In Jammu and Kashmir, Union Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra today chaired a meeting of Empowered Committee for consideration of registration of manufacturing and service sector Units under Industrial Development Scheme-2017 of J&K, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The video conference meeting was attended by Director Industries & Commerce, Jammu, Anoo Malhotra and Director Industries & Commerce, Kashmir, Mehmood Shah besides concerned officers of Uttrakhand and Himachal.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">During the meeting, 29 cases of the UT were placed before the Empowered Committee for consideration of registration under IDS-2017, of which 13 cases from Jammu and 16 from Kashmir Division were cleared. The total investment in the cases cleared by Empowered Committee is to the tune of  79.62 Crore rupees and these units will be able to generate employment for about 629 persons. </span><br />