PM gives go-ahead to Amritsar-Kolkata industrial corridor

June 07, 2013 21:02

Moving on fast-track in the run-up to the 2014 general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave green signal to the ambitious Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata industrial corridor project, on the lines of the DMIC, to promote the development of northern region and create more jobs.

Dr Singh appointed an Inter Ministerial Group, under the department of industrial policy and promotion secretary, to prepare a feasibility report within a month for setting up the corridor to promote industrialisation in the northern region, said a PMO statement.

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