District Industries Centre (DIC)

Profile

             District Industries Centre (DIC) play a crucial role in industrial development by serving as a central point for entrepreneurs, providing them with necessary support and services to establish and grow their businesses  by creating awareness among entrepreneurs through entrepreneur Development programs and to assist in getting approvals from various departments and further processing of incentives to the industries.

1. Existing Industries

            There are 131 Large and Mega Industries working in the district with an investment of Rs. 37154  Cr. Providing  employment to  75791  persons. Prominent activities are Auto components and engineering, agro and food processing, Textile and garments, Bulk drugs and pharmaceuticals, and electronic components etc.

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

           There are 55580 Micro, Small & Medium enterprises registered in the district with an investment of Rs. 18384 Cr. providing employment to 222320 persons.

2. Industries under implementation

Mega Projects & Large Industries

          19 Large and Mega Projects are under active implementation in the district with a proposed investment of Rs. 8949 Cr. and a proposed employment of 20536 persons.

3. Single Desk Policy

              Among the many initiatives undertaken as part of facilitating industry set-up in the State, AP government has launched the Single Desk Portal (SDP) in June 2015. The one-stop-shop is helping industries to obtain more than 39 regulatory clearances required to set-up and operate business in 21 days. The SDP supports end-to-end transaction processing with online payment and application status tracking.

             There are 41 Pre-establishment, 32 Pre-operation and 17 Renewals have been made completely online under Single Desk Portal.

             Government of Andhra Pradesh as part of the implementation of recommendations of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ease of Doing Business has established Central Inspection System (CIS) with a view to provide single platform to carry out inspection of Industries by various Departments such as Factories, Boilers, Labour, AP Pollution Control Board, Legal Metrology, etc. During 2024-25, Total 2274 applications were approved. Out of which 2254 were approved with in SLA and 22 beyond SLA and 14 were rejected.

4. Schemes and Policies

1. Govt. has introduced several transformative policies tailored to foster industrial growth and address the diverse needs of various industries across Andhra Pradesh and are designed to create an enabling environment for industrial development and innovation. They aim to promote innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship while creating job opportunities and ensuring balanced regional development.
   1. Industrial Development Policy 0
   2. MSME & Entrepreneurship Development Policy 0
   3. Food Processing Policy 0
   4. Private Parks Policy 0
   5. Sustainable Electric Mobility Policy 0
   6. Textiles, Apparel & Garments Policy 0
   7. Electronics Manufacturing Policy 0
   8. Integrated Clean Energy Policy 0
   9. Semiconductor & Display Fab Policy 0
   10. AP Leather & Foot wear Policy (4.0)

              Govt. of A.P. extended the MSME incentives for Stamp Duty (100%), Capital Subsidy only for new units (25% for General & 45% for Women/SC/ST/BC/Minority/Special abled /Transgender), Power Cost reimbursement (1.00 per unit for General to 1.50 per unit for Women/SC/ST/BC/Minority/Special abled /Transgender), Net SGST reimbursement (100%).

    2. Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme

           PMEGP is a credit-linked subsidy programme launched by Ministry of MSME in 2008-09 for creation of employment in both rural and urban area of the country. This is credit linked Scheme of Govt. of India with the object to generate continuous and sustainable employment opportunities in Rural and Urban areas of the country and to provide continuous and sustainable employment to a large segment of traditional and prospective artisans, rural and urban unemployed youth in the country through setting up of micro enterprises. For the financial year 2024-25, 301 units were sanctioned covering a margin money of Rs.8.22 Cr.

  3. PM Vishwakarma Yojana

         The scheme aims

• • To provide skill upgradation to hone their skills and make relevant and suitable training opportunities available to them.
  • To provide support for better and modern tools to enhance their capability, productivity, and quality of products and services.
  • To provide the beneficiaries an easy access to collateral free credit and reduce the cost of credit by providing interest subvention.
  • To provide incentives for digital transactions to encourage digital empowerment of Vishwakarmas.
  • To provide a platform for brand promotion and market linkages to help them access new opportunities for growth

     The following 18 Trades are eligible under the program; 1. Carpenter 2. Boat Maker, 3. Armorer, 4. Blacksmith, 5. Hammer & Toolkit maker,  6. Locksmith; 7. Gold Smith, 8. Potter; 9. Sculptor; 10. Cobbler, Shoe smith; 11. Mason, 12. Basket/ Mat/ Broom maker, 13. Doll & toy maker, 14. Barber; 15. Garland maker, 16. Washerman; 17. Tailor, 18. Fishing Net maker.

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Important website links related to the department

              1. https://www.apindustries.gov.in

              2. https://www.kviconline.gov.in