Itanagar, Mar 12: The Arunachal Pradesh government has introduced the Arunachal Pradesh Industrial Development & Investment Policy, 2025 aimed at attracting investment and encouraging industrial growth in the state.

State Commerce and Industries Minister Nyato Dukam announced the policy in the Assembly while responding to a written question from Wanglin Lowangdong, an MLA of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

According to the minister, the policy includes several incentives for new and expanding industrial units. These include reimbursement of stamp duty and registration fees, capital investment subsidies, capital interest subvention, and power subsidies.

Additional provisions include incentives for green initiatives, reimbursement of State Goods and Services Tax (SGST), VAT exemptions, subsidies for quality certification, transport subsidies, export incentives, support for underprivileged sections, and reimbursement for the use of common facilitation centres.

The policy framework is intended to promote entrepreneurship and support sectors such as handlooms, handicrafts, textiles, food processing, tourism, and resource-based industries.

To attract investors from outside the state, the policy also allows long-term land leases for 50 years, with the option of extension for an additional 49 years.

The minister said the Industries Department does not maintain data on income generated from industrial units. However, available records indicate that 14,608 youths are currently employed in functional industrial units across the state.