and neglected areas of the Punjab.
Meanwhile, agriculture experts had stressed upon the business community of Sialkot the export hub of the country that they should consider to produce non-traditional products especially in manufacturing of agri tools along with the routine production of traditional products.