<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab Government has exempted the provision of getting Change of Land Use (CLU) permission for setting up standalone green, orange and red category industries in permissible zones.<br />''</span><br />''Giving details, Punjab Housing and Urban Development Minister Mr. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria revealed that earlier the industrialists were required to obtain the CLU from the department before geting the building plans approved. The process was quite cumbersome and time-consuming for the industrialists to start their projects. <br />''<br />''Exemption from obtaining CLU would encourage setting up of industries, as it would ease the process. He said, however, the approval of building plans would subject to the fulfillment of siting guidelines for industries and building bye-laws of the department, which the applicants would have to abide.<br />''<br />''Mr Sarkaria said, this decision has been made considering the demand of the industries associations and keeping in view the changing scenario where the state has to reduce its dependency on agriculture and has to look for other avenues to boost the economic growth.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, step would encourage industrialists to come forward to set up industries, which in turn, would result in economic growth of the state and also lead to employment generation.</span><br />