More curbs in place for Haryana companies amid lockdown

The Haryana government on Monday put a further cap on the number of workers allowed for deployment by the industrial and commercial establishment to resume economic activity.

Establishments outside the containment zones have been allowed to operate in a phased manner. District and block-level committees have been constituted to grant approvals.

Issuing an additional set of guidelines on Monday, the industries and commerce department said that permission to a maximum of 1,000 people per block in rural areas would be granted to industries and commercial establishments seeking deployment of up to 25 people.

“Permissions will be granted by the designated approval committees on first come first serve basis in the first phase,” said a top official.

For urban areas, permission for a maximum of 1,000 people per town (for municipal corporation areas a maximum of 2,000) will be granted for establishments. In case of establishments seeking permission to deploy up to 200 workers, the municipal corporation commissioner or the additional deputy commissioner will grant permission to a maximum of 2,000 people each in their jurisdiction in the first phase.

In case there is no municipal corporation in the district, the maximum number of permissions shall be restricted to 2,000 people in that district.For establishments seeking permission to deploy more than 200 workers, the deputy commissioner will grant permission to a maximum of 3,000 people in the district in first phase.

Workers deployed for in-situ construction projects shall not be accounted for in these permission limits.

Outlining the restrictions on workforce deployment the government had on Sunday said for the industrial, commercial and private establishments (excluding IT and IT-enabled services) having workforce requirement of more than 20 people, 50% of the workforce will be allowed to be deployed. Units having workforce requirement of not more than 20 people will be allowed 100% deployment.

For IT and IT-enabled services units seeking deployment of more than 20 people, 33% or 10 people, whichever is higher, will be allowed and for units wanting to deploy up to 20 persons, 50% of the workforce will be allowed. For in-situ construction projects, operations will be allowed with 50% of the total workforce. However, no movement passes will be issued.

For non in-situ construction projects such as roads, building, industrial projects, operations will be allowed with 50% of the total workforce with issuance of blue passes, the guidelines said.

‘Be practical, have trust in us’

Entrepreneurs from Haryana on Monday sought a more affirmative approach from the state government to resume industrial operations in the state. JN Mangla, president of Gurgaon Industrial Association said the government seems to be in some ambiguity over the resumption of industrial activity.

“The impression which I am getting from the GIA members is that the government does not want economic activity to be resumed. They just want to bide time till May 3. The conditions imposed makes it practically impossible to run the enterprise smoothly,” he said.

Mangla said the industry is apprehensive about the provisions of challan and prosecution. The government has not been able to give confidence to the industrialists,” Mahal remarked.

A Panipat exporter, Amit Goel said the guidelines do not seem to be practical. “We should be allowed to start administrative operations by allowing 3-4 persons from the management staff. Subsequently, permission to scale up the manufacturing can be given. Also, we suggest that workers who want to come on bike or cycle should be allowed. That’s better than bringing them in buses,” said Goel.