Govt to facilitate NRI investment

Chandigarh, July 13
The state government will set up a “Foreign Investment and NRI Cell” for attracting foreign investment and redressing problems faced by the NRIs of Haryana domicile.The cell will be located in Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), which has been designated as a nodal agency for investment related matters.
The Home Department will act as a nodal agency for addressing grievances relating to property, marital disputes, law and order and other related social issues of the NRIs.
The cell will have a web portal, “Connect Haryana Forum”, to act as a single-point contact for the NRIs and the PIOs and also for building the necessary database. The department will nominate a single point of contact to whom all relevant correspondence or grievances received in the cell, in electronic or paper form, will be forwarded and monitored along with a “status-tracking facility” to the person making such correspondence.
An advisory committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister has also been constituted at the apex level to review the action taken by the cell from time to time. The Industries Minister, the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, the Principal Secretaries, Home, Industries & Commerce, Town & Country Planning and Public Relations, Chief Administrator (HUDA) and Director, Industries & Commerce, will be its members.