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STATE POLICY - ANDHRA PRADESH
b . Business Networking and promotional events :
undertake various promotional events and road shows
Government shall promote and encourage
at various locations from time to time . A
participation in various national and international
reimbursement / Grant of 50 % exhibition subsidy will
events by the industry and by leading a Government-
be awarded for participating in the national /
industry business delegation to the identified
international exhibitions upto 9 sq . m per unit .
Exhibitions and Conferences . Government would also
5 . Adoption of “ Mission Approach ”
5.1
Empowered Mission for Electronics & IT Promotion : An
A provision shall be made in the relevant legislations or rules that in
autonomous Society , with Headquarters at
case the required approvals are not granted within 4 weeks of receipt
Visakhapatnam would be created as an “ Empowered
of an application in full-shape , the approval shall be deemed to have
Mission for Electronics & IT Promotion ” to give fillip to the
been given .
development of the sector and take faster and agile
5.4
Mission to identify & work on Thrust Areas : Based on the
decisions . The Mission would be headed by a Technocrat
Industry Demand , the Electronics & IT Mission would
and would have 3 Experts in Electronics & IT , 2
identify key thrust areas / segments in the Electronics
Academics and an expert in Marketing & Promotion .
Industry . Special focus would be laid for developing the
5.2
Effective Single-Window System : A high-level , empowered
eco-system for these thrust areas . The indicative thrust
‘ Single Window Clearance Unit ’ will be created and
areas are Fabless semiconductors , Mobile , LED , Smart
operationalized for granting approvals & clearances for
Meters , FPD TVs , Tablets , Base Stations , Smartcards ,
setting up New Units and for expansion of the existing
Sensors , IOT .
units in the State . It would be supported by the-state-of-
5.5
APIIC to be Industrial Area Local Authority ( IALA ): All IT
the-art centralized help desk on 24x7 basis duly
Industrial Areas / IT Lay Outs / Zones / Corridors , including
leveraging the e-Biz portal set up by GoI . The objective
Electronic Manufacturing Clusters ( EMCs ) and ITIR
of this window would be to ( a ) reduce time to set up
delineated processing areas of APIIC in the State shall be
business and ( b ) reduce cost of doing business .
accorded the status of Industrial Authority Local Area
5.3
Time-bound approvals : The following procedural reform
( IALA ) immediately so that the execution and
would be undertaken with an aim to provide approvals to
maintenance of IT Industrial areas shall be effectively
the industry / investors within 4 weeks .
planned , executed and implemented by APIIC in the
a . Integrated Application for all permissions
interest of promotion of Electronics Sector . All statutory
b . Escort Officer to be assigned the responsibility for
clearance in the Industrial Local Area Authority , would be
getting approvals c . Escalation at various levels and regular monitoring
given by APIIC .
6 . Innovation & Capacity Building
6.1
Establish COE on Fabless Semiconductors : The
advised to give credits to the students successfully
Government aims setting up a Centre of Excellence in
completing notified online courses .
Design in partnership with the Industry and the premier
6.7
Faculty Up-gradation : A special scheme of faculty upacademic
institutions in the State .
gradation shall be introduced .
6.2
PhDs : The State shall target to reach a level of producing
6.8
The Government would support opening of premier
250 PhDs in Electronics by 2018 under the scheme
institutes for electronics and hardware in partnership with
approved by GOI .
the top Electronics Companies and Foreign Universities .
6.3
Skill Enhancement by MSMEs : Assistance shall be
6.9
Mandatory Apprenticeship : All educational institutions
provided to MSMEs with a minimum of 20 employees on
offering under-graduate courses in software engineering ,
its rolls by way of reimbursement of 50 % of training fees ,
electronics and computer sciences shall implement a
subject to a maximum Rs . 10,000 ( Rupees Ten thousand
mandatory scheme of internship / apprenticeship in the
only ) per employee , on obtaining recognized
4th Year of the course in association with the industry .
certifications in emerging technologies . The assistance
This Policy is valid for a period of 5 years from the date of its
under this category shall be limited to Rs . 1 lakh ( Rupees
notification and supersedes the “ Andhra Pradesh Electronics
One lakh only ) per year per unit . Also , the Skill
Hardware Policy 2012-17 ”.
Development program to be implemented through the
ITE & C Department shall issue appropriate
polytechnics and ITIs would have a target of 8,000
Implementation / Operational Guidelines with simplified
students in electronics sector by 2017 .
application proforma and procedure for claiming of the
6.4
The Universities will be advised to change the course
incentives .
curriculum to be in tune with the emerging technologies and align to the requirements of the Industry and also to
B . Sreedhar , IAS
introduce courses in entrepreneurship development .
Secretary to Government Information Technology , Electronics &
6.5
Content Development : Government would support the
Communications Department Government of Andhra Pradesh
‘ content development ’ for the Online Courses that would
Room No . 6 , 1st Floor , North ‘ H ’ Block A . P . Secretariat ,
meet the current and future industry demand in
Hyderabad - 500022 ( India )
association with Industry / Industry Associations / Academia .
E-mail : secy _ itc @ ap . gov . in
6.6
Credits for Online Courses : The Universities will be
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