Punjab to bid for bulk drug park in Bathinda under Centre scheme
An estimated cost of the project is Rs 1,878 crore, including the cost of infrastructure facilities.;
Chandigarh: Punjab will bid for setting up a bulk drug park in Bathinda under a central government scheme for establishment of three such facilities in the country, officials said on Thursday.
The state Cabinet gave in-principle approval to this effect at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here.
A cabinet sub-committee will be set up to work out the details of the proposal to be made to the government of India which has laid down various criteria for the parks, including a minimum land requirement of 1,000 acres, they said.
The Centre has framed an area scoring criteria for the selection of states for setting up the parks.
According to the spokesperson of the Chief Minister''s Office, the cabinet sub-committee, comprising Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora, Revenue Minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Housing and Urban Development Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, has been mandated to submit a report in the next few days to enable the state to send its proposal before the last date of September 27.
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