Delay in land acqusition hinders employment growth

Kolkata, Apr 12 (UNI) Non-availability of land and delay in land acquisition have retarded the growth of employment in the manufacturing sector, according to a recent West Bengal Labour department report.

Referring to the government's land acquisition process, the report stated that getting suitable land was one of the biggest problems for industrial development.

The report mentioned that agriculture contributes less than five per cent of the GDP whereas the industry contributes about 30 per cent, which is why the agrarian economy had shifted towards industries.

Labour department principal secretary Subesh Das here today said, ''The issues of land acquisition in Singur for the Tata's proposed small car unit has not only become a problem for the government but also for those thousands of people, who could have earned livelihood out of this.'' Tata Motors jhas acquired about 1,000 acres of land in Singur.

The report further stated that though the people were opposing the industrialisation move of the government, the Tata Motors have alre/ady created more than 12,000 jobs for the people directly and indirectly.

UNI