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• The Uttar Pradesh government said it would develop a new industrial policy on the lines of Uttrakhand to promote the small industries in the state and a special scheme for Bundelkhand.

• "To promote small industries in the state a new policy will be chalked out on the lines of Uttrakhand," the state's Minister for Small Industries and Export Promotion (Independent Charge) Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar told reporters here.

• He said that a special scheme would be chalked out to set up small industries in ravines of Etawah, Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal regions of the state.

• In a reply to a question, the minister alleged that the previous BSP government did nothing to promote small industries as a result of which unemployment could not be controlled.

• "While no new industry was set up, exisiting ones closed down," Gangwar alleged.

• He said that there was a scheme to re-start closed industries.

• The minister said that the intention of the SP government was to provide employment opportunities to maximum number of people and that was possible only by setting up small industries.

• He said that while special scheme would be chalked out for Bundelkhand and Poorvanchal, a policy would be formulated to promote cane, wood, bamboo and mentha industries in western districts of the state.

• Gangwar said that to ensure that small industrialists earn better profits besides developing clusters, proper arrangement of distribution would also be ensured.

• He said that to attract big industrial houses for investment in Bareilly division a proposal to construct an airport was being contemplated.

• Talks would be held with the Civil Aviation Ministry from Chief Minister level in this regard, he said.

• The minister said that to create employment opportunity a new industrial area on 1,500 hectare land would be developed near rubber factory in Bareilly.

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