Haryana to set up ‘Footwear-Leather’ cluster on 500 acres in Rohtak.

July 19, 2022

The Haryana government will set up a ‘Footwear-Leather’ cluster on about 500 acres of land in Rohtak.
According to the government, training will also be given to the students of ITI institutes around Rohtak city by connecting them with the footwear industry so that the industrialists of leather industry can get skilled youth at the local level and youth can get employment near their homes.
According to government, as soon as about two dozen industries are commissioned, a Common Service Centre will be made in a year so that industrialists can get ease in their work.
A centre of excellence related to leather will also be set up to help the industrialists of the leather industry in the state.
There is also a plan to build a labour-hostel near the ‘Footwear-Leather’ cluster so that the labourers working there do not face any problem in commuting to the industry.
In this field, where the state has got the third position at the national level, Haryana has been ranked in the top achievers’ category in the fifth edition of ‘State Ease of Doing Business’ released by the Union ministry of commerce and industry.
In addition, the state has been ranked first in the Export Readiness Index (Land Closed Category)-2021 and second in the ‘Logistics Across Different Status Survey’-2021.