Government of India

Ministry of MSME

STATE INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF SIKKIM

2014-15

PREPARED BY

MSME-Development Institute
(Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,)
P.O. Tadong , Gangtok-737102(Sikkim)
Phone-03592231880, Fax:-03592231262
e-mail: dcdi-gangtok@dcmsme.gov.in
Web-www.sikkim.nic.in/msme-di
 CONTENTS

Sl.No Particulars Pages

1 Introduction 1

2 General Characteristics of the State 2-3

3 Economic Classification of Population 4-5

4 Figures at Glance 6

5 Facts & Figures about Sikkim 7-10

6 Natural Resources of the State 11-18

7 Tourism 19

8 Agriculture & Horticulture 20-24

9 Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Service 25-27

10 Health & Family Welfare 28-29

11 Power Infrastructure 30-33

12 Transport & Communication 34-37
13 Educational Infrastructure 38-40

14 State Institute of Capacity Building 40-43

15 Banking, Finance & Insurance 44-47

16 Industrial Development Agencies 47-65

17 Industrial Scenario 66-69

18 District-wise major units/Hotels 70-72

19 List of Prospective Industries 73-74

20 Industrial Policy Initiatives by Central & State 77-105

Govts.
21 Organizations Involved in Promoting Industries
106-109
INTRODUCTION

The State Industrial Profile of Sikkim for the year 2014-15 is being presented
covering a wide spectrum of human activities. The general objective of preparing the
Industrial Profile of Sikkim is to portray the present state of industrial development against
the backdrop of various socio-economic indicators prevailing in the State. Sikkim is one of
the least industrially developed states of India. However, a substantial number of large units
are being set up in the manufacturing and service sectors since 2006 onwards. Few units that
are engaged in manufacturing sector are mainly dealing with pharmaceuticals, chemicals,
liquors, foam mattresses, food products, iron rods, etc. Some of these units are small and
medium enterprises. Majority of small and medium enterprises are engaged mainly in
service sector activities like Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants, and Travel Agencies etc. because of
natural and scenic beauty of state and development of tourism infrastructure in the State.
The present industrial scenario is quite encouraging though a lot needs to be done to exploit
the full potential of the State.
While compiling the Profile, data has been collected from different secondary
sources. Various State & Central Government departments have been approached to provide
the requisite information. As far as possible due care has been given to incorporate the latest
available facts & figures about the state. T he data provided in Annual Reports of various
State government Departments/Organizations and, “Sikkim- A Statistical Profile” published
by the DESME, Govt.of Sikkim has been mostly relied upon. Census data of 2011 has been
used to get the demographic particulars of the State. Suggestions for further improvement
are most welcome.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATE

Location:
Sikkim is one of the far flung States of India. The State is located of the foothills of
Eastern Himalayas between latitude of 27degree 49” and 28 degree 10” north and the
longitudes of 88 degree 28” and 88 degree 55” East. Sikkim is the 22nd state of India came

into existence with effect from 16th May, 1975. Sikkim is a very small hilly state in
the Eastern Himalayas, extending approximately 115 Kms from north to south and 65 Kms
from east to west, surrounded by vast stretches of Tibetan Plateau in the North, Chumbi
Valley of Tibet and the kingdom of Bhutan in the east, Darjeeling district of West Bengal in
the south and the kingdom in Nepal in the west. The state being a part of inner ranges of the
mountains
of Himalayas has no open valley and no plains but carried elevations ranging from 300 to
8583 mtrs above mean sea level consisting of lower hill, middle and higher hills, alpine zones
and snow bound land, the highest elevation 8583 mtrs, being the top of the Mt.
Kangchendzonga itself. Sikkim has been divided into four districts and each district has
further been bifurcated into two sub-divisions for administrative purpose except the East
district which has four sub-divisions. Sikkim state being a part of inner mountain ranges of
Himalayas, is hilly having varied elevation ranging from 300 to 8540 meters. But the
habitable areas are only up to the altitude of 2100 mtrs. Constituting only about 20% of the
total area of the state. The highest portion of Sikkim lies in its north west direction. A
large number of mountains having altitudes of about seven thousand meters stands here with -
Kanchenjunga (8598 m.), The third highest peak in the world. The high serrated, snow
capped spurs and peaks of Kanchenjunga look attractive consisting of Kumbha Karna (7711
m.), Pandim (6706 m.), Narsingh (5825 m.), Kabru Dome (6545 m.), etc. A number of
glaciers descends from eastern slopes of Kanchenjunga into Sikkim where snow clad line is
found above 5300 mtrs. The biggest of them is Zemu, from whose snout above Lachen
monastery rises the river Teesta. Teesta is the main river and its main tributaries are Zemu,
Lachung, Rangyong, Dikchu, Rongli, Rangpo and Rangit which form the main channel of
drainage from the north to the south. It boasts of the great mount Kanchendzonga as its
crown. Ethnically Sikkim has mainly three groups of people viz. Nepalis, Bhutias, Lepchas.
The local language is Nepali. English is the official language. This jewel-like mountain state
of ethereal beauty with an area of 7096 sq. km, nestles in the heart of Himalayas. Cradled in
the manifold splendours of nature deep within the snow clad Himalayas is Sikkim's capital
Gangtok, wrapped in mists and clouds, a garden state with an incredible variety of
rhododendrons & a host of other flowers.

Demographic Features of Sikkim:

Sikkim is a multi-ethnic state. Broadly, the population can be divided into tribal and
non-tribal groups. Lepcha, Bhutia, Sherpa, Limboo and Tamang are categorized as Scheduled
Tribes. The Lepchas are considered as the original inhabitants of the state and declared as
the Primitive Tribe by the State Government. Compared to other ethnic groups, the Lepchas
still maintain many of their traditions. The other major tribal community is Bhutias. Lately,
Limboo and Tamangs are recognized as Schedule tribes .The Sherpas are a marginal ethnic
tribal community in the state. Over 70% population consists of Nepalese. They are dominant
ethnic group in the state. The people from the other parts of the country mostly involved in
trade and business activities also comprises substantial portion of population. The total
population of Sikkim as at 0:00 hours of 1st March 2011 stood at 6,07,688 as per the
provisional results of the Census of India 2011. This accounts for barely 0.05 per cent of the
total population of the country. The population of the State has grown by 12.36% between
2001 and 2011, as against 17.64% for the country as a whole. The sex ratio (i.e., the number
of females per thousand males) of population was recorded as 890, which has increased from
875 in the previous census. Total literacy of the State has risen to 82.20% in 2011 from
68.61% in 2001 Census.

Out of the total population of 607,688 there are 321,661 male and 286,027 females.
Among all the four districts North District is the largest in area but least populated and
constitutes 7.13% followed by West District with 22.43 %, South District 24.15% and the
East District has the highest population constituting 46.29% of the total population of the
state. Similarly d i s t r i c t - w i s e decadal variation rate o f p o p u l a t i o n (2001-2011) is
5.67% for North , 14.80% for East, 11.57% for South and 10.59%, West whereas for State it
is 12.36%. The density of population is 10 in North, 295 in East, 196 in South and 117 in
West as compared with State density of 86. The district-wise sex ratio is (females per
thousand male) is 769 in North, 872 in East, 914 in South and 941 in West as compared to
889 for State. The literacy of State stands at 82.20% in 2011 as compared to 74.04% of the
national level.
THE ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF POPULATION OF SIKKIM (1971-2011)

The economic classification of population of Sikkim 1971-2011 is given below,

where the workers are classified according to the volume of the work: -

Total workers are again divided under main workers, marginal workers. The main
workers are sub-divided into cultivators, Agricultural laborers, workers in household
industry and other workers which can be depicted in the table below:

Economic Classification of Population of Sikkim - 1971-2011

Sl. No. Item 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
1 Population 209843 316385 406457 540851 607688
2 Main Workers 111609 147436 164392 212904 230397
(a) Cultivators - 88610 97834 101200 117401
(b) Agricultural Labourers - 4887 13793 9081 25986
(c) Worker in Household Industry - 1586 1309 3168 5143
(d) Other workers - 52353 55785 99455 159608
3 Marginal Workers - 5378 4329 50139 77741
4 Non Workers 98236 163571 237736 277808
5 Decadal Change
(i) Main Workers 48512 17493
(a) Cultivators 3366 16201
(b) Agriculture Labourers (-)4712 16905
(c) Household Industry Workers 1859 1975
(d) Other Workers 43670 60153
(ii) Marginal Workers 45810 27602
(iii) Non-Workers 40072 NA
Source- Provisional results of Census 2011
 Rural and Urban Population of Sikkim by Sex – 2011

State / Sector Population

District Persons Male Female
North Rural 39065 22274 16791
Urban 4644 2456 2188
Total 43709 24730 18979
East Rural 161096 87147 73949
Urban 122487 64285 58202
TOTAL 283583 151432 132151

South Rural 125651 65848 59803

Urban 21199 10822 10377
Total 146850 76670 70180

West Rural 131187 67528 63659

Urban 5248 2710 2538
TOTAL 136435 70238 66197

Sikkim Rural 456999 242797 214202

Urban 153578 80273 73305
Total 610577 323070 287507

India Rural 741660293 381141184 360519109

Urban 285354954 150135894 135219060
Total 1027015247 531277078 495738169
Source – Primary Census Abstract 2011
 FIGURES AT A GLANCE

Figures at a Glance: SIKKIM VIS-À-VIS INDIA 2001)

Items Sector/Year Unit Sikkim India

Population 2011 Total No 607688 1210193422
Rural No 455962 833087662
Urban No 151726 377105760
No. of Towns 2011 No 9 5161*
Decennial Growth of 2001-2011* Absolute 66837 181455986
Population Percentage 33.06 12.36
Urban Population as a 2011 Percentage 24.97 31.16
percentage to Total
Population
Sex Ratio 2011* Females per 889 940
1000 Males
Density of Population 2011 Per Sq. Km 86 382
Literacy Rate 2011 Percentage 82.20 64.80*
% of Main Workers to 2011 Percentage 74.8 NA
Total workers
*2011 figures not available

District-wise Comparative Population Figures at a Glance: 2011

Sl. Item Year Unit North East South West Sikkim

No
1 Population 2011 Persons 43354 281293 146742 136299 607688
2 Urban 2011 As a % of 10.72 42.93 14.37 3.84 24.97
Population
Population
3 Literacy 2011 % 82.20 84.67 82.06 78.69 82.20
Rates
4 Decennial 2001 % 6.5 15.7 11.7 10.7 12.9
Growth -
5 Density 2011
2011 Per Sq. 10 295 196 117 86
of Km.
6 Population
Sex Ratio 2011 Females/ 752 844 927 929 875
1000
Males
7 Main 2011 As a % of 73.7 79.5 68.1 72.8 74.8
Workers Total
Workers
8 Marginal 2011 -do- 26.3 20.5 31.9 27.2 25.2
workers
9 Towns 2011 Numbers 1 4* 2 2 9
10 Cultivators 2011 % of Total 31.3 22.5 50.6 58.0 38.1
Workers
11 Agriculture 2011 -do- 9.7 8.2 5.6 11.4 8.4
Labourers
12 Area 2011 Sq.Km. 4226 954 750 1116 7096
13 Household 2011 % of Total 1.4 1.7 1.3 2.0 1.7
Industry Workers
*- Including one Census Town (Rhenock)
Source –Census of India 2011,- Primary Census Abstract
Worker
Workers
 FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT SIKKIM

Location Approx. 27 deg. North 88 Deg. East

Capital Gangtok
District, Areas and District East District (954 sq.km.) - Gangtok
Capitals West District (1166 sq.km) -
Gyalshing South District (750
sq.km) - Namchi North District
(4226 sq.km.)- Mangan
No. of Sub-Divisions 9 (Gangtok, Pakyong, Rongli, Namchi, Soreng, Gyalshing,
Rabongla,
Climate Tropical, Temperate and Alpine
Mangan, Chungthang)
No. of Zilla Panchayat Ward 95
No. of Gram Panchayat 165 Units;
No. of Revenue Blocks 452
Other Important towns Jorethang, Singtam, Rangpo,Namchi,,Gyalshing,
Mangan,
Languages Spoken Nepali,
Rhenock (CensusBhutia,Town) Lepcha, Limboo,
Magar, Rai,
Main occupations Farmers, Cardamom
Gurung, Sherpa, ,Growers,
Tamang, Newari.Government, Transport
and Tour Operators, Hotels and Restaurant Keepers and
Per Capita Income (PCI-GSDP Traders 227908(2014-15, at current prices)***
Rs. Contractors
State) Gross Domestic product(in 1451773/- and Government
(2014-15, at currentEmployees.
prices)***
Lakhs)
Religions Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity
Distance from Siliguri 114 Km
Distance from New Jalpaiguri 125 Km
State Day (the Day Sikkim 16th May 1975
became a
State
Part ofAnimal
India) Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
State Bird Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)
State Flower Nobile Orchid (Dendrobium nobile)
State Tree Rhododendron (Rhododendron niveum)
No. of Assembly seats 32
No. of Lok Sabha seats 1
No. of Rajya Sabha 1
Educational Institutions in the a)Government 8
State Colleges b) Central 1
University c)Medical 1
College d)Engineering 1
College 2
e)Polytechnique 2
No. of Hospitals 6Institutes
including Sir
f)Other Thutob Namgyal Memorial Hospital and
Central Referral
Technical InstitutesHospital (Manipal)
Approx No. of EM II filed by 200
Hospitals
MSMEs as perstMSME Dev. Act
2006 as on 31 March 2015
No.
up toof31 st March,
Major Industrial/Hotel
2001 55
Units Public Sector
Central 2 (only branch or project offices)
Undertaking
State Public Sector Undertaking 3
*** Advance Estimate -Source: 1) DESME, Govt. of Sikkim
2) Commerce & Industries Dept.
GROSS STATE DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF SIKKIM AT CURRENT PRICES
(Base Year :2004-05)

YEAR GSDP GROWTH PCI-GSDP GROWTH NSDP

(IN LAKHS) ( IN %) (IN RS) ( IN %) (IN LAKHS)
2004-05 173915 30727 151066
14.75
2005-06 199290 14.59 34780 13.19 173345
7.92
2006-07 216122 8.45 37198 6.95 187075
14.37
2007-08 250609 15.96 42693 14.77 213949
30.66
2008-09 322908 28.85 54270 27.12 279550
95.42
2009-10 613276 89.92 101873 87.71 546311
21.48
2010-11 741157 20.85 121701 19.46 663642
20.98
2011-12 890664 20.17 144354 18.61 802886
17.48
2012-13* 1047260 17.58 168100 16.45 943191
2013- 18.07
14** 1237669 18.18 196144 16.68 1113658
2014- 17.18
15*** 1451773 17.30 227908 16.19 1305030

REVISED STATE DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF SIKKIM AT CONSTANT PRICES

YEAR GSDP GROWTH PCI-GSDP GROWTH NSDP

(IN LAKHS) ( IN %) (IN RS) ( IN %) (IN LAKHS)

2004-05 173915 30727 151066

8.68
2005-06 190945 9.79 33324 8.45 166214
4.43
2006-07 202385 5.99 34834 4.53 176003
4.72
2007-08 217823 7.63 37108 6.53 186210
11.57
2008-09 253499 16.38 42605 14.81 210594
71.71
2009-10 440101 73.61 73106 71.59 365860
8.82
2010-11 478428 8.71 78560 7.46 402769
11.44
2011-12 529904 10.76 85884 9.32 454751
6.41
2012-13* 570284 7.62 91538 6.58 488603
6.50
2013-14** 615231 7.88 97501 6.51 527057
6.24
2014-15*** 659988 7.27 103609 6.26 565272
SECTORWISE CONTRIBUTION IN GSDP OF SIKKIM AT CURRENT PRICES (REVISED)
FROM TO 2008-09 TO 2012-13 (IN LACS)

Sl.No SECTOR 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12* 2012-13**

1 AGRICULTURE 43072 48112 56573 72946 84119
2 FORESTRY & 3798 3452 4109 4746 5551
LOGGING
3 FISHING 125 155 182 312 491
TOTAL AGRI & 46995 51719 60864 78004 90161
ALLIED
5 MINING & 495 586 741 1346 1737
QUARRYING
TOTAL PRIMARY 47490 52305 61605 79349 91898
SECTOR
6 MANUFACTURING 11896 181116 288848 316703 372601
7 CONSTRUCTION 53626 61853 70880 106336 131669
8 ELECTRICITY, GAS 50451 102130 92310 93648 95109
& WATER SUPPLY
TOTAL 115973 345099 452038 516687 599379
SECONDARY
SECTOR
9 TRANSPORT, 11817 14810 15991 19379 23127
STORAGE &
COMMUNICATION
10 TRADE HOTELS, 14678 16136 19569 23268 25963
RESTAURANTS
11 BANKING & 8681 10742 14177 16345 18845
INSURANCE
12 REAL ESTATE, 31107 34066 38604 43727 49453
OWNERSHIP OF
DWELLING & BS
13 PUBLIC 45232 71349 70969 75080 87169
ADMINISTRATION
14 OTHER SERVICES 47930 68769 68204 87788 99731
TOTAL TERTIARY 159445 215872 227514 265587 304377
SECTOR
15 GROSSS STATE 322908 613276 741157 861623 995654
DOMESTIC
PRODUCT
POPULATION (IN 5.95 6.02 6.09 6.174 6.23
LAKHS)
16 PER CAPITA 54270 101873 121701 139647 159816
INCOME (IN RS)

SOURCE-DESME, GOVT. OF SIKKIM

GSDP: Gross State Domestic Product, NSDP: Net State Domestic Product,PCI: Per Capita Income,
* Provisional Estimate ** Quick Estimate*** Advance Estimates
 Total Area Statement: The total geographical area of the state is 7096 sq. Kms. The
state is divided into four districts for which detail is given below:

Details of the Districts in Sikkim

State/Districts Headquarters Area in Proportion to Total area of
Sq.Kms State
Sikkim Gangtok 7,096 100.00
North District Mangan 4,226 59.56
South District Namchi 750 10.57
East District Gangtok 954 13.44
West District Gayzing 1,166 16.43

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP

For administrative conveniences the state is further been divided into 453 Revenue
Block, 32 Constituencies. Besides these divisions the state has 16 Sub divisions, 165
Gram Panchayat units , 8 towns and 1 Parliamentary seats each for Rajya Sabha and Lok
Sabha.

District Wise Number Of Zilla Panchayat, Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Ward,

Panchayat Ghar, Panchayat Member

District No. of Zilla No. of No. of No. of Panchayat

Panchayat Gram Panchayat Members
Members Panchayat Ward
North 22 21 108 108

East 32 46 251 251

South 28 45 260 260

West 28 53 287 287

State 110 165 906 906

Source –Sikkim : A Statistical Journal

District Wise Number of Administrative Set-up

District Unit North South East West State

Sub-Divn No horth4 4 4 4 16

Towns No 1 2 3 2 08

Source –Sikkim : A Statistical Profile

 NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE-

1. Important Rivers of Sikkim and their Tributaries:

Sl.No. RIVERS TRIBUTARY

1 Rangit Rangbhang, Relli, Rathong and Kalej

2 Teesta Dikchu, Rangyong, Bakchachu, Rangpochu,

Zemu Chu, Lachung Chu

Other smaller tributaries of the Teesta River are Zemuchu, Lenakchu, Lachungchu,
Talungchu.

2. Forest :
Sikkim is rich in forest resources. The total area under the Administrative Control of
Forest, Environment & Wild life Department is 5841.00 Square Kilometer which accounts
for 82.31 % of the total geographical area of the State . District-wise classification of Forest
Area along with area of coverage is depicted in the table below

Area Under Forest Cover In Sikkim 2011-2012

District Khasmal/ Reserved Total Forest Revenue Geographical
Goucharan Forest Block
Area Area
(RF) excluding
Khasmal (Sq.Km)
East 105.01 505.50 610.51 343.49 954.00

North 60.20 3880.00 3940.20 285.80 4226.00

South 104.06 304.75 408.81 341.19 750.00
West 119.73 761.75 881.48 284.52 1166.00
Total 389.00 5452.00 5841.00 1255.00 7096.00
(State)

Source –Forest, Environment & Wildlife Management Dept. Annual Administrative Report
2011-12.
 Revenue realized by Forest, Environment & Wildlife Management Department, Govt. of
Sikkim from the year 2001-02 to 2011-12 is given below-

SL.NO FINANCIAL ESTIMATED (IN REALISED (IN LAKHS)

YEAR LAKHS)
1 2001-2002 200.00 664.77
2 2002-2003 438.00 7129.72
3 2003-2004 550.00 723.40
4 2004-2005 550.00 787.45
5 2005-2006 700.00 817.66
6 2006-2007 800.00 802.00
7 2007-2008 700.00 800.26
8 2008-2009 800.00 848.09
9 2009-2010 1000.00 879.00
10 2010-2011 1100.00 1115.17
11 2011-2012 1100.00 1253.05
Out of Turn Forest Resources
Sl.No ITEMS 2009-2010 2010-2011
Quantity Value Quantity Value (Rs)
1 Hardwood 1627.98 4.97 Lakhs 1586.35 cft. 8.66 Lakhs
cft.
2 Firewood 150.5 8.2 Lakhs 248.5 Piles 1.55 Lakhs
Piles
3 Charcoal Bags Nil Nil Nil

3. Value of Minor Forest Products produce during last three years:

SL. ITEMS 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
NO
Production Production Production
Value Value Value
1 Other Forest Produce ( 3.22 24.42 26.26
non-Medicinal plants
2 Silk (Coocons) 28.10 87.23 1.26
3 Medicinal Plants Herbs 21.02 7.04 19.79
Grant Total 53.22 138.07 76.94
* Value (Rs. in 000)
4.FOREST COVER IN DIFFERENT DENSITY CLASSES IN SIKKIM

CLASS Forest and Tree Cover under State Sikkim

Area(Sq. Km.) % of Geographical Area
(a) Very Dense Forest 500 7.05

(b) Moderately Dense Forest 2161 30.45

© Open Forets
696 9.84
Total Forest Cover
3359 47.34

356 5.12
Scrub
Non-Forest
3381 47.54
Total Geographical Area
7096 100

The high incidence of soil instability, degeneration of agricultural land, shrinking of

catchments areas and economic dependence over land has caused extensive deforestation of
forest resources. This has been countered by various afforestation programmes. The State
Government has launched a unique and innovative programme called “ State Green Mission”
with a view to raise avenue plantation along the roads and beautification of all vacant waste
lands by using all the manpower in various departments in the Government, Non-
Government Organizations including different Eco-clubs and Self Help Groups and other
nature lovers so that green belt and avenues for meeting aesthetic recreational needs of the
people can be created and vacant areas can be beautified for tourist attraction. The areas
covered under various plantation programmes like State Green Mission, P.Ms Twenty Point
Programme, Ten Minutes to Earth and Aesthetic Forestry are given below-

5. Area covered under various afforestation programmes:

(i) STATE GREEN MISSION- Total Saplings Planted( in lakhs) under State Green
Mission

Sl.No. District Phase-I Phase-II Phase- Phase- Phase-V Phase- Total

2006-07 2007-08 III 2008- IV 2010-11 VI
09 2009-10 2011-12
1 East 2.66 3.49 0.10 1.51 0.035 4.01 11.81
2 South 1.19 3.51 0.33 0.23 0.66 5.92
3 West 1.58 1.83 1.45 4.91 0.11 9.58
4 North 0.33 2.31 0.52 0.96 0.08 4.20
Total 5.76 11.14 2.40 7.66 0.035 4.86 31.81
 Notional Area Covered @ 650 seedling/ hect. Under the Mission

Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total

Area(Hect) 886 1713 1018 558 6 747 4928

(ii) Area Covered under P.Ms Twenty Point Programme during 2011-12-

Sl.No Afforestation Agency Total Target (Hect) Achievement (Hect)

1 By Forest Department 6000 6738.66
2 By Other Department 716.1
Total 7454.76

(iii) Number of saplings planted and area covered under the programme Ten Minutes to
Earth from the year 2009 to 2012 is depicted below-

Sl.No District Saplings Saplings Saplings Saplings Total

planted on planted on planted on planted on
15/07/2009 25/06/2010 25/06/2011 25/06/2012
1 North 60465 54104 9224 11041 134834
2 East 203740 185000 64277 66422 519439
3 West 186039 115586 21895 28305 351825
4 South 160450 117341 18472 15232 311495
Total 610694 472031 113868 121000 1317593
Notional Area Covered under Ten Minutes to Earth Programme @ 650 seedling /hect.

Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total

Area(hect.) 939.52 726.20 175.18 186015 2027.06

(iv) Area Covered under Aesthetic Forestry-

Year 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Area(hect.) 31 31 30 30 31
 6. National Park, Sanctuary and Forest Park:

The State has a National Park, Sanctuary and Forest Park is depicted in the table below.

National Parks and Sanctuaries (As on 31ST March 2002)

Sl. No. Name of National Park / Sanctuaries / Area (in Sq. Km.) Main Species
Forest Park
1 Khanchendzonga National Park 1784.0 Snow
0 Leopard,
Shapi/ or
Himalaya
n Thar
2 Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary 51.7 Rusty
6 Ballied,S
hortwing
& Satyr
3 Singba Rhododendron Sanctuary 43.0 Tragopan
Musk
0 Deer,
4 Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary 35.3 Nepal
Satyr
4 Langur
Tragopan
&
Red
5 Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary 104.0 Panda
Red
0 Panda &
Blood
Pheasant
6 Kyongnosla Alpine W/L Sanctuary 31.0 Himalay
0 an Monal
& Blood
Pheasant

7 Pangkhola W/L Sanctuary 128.0 Monal,

0 Takin,
Gaur,Tig
er

8 Kitam Bird Sanctuary 6.00 Blue

Peafowl
 7. Flora and Fauna:

Besides these, the State has discovered 144 species / sub-species of Mammals more than 552
species of Birds, Butterflies, Reptiles frogs, Medicinal / Restricted / Protected trees and plants
as per table depicted below.
FAUN FLOR
Sl Particular No. A Name of Principal Sl. ParticularsA No. of
no s of Endangered Species No. of Species
of Fauna Species/Su Flor /Found in
b- species a the
1 Mammals 144 in
found Bharal, Clouded 1 Orchids 550
Stat
Leopard, e
the State Fishing Cat, Golden 2 Fhododendro 36
Cat, Himalayan Thar, 3 n Flowerin Over
Leopard Cat, Red g 5000
4 Ferns &
Plant 362
specie
Panda, Marbled Cat, 5 Allies
Conifers 1s
Musk Deer, Nayan of s
6 Medicin 6424
Great Tibetan Sheep, al
Pangolin, Serow, Snow Plants
Leopard, Spotted
2 Birds 552 Lingsang,
Black Tibetan 7 Oaks 11
Antelope, Tibetan Fox,
necked
Tibetan Gazzelle,
Crane(Migratory),
Tibetan Wild
Blood Ass,
Pheasant,
Tiger, Tibetan
Peafowl, Wolf
Tibetan Snow
3 Butterflies 650 Cock, -- Tragopan 8 Bamboos 28
Pheasant, Snow
4 Reptiles 33 Partridge, -- Siberian 9 Tree Ferns 9
5 16 --
Crane (Migratory)
6 Amphibians
Fishes 48
 Flora and Fauna Found in Temperate Zone
Sl. No. Faun Sl. No. Flor
1 a
Common Langur 1 Oak a
2 Leopard Cats 2 Cherry
3 Red Panda 3 Alurel
4 Musk Deer 4 Chestnut
5 Himalayan Black Bear 5 Maple
6 Flying Squirrel 6 Birch
7 *Snow Leopard 7 *Rhododendron
8 *Wild Ass
 Found in the Alpine Region

Most Popular Orchids in Sikkim

Sl. No. Name of
1 Cymbidiums Orchids
2 Vanda
3 Cattaleya
4 Hookeriana
5 Farmeri
6 Dendrobiun Amoenum
7 Noble Orchid (Dendobium Nobile)

Rare Birds In Sikkim

Sl. No. Particula
1 Majestic Bearded Vulture – with a wing
rs span of 10 ft.
2 Olive Ground Warbler – just a few inches in length
3 Emerald Dove
4 Fairy Blue Bird
5 King Fisher
6 Ashy Wood Pecker
7 Sultan Tit
8 Emerald Cuckoo
9 Suddy Shelduck – is a migratory bird which visits Sikkim
10 Pheasants – There are a wide variety of Pheasants in various colours and
Blood Pheasant is
the State Bird.
8. Mines & Minerals:

The state of Sikkim is host to possible resources of ores and minerals. Despite efforts
of Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Sikkim and Geological Survey of
India, large areas of the state still remains unexplored. From the nineteen sixties into nineteen
eighties, Geological Survey of India has conducted investigations for locating occurrences of
base metal in Sikkim and Darjeeling Himalayas. Today, in the Himalayas of India, the only
working mine producing copper ores is located at Rangpo, Sikkim. A total of 24 base metal
occurrences are located in Sikkim.

Distribution pattern of the known occurrences shows that these are concentrated in
three clusters, namely (i) Eastern Sector, (ii) Central Sector, (iii) Western Sector. The most
important occurrences in the Eastern Sector are Rangpo, Pachekhani and Dikchu, located to
the east of the river Teesta. These deposits are mainly strata bound, hosted by the low grade
rocks of Gorubathan Formation. In the Central Sector lying between the Teesta river in the
East and Little Rangit river in the West a number of occurrences are located to the East of
Namchi. In the Western Sector a large number of occurrences are located in the Nayabazar
area, many of which were explored in the early part of the century by Burn & Co. and in
early 60‟s by GSI. Most of these occurrences are Quartz vein hosted now not of any
economic significance.
 Other Minerals:
Dolomite :
Both high grade massive and low grade flaggy type of dolomites have been located in
Rishi area west of the Jorethang Legship State highway. On the either banks of Rishi Khola.
Four blacks of dolomite has been located and in one block a reserve of more than 1.10m
down to a depth of 30 m has been estimated by GSI.

Limestone:
Grey limestone interbanded with green phyllitic has been located in Rishi Khola south
of Namgaon. At places the band is about 38m thick.

Graphite:
Graphite, lumpy and flaky type with graphite schist, marble and limonitised pegmatite
of Chungthang Formation of Darjeeling group has been located at Chitre and Dareli of West
District.

Marble:
Greyish white to creamy white coarse-grained marble bands is reported from 2 Km.
Chungthang Formation at Chungthang, Lachung and Tsango.

CoaL
Regional Geological exploration by GSI in and around Namchi area of South Districthas
established a reserve of 1.4 lakh tones of bituminous to semi-anthracite coal, analyzing 40 to
60% fixed carbon, 4% to 22% ash, 8 to 13 % Volatile matter and 3% moisture. Thin coal
seams (1m to 5m) are found to occur on the road linking Legship with Nayabazar and to
the south of Put Khola.

However owing to huge amount of loss incurred, commercial production and commercial
exploration has been stopped and the state Mining Corporation ,Rangpo has been wind up.
 . TOURISM:

Lately Sikkim has developed into a major tourist destination in the country. Because of
prevalence of peace and tranquility in the state in the one hand and the presence of naturally
beautiful peaks, valleys , lakes , gardens, flora and fauna on the other , Sikkim has emerged as
one of most shot after tourist destinations in the country. Changu lake, Baba Mandir , Nathula
Pass, Gangtok Town and Gangtok Ropeway, Rumtek Monastry, Yumthang Valley,
Gurudongmar Lake , Pelling Pemayangtse monastery etc. are tha major places of tourist interest
in the state. Beside these, creation of tourist destinations likes Guru Padmasambhava Statue and
Char Dham near Namchi, South Sikkim and Tathagat sal (Buddha’s Statue at Ravangla South
Sikkim has also immensely contributed in increasing the tourist inflow in Sikkim. Therefore
tourism is one of the major contributors to the economy of Sikkim and this may be one of the
reasons for most of the registered units belonging to service sector like hotels, restaurants, travel
agencies etc. The year wise figures of arrivals of domestic tourist (including unrecorded 25 %)
and foreign tourist since 2005 is depicted in the following table-

Sl.No Year Domestic Tourist ( Foreign Tourist Total

Including unrecorded
25 %)
1 2005-06 347650 16518 364168
2 2006-07 421943 18049 439992
3 2007-08 465204 17837 483041
4 2008-09 512373 19154 531527
5 2009-10 615628 17730 633358
6 2010-11 700011 20757 720768
7 2011-12 552453 20757 573210
8 2012-13 564777 23624 588401
9 2013-14 540328 40213 580541
10 2014-15* 489167 36016 525183
The data related to hotels & travel agencies registered under the Tourism Department, Govt.
of Sikkim during last two years is furnished below-

No. of Hotels No. of Total No. of No. of Travel No. of Travel Total No. of
registered Hotels Hotels Agencies agencies Travel
during 2013- registered registered registered registered Agencies
14 during 2013- during 2014- during 2013- during 2014- registered
14 15 14 15 during 2014-
(Cumulative) 15
(Cumulative
05 10* 232* 84 65* 582*

*Till Dec 2014 only

Source – Tourism dept. Govt. of Sikkim
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

It is estimated that eighty percent of the rural population in Sikkim depends on

agriculture and allied sectors for economic, food and nutritional security. The economy of
Sikkim is linked with agriculture and considered as source of livelihood and economic
security of sizeable native population. The agriculture systems practiced in Sikkim are
integrated in natures that have evolved through years of experimentation by the farmers.
Lately, marginal improvement in the lifestyle of farmers has been witnessed with adoption of
modern technologies.
Sikkim state has some inherent strengths that largely supports organic farming. The
policies and programmes on organic farming in tune with its natural endowments envisages to
make Sikkim a model organic state. With this objective, in the year 2003 a resolution to
convert the entire state into an organic state by 2015 was brought in the State legislative
Assembly and the stakeholders are putting in all efforts to make it a success. After launching
of Sikkim Organic Mission in 2010, various programmes of organic farming are implemented
on mission mode and now Sikkim is well known as a total organic state and a pioneer in
organic farming in the country as well.
The state is totally hilly and agro-climatic conditions ranges from Sub-tropical to
Alpine in upper ridges. Major . Agriculture in the State of Sikkim is practiced under diverse
conditions. The region is characterized by large variations in slopes (0-100%) altitudes
(300-3000 m above msl) and rainfall (200-400 cm). The soil of entire state is acidic in
nature. The above mentioned agro climate factors by and large affect the management and
productivity of the crop either in multiple cropping or under mono-cropping system.
Moreover, the choice of crop is mostly consumption oriented and system of cultivation has
established in low input, low risk, low yield technology because the primitive forms of
agriculture is still practiced and largely rain fed. No single crop or a variety is suitable to
different elevations.

The principal crops of the state are maize, paddy, wheat, millet, buckwheat, pulses and
oilseeds .Large cardamom, ginger and orange are the most important commercial potential
crops of Sikkim. Potato, radish, brinjal, tomato, beans, ,peas, mustard, pea, , cucumber,
gourds , cauliflower, cabbage etc.are the important vegetables crops grown in the State.

Wide range of fruit crops are grown successfully in the State. The important fruit
grown in the state are mandarin orange, banana, guava, papaya, mango peach, plum pears,
apple, avocado etc. The state is also rich in genetic diversity of minor or wild fruits.
Presently mandarin orange is an important commercial fruit crop of Sikkim. Sikkim
produces 80% of India‟s large cardamom which enjoys a high value export market in
Pakistan, Singapore and Middle-East. The Sikkimese ginger is also of a good quality and has
export prospects. Fruits can be processed for value addition. Exotic flowers can be cultured
for export. Honey and tea are other agro-based products that have high potential.

Sikkim also has a large variety of exotic and beautiful flowers, which can earn
substantial price in the national and international market. In particular, 550 species of orchids
are found which are most beautiful in the world. The climate in some parts of the state is
ideal for cultivation of mushrooms and mulberry trees for rearing of silk worm and hence the
establishment of a sericulture industry.

In spite of all this, the absence of profitable marketing network and the lack of
appropriate processing facilities for manufacturing quality finished products has resulted in
most of the produce being sold at uncompetitive prices to other states as raw materials and
their true potential has not been exploited. Therefore attention needs to be given for the
development of agro-based, food processing and forest based units. The land holding,
estimates of production, list of altitude-wise distribution of cultivated fruit crop, Important
Fruits, their Area of Cultivation & varieties Grown in Sikkim is depicted in the table below.

Land Holding

Particular U North East South West State

s
Operational ni
N 3570 24566 22829 23963 74928
holdings ot
Area Operated .
Hect. 15983.96 29019.6 30140.3 31538.8 1,06,682.7
3 2 4 5
Average Area per Hect 4.48 1.18 1.32 1.32 1.42
holding
Revised Estimates of Area, Production and yield of Field corps of Sikkim during
2014-15

Sl. Cro Area in 000 Production Average yield In

No. p Hectares in 000 Kg./Ha.
I. CEREALS: Tonnes
Tonne
1 Rice 1104 20.07
s 1817.93
2 Wheat 0.39 0.42 1066.84
3 Maize 39.88 68.89 1727.51
4 Millet 2.96 2.97
5 Barley 0.49 0.50 1004.39
1031.13
6 Buckwheat 3.69 3.55 0.00
962.60
TOTAL CEREALS 58.44 96.40 1649.50
II. PULSES:
1 Urd 3.23 2.914 902.17
2 Other Pulses 3.03 2.89 955.12
TOTAL PULSES 6.26 5.81
TOTAL FOOD GRAINS 64.70 102.21 927.80
1579.67
 III OILSEEDS:
1 Rapeseeds & Mustard 3.86 3.21 832.38
2 Soya bean 4.06 3.85 949.01
TOTAL OILSEEDS 7.92 7.07 892.17

Decimal Mean Area, Production and Productivity under different common crops
cultivation in Sikkim ( as on 31st March 2015)
(Area in 000” hectare, Production in 000” tones, Productivity in Kg/Hectare)
CROPS PARTICULARS 2000-01 2014-15 Gain/Loss in 15
years (%)
Paddy AREA 15.22 11.04 -27.46
PRODUCTION 21.36 20.07 -6.04
PRODUCTIVITY 1403.43 1817.93 29.53
Wheat AREA 7.22 0.39 -94.60
PRODUCTION 10.10 0.42 -95.84
PRODUCTIVITY 1400.35 1066.84 -23.82
Maize AREA 39.90 39.88 -0.05
PRODUCTION 59.61 68.89 15.57
PRODUCTIVITY 1493.92 1727.51 15.64
Other Cereals AREA 7.69 7.14 -7.15
(barley, Millet,
PRODUCTION 6.97 7.02 0.72
Buchwheat)
PRODUCTIVITY 919.27 983.20 6.95
Total Cereals AREA 70.03 58.44 -16.55
PRODUCTION 98.05 96.40 -1.68
PRODUCTIVITY 1400.06 1649.50 17.82
Pulses AREA 6.03 6.26 3.81
PRODUCTION 5.17 5.81 12.38
PRODUCTIVITY 856.57 927.80 8.32
Oil Seeds AREA 9.99 7.92 -20.72
PRODUCTION 3.38 7.07 109.17
PRODUCTIVITY 739.00 892.17 20.73

Source-Agri Census Unit, F S & Agri. Dev Dept. Govt. of Sikkim

 HOUSE HOLD NUMBER, OPERATION HOLDING & CATEGORY OF FARMERS

1 No. of Households in the State 74,928

2 Total operated Area (Ha) 1,06,682.75
3 Marginal Farmer ( Below 1.0 Ha) 40,476 54.01%
4 Small Farmer (1.0-2.0 Ha) 16,941 22.60%
5 Medium Farmer (2.0 – 10.0 Ha) 16,731 22.33%
6 Large Farmer (10.0 & above Ha ) 780 1.06%

LAND USE & STATISTICS

1 Net Area Sown (Ha) 77,408.82
2 Area under current fallow (Ha) 5,545.51
3 Culturable Waste (Ha) 3310.42
4 Land not available for cultivation (Ha) 12,651.73
5 Fallow other than current fallow (Ha) 7,766.27

ORGANIC CERTIFICATION
1 Area for Organic Certification 58,000 ha
2 Agriculture Area Certified 8,128 ha
3 Cardamom Area Certified 3,100 ha
4 C2 Certification Completed 18,000 ha
5 C1 Certification Completed 18,000 ha (Rest area under process)

Source- Annual Report 2012-13-F S & Agri Dev. Dept.

 The list of altitude-wise distribution of cultivated fruit crop is given below.

Altitude Crops
250-1000m msl Banana, Mango, Papaya, Guava, Litchi, Sapota, Jack Fruit,
Limes and
Lemons, Mosambi
1000-1500 msl Mandarin, Orange, Pomegranate, Avocado, Guava,
Banana, Low
Chilling Peach, Plum and Pear, Passion fruit and
1500-2000 msl Peach, Plum,etc.Pear, Low chilling apple, Kiwi fruit,
strawberries
Passion fruit,
Walnut etc.
2000-4000 msl Apple, Apricot, Plum, Peanut, Walnut, Almong etc.

Important Fruits, their Area of Cultivation & varieties Grown in Sikkim

Crops Location Varietie Technology needed
Apple Lachung s
King of Pippen, Coxy Subject to management
Lachen Jonathan, Delicious of
Guava Mazhitar & up L – 49 group Management
apple scab of Cuava
to Allahabad Safeda Canker
Mango Lower/Foothills
elevation of 909m Mallika, Amrapali Management of Gall
of Desheri, Lungra Mildge
Sikkim(Dry areas) and Stone beevil
Banana Foot hills and Cavendish group and 500g. urea, 750g ssp, 500
(Water Nepali g MOP per clump/year
Peach Sub-temperate
source) 909 m up to Cowford,
kera Alexander Area where no
hailstorm in
Plum Sub-temperate areas Santarosa Mariposa, Same as above
March-May
Dufy
early June, Doris,
Strawberry Sub-tropical Tioga,
Kelsey, Beauty Can be intercropped
& Majestic, with
Kiwi Fruit Sub-tropical
temperate areas Bruno,
Phenomenon, North- At 1333-1515m
French bean
& Allison
West (Under Study)
Avocado temperate
Mid areas
hills up to Mexican & Maturity to be standardized
1333m Guatemalan
typesDept.
Source: Annual Report F S & Agri Dev.

The state agriculture is predominantly dependent upon rain fed cultivation and giving
more priority to mixed cropping. Now since 2003 onward Sikkim has been declared as the
state heading towards organic farming and it has been proposed to declare Sikkim as a organic
state by January 2016. The state is basically an agrarian where majority of the population
depended upon agriculture for their livelihood. Out of total area of 709600 ha about 1,10,000
is under operational holdings and the net cultivated area is estimated to be around 79,000
hectare (11.13 % )of the geographical area It has become a back bone of state economy
representing about a third of state‟s gross domestic product.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SERVICES

Crop and animal production systems occupy important positions in the food chain.
Animal Husbandry provides the only source of supplement income to the families. Through
this sector provides a secondary source of income to the local people get its role as a primary
source of income assuming importance the livelihood to the rural poor. There are good
prospects for setting up diary and animal husbandry units on a commercial basis. Milk
production offers opportunities for developing processed food products like cheese butter etc.
The population being predominantly non-vegetarian, meat processing and packaging units
offers promise in the state. It will be of interest to note that Angora Breeding, which was
tried in Sikkim on an experimental basis some years back has proved highly successful with
more entrepreneurs. Some even in the remote regions of North Sikkim getting drawn to the
trade.

Due to mountainous terrain only 11% of the total area of 7096 sq. km. is available for
livestock farming as 90% or 3.35 population are cattle, goat, pigs, sheep, poultry and yak in
small numbers and utilize the forest for fodder. The present rural livelihood system is well
balanced from ecological point of view however with the increase in population and the
limited availability of land (as 70% of the land holding in Sikkim are less than 2 hectares)
there is already great pressure. So to reduce the pressure on the cultivable land and to
improve the fodder and gazing conditions the following activities are being taken:

 Development of pasture and gazing grounds.

 Introduction and implementation of extensive trials of temperate and tropical
species of grasses and legumes.
 Conservation of surplus fodder.

Also in order to increase fodder production and at the same time to ensure that deforestation
is prevented the Forest Deptt., Govt. of Sikkim has mooted a proposal for setting up of
committees at the Village, District and at the sate level consisting of representative of Forest,
Animal Husbandry & Agriculture Department besides farmers. The main function of these
committee would be to develop the wastelands for augmenting fodder production.
 Farmers still follow old traditional practices. Scientific techniques have not been
introduced to improve productivity and to prevent the spread of diseases. The lack of trained
technical people in this sector continues to constrain the diffusion of the best practices.

Animal health services are still on the development phase. inadequate.. There are not
enough health care services centers and no disease investigation laboratories in the
district. Most polyclinic have inadequate facilities and there is shortage of technically trained
manpower to run the centers.

The procurement and marketing of animal products is inadequate. Milk production is

particular is extremely low and the Sikkim Milk Union would have to double the quantity of
Milk processed to break even. Poor road conditions is also a constrain in the transportation of
Milk from the producing to the processing and consuming centers.

The district wise number of Dairy Plant and their capacities, Fodder availability and
its requirement, Total Numbers of Veterinary Institution – District Wise and Quinquennial
Livestock and Poultry Census in Sikkim State is depicted in the table

The district wise number of Dairy Plant and their capacities in the State

Sl. No. District No. of Dairy Plant/Capacity Chilling Plant

1. East 1 10,000 L.P.D.

2. West 1, 2000 L.P.D.

3. South 1, 5000 L. P. D.

4. North 25,000 L. P. D. Chilling Plant at

& Kabi
1,030 L. P.
D.
 Total Numbers of Veterinary Institution – District Wise
Sl. Particula East West North South Total
No. rs
1. Vety Polyclinic 1 - - - 1
2. Veterinary Hospital 4 3 4 2 13
4. Veterinary Dispensary 13 13 4 12 42
5. Stockman Center 25 19 7 21 72
. A. I. Centre 43 41 9 123
6.
7. Rinderpest Check Post 2 1 - 30 1 4
8. Poultry Breeding Farms - 1 - 1 2
9. Rabbit Breeding Farm 1 1 - 1 3
10. Registered Slaughter House 1 1 1 1 4
11. Pig Breeding Farm - 2 2 1 51
12. Yak Breeding Farm - - 1 - -
16. Milk Processing Plant 1 - 2 1 4
17. Milk Chilling Plant - - 3 - 3

Quinquennial Livestock and Poultry Census in Sikkim State

Livestoc Mal Female Total
Cattle (Crossed) k e 37806 52303
Cattle (Indigenous 41407 49314 90721
Total Cattle 55904 87120 143024
Buffaloes 505 146 1970
Yaks 185 5
293 4781
Total Bovine 1
58260 0
91515 149775
Rabbits 168 189 357
Sheep (Crossed) 358 372 730
Sheep (Indigenous) 221 208 4293
Total Sheep 1
256 2
245 5023
Goat 9
38567 4
44371 82938
Horses & Ponies 449 942 5436
Mules 4 64
Donkeys 22 35 57
Total Mules & Donkeys 121
Pigs (Crossbred/Exotic) 913 286 12000
Pigs (Indigenous) 7
10055 3
490 14975
Total Pigs 19192 2
776 26975
Dogs 16568 5
699 23558
0
Poultr Desi Improved Total
Fowls y 169043 50509 219552
Ducks 151 289 1806
Turkey Quils 7 48
Total Poultry 221406
Source – 18th Livestock Census Report
HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

The department of Health and Family Welfare is instrumental and responsible for
implementation of various national programmes in the areas of health and family welfare as
well as prevention and control of communicable diseases. All schemes related to health and
family welfare sector are continued to be implemented in the State through a network of 146
Primary Health Sub-Centers (PHSC), 24 Primary Health Centers (PHC), 2 Community
Health Centers (CHC), 4 District Hospitals and one 300 bedded State Referral Hospital
(STNM) at the State Capital, Gangtok. A 500 bedded Central Referral Hospital –cum –
Medical College set up in collaboration with the Manipal Pai Foundation Group under
private management has also been functioning in the State.
The Department has made rapid progress in expanding overall health infrastructure as
well as trained manpower in the State. The Department, headed by a Director General –
cum-Secretary to the Government is manned as on 31-08-2014, by 281 Doctors including
Specialists/ Chief consultants/ consultants in different medical science, 42 dentists, 780
Nursing personnel’s 519 paramedical ( Gr A,B & C) and other staff. Out of the 319 numbers
of doctors and dentists, 133 doctors/ specialist and 18 dentists have been posted in the
State Referral Hospital (STNM) Gangtok. The rest of doctors have been posted in PHCs,
CHCs District Hospitals and some of them have been made in charge of administration and
programme Officers of various National Programmes. The infrastructure of Health
Institutions is depicted in the table below

No. of Health Institutions In Sikkim

Sl. Health Institutions East West North South State
No.
1 State Referral Hospital/ STNM Hospital 1 - - - 1

2 District Hospitals 1 1 1 1 4

2 Community Health Center 1 - - 1 2

3 Primary Health Center 6 7 5 6 24

4 Primary Health Sub-Center 48 41 18 39 146

5 Central Referral Hospital, 1 - - - 1

(Manipal Tadong Private)

6 District Tuberculosis Centre, Namchi, - - - 1 1

S. Sikkim

Source: Annual Report 2013-14 of Health & Family Welfare Deptt. Govt. of Sikkim
 The Department has made rapid progress in expanding overall infrastructures as
well as trained manpower in the state. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has been
under vigorous implementation in the State since April 2005. The impact of the Mission is
being seen in terms of improved quality and coverage of health care which has resulted in a
rapid fall in Crude Death Rate (CDR) from 6.9 in 1995 to 5.2 in 2013. There is considerable
improvement in the Infant Mortality Rate as it stands at 22 per 1000 live births against all
India figure of 40 during 2013.
POWER INFRASTRUCTURE

The sate of Sikkim is blessed with tremendous hydroelectric power potential that has
been worked out at 8000 MW Peak and a firm base of 3000 MW. Approximately seventy
miles North East stretch of Sikkimese territory possesses a land gradient that lies roughly
between 500 feet to 28,000 feet above mean sea level. Due to this amazing terrain Sikkim
houses some of the most turbulent and swiftest rivulets in the world that is best suited for
harnessing hydel power potential.

Hydro Power Plants are designed based on the water discharge in a river. During
monsoon the discharge is very high and during the lean period the discharge is much less. At
the same time the discharge of rivers keep changing over a series of years due to various
reasons depending upon their source, nature of catchment area, soil and structure or riverbed
and rains etc. Calculation of water power reserves is usually based on 95% or 50%
dependable discharge. All hydel project in the state being run of the river ones, there is no
room for spinning reserve, which means the generation capacity during the winter months
cannot be raised more than half the generation capacity. Besides like the Diesel Engines,
where the decompression due to wear and tear causes de-ration of capacity, hydro-turbines
also follow the same rule and unless these machines are maintained as per set routine, they
become sluggish affecting the generation capacity adversely. As such, it is very important
that all the civil structures right from intake weir to tailrace including hydro-mechanical parts
are maintained and re-strengthened periodically thereby giving them a new lease of life.

The state manages partially only to meet its base load demand from its run-of-the-
river hydel power plants. Unlike other mode of generating stations like Thermal, Diesel, Gas
or Nuclear, which run on fuel, the hydro generating stations run on availability of water.
Quality and quantity of water running the turbines play an important role on its life and
output of the machine respectively. As for example, a Diesel engine requires more fuel to run
on higher load than at lesser load, the hydro generating sets also require more water to run the
turbine at higher load profile.
But the department is not in a position to attend to the routine maintenance and
periodical renovation on all the installations owned by the Department due to the reasons like
unproductive expenses on wages and salaries and huge pending liabilities, which have been
brought to the knowledge of the Government.
 Number of Consumer Revenue collection
Domestic Commercial ( Rs in lakhs)
District
Commercial HTS LTIS BS TOTAL
East 34253 5154 139 128 124 5545 4327.78
West 13661 740 7 18 348 1113 131.22
North 6115 667 8 1 65 741 261.49
South 19453 2527 53 66 77 2723 654.31
Total 73482 9088 207 213 614 10122 5374.8
Source: Sikkim Statistical Profile

Hydel Project at Teesta Region

The Teesta amd Rangit valleys can offer a magnificent model to develop all resources
under one comprehensive programme. We all believe in stable economy supported by strong
self generating resources. Sikkim has a very good option to use waters of the Teesta, Rangit
and their tributaries for generation of electricity and other uses. Sikkim is drained by a large
number of perennial rivers, the prominent ones being the Teesta and the Rangit. The Teesta
descends from an elevation of about 3600m to about 300m over a distance of 175km. The
Teesta could be harnessed for power generation in six stages.

Hydro-power is renewable, economic, non-polluting and environmentally benign

source of energy. It has inherent ability for instantaneous starting, stopping, load variations
etc. and help in improving reliability of power system such as no fuel cost as it is a non
consumptive use of water; best choice for meeting the peak demand; inflation free and cost of
generation reduces with time.

The entire Teesta and Rangit river basins warrant a unified resource development
programme. It could help to do more together than their efforts could possibly accomplish
separately. Hydropower development in the plains involves construction of huge dams,
displacement of habitats and submergence of land and properties. Whereas in the hills it is
very simple and they are environment friendly. The projects in the Teesta cascade are all
underground except the diversion dam, which hardly involve displacement and submergence.
Rangit HE Project (60 MW) is in operation and 510 MW Teesta HE Project Stage-V is is
commissioned by NHPC under central sector. Central Water Commission is engaged in
investigation of Rangit Stage-II and IV. Total Hydro-power generated by the State sector
during 2010-11 is depicted in the table below-
 Sl.No Name of the Installed Gross Auxilliary Net Remarks
Projects Capacity generation Consuption Generation
(MW) (MU) (MU)
l LLHP 2x6.00 24.195 0.0573 24.1374
2 JPH 6x0.35 3.163 0.0342 3.1285
3 RIMBI-I 3x0.20 0.165 0.0033 0.1613
4 RIMBI-II 2x0.50 0.415 0.0023 0.4123
5 ROTHAK 2x0.10 0 0 0 Power
house
abandoned
6 Rongnichu 5x0.50 0.854 0.0117 0.8423
7 Chaten 2x0.50 0 0 0 Power
house
abandoned
8 Meyongchu 2 x 2.00 6.589 0.0054 6.5832
9 URHP 4 x 2.00 0 0 0 No
generation
10 Kalez 2 x 1.00 0.76 0.0042 0.7562
11 Lachung 2 x 0.10 1.025 0.0123 1.0125
12 Rabomchu 2 x 1.50 3.522 0.0089 3.5131
13 DPH 4 x 1.00 0.153 0 0.153
Gangtok
14 DPH LLHP 4 x 0.248 0.001 0 0.0007
Ranipool
Total 41.892 40.84 0.1396 40.7007
Source- State statistical Profile
Power Sector is the key input to the economic sustenance of any State. Sikkim is
no exception in this, largely because here Power Industry, unlike other Industries, is not only
the propelling instrument but in itself a revenue generating sector for this tiny state. The land
locked hilly terrains marred with long rainy season may be inhibiting factors for the growth
of industrial developments, but the same two natural features bestow the state a concentration
of hydro potential.
Though the first generating unit was installed in the State as early as in 27th May,
1927, it was only in 1962 that the electricity was made available to the general public in
Gangtok. In the meanwhile, the demand started growing at a rather slow pace and the State
Government added some meager capacity by installing DG sets and micro hydel units
progressively. In 1979-82, when 12 MW LLHP was commissioned, the state could take up
 Rural Electrification Schemes, thereby more villages were electrified and the demand started
growing. At present the peak load during winter is of the order of 61 MW and it is expected
to grow rapidly.
With the launching of liberalized power policy by the Government of India and the
opening of the sector for private developers, Sikkim is poised to gain in a big way and is
looking forward to earn significant revenue by exploiting its huge potential, which is assessed
at 8000 MW seasonal with a firm base of 3000 MW. Details of hydro electric projects allotted
to different private and public sectors as on March 2011 is given in the following table

Sl.No Name of the Project Type Name of agency Installed Whether

Capacity JV
(MW)
1 Teesta Stage-I ROR Himalayan Green Energy 320 Yes
Pvt. Ltd.
2 Teesta Stage-II Him Urja Infra Pvt. Ltd. 330 Yes
3 Teesta Stage-III Teesta Urja Pvt. Ltd. 1200 Yes
4 Teesta Stage-IV NHPC Ltd. 520
5 Teesta Stage-V NHPC Ltd. 510
6 Teesta Stage-VI LANCO Energy Pvt. Ltd. 500 Yes
7 Lachen HEP NHPC Ltd. 210
8 Panam HEP Himgiri Hydra Energy 300 Yes
Pvt. Ltd.
9 Lachung HEP Lachung Power Pvt. Ltd. 99
10 Bhimkyong HEP Teesta Power Pvt. Ltd. 99
11 Bop HEP Chungthang Power Pvt. 99
Ltd.
12 Dikchu HEP Sneha Kinetic Power 96
Corporation
13 Rongnichu HEP Madhya Bharat Power 96
Corporation
14 Chujachen HEP Gati Infrastructure Ltd. 99 Yes
15 Bhasmey HEP Gati Infrastructure Ltd 51 Yes
16 Sada Mangder HEP Gati Infrastructure Ltd 71 Yes
17 Lethang HEP KHC Lethang Hydro 96 Yes
Project Pvt. Ltd
18 Ting Ting HEP T T Energy Pvt. Ltd 99
19 Tashiding HEP Singa Energy Pvt. Ltd. 97
20 Kalez Khola –I HEP Cosmic Infrapowergen 27.5 Yes
Pvt. Ltd.
21 Kalez Khola –II HEP Pentacle Power Pvt. Ltd 54 Yes
22 Rangit –V HEP Sikkim Hydro Ventures 66
Ltd.
23 Rangit – III HEP NHPC Ltd 60
24 Rangit – IV HEP Jal Power Corporation 120 Yes
Ltd.
25 Jorethang Loop HEP Dans Energy Pvt. Ltd. 96
26 Recu HE Ph Green Lake Power Dev. 22
Ltd.
27 Nathangchu HEP Cosmic Infrapower Gen 30 Yes
Pvt. Ltd.
28 Tsangu HEP Cosmic Infrapower Gen 30 Yes
Pvt. Ltd.
29 Rahikyong Sikkim Engineering Pvt. 25 Yes
Ltd.
Source- Sikkim Statistical Profile 2011-12
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Road:
Transport and communication is one of the most important factors for industrial development
and economic progress of s State especially in a hilly region like Sikkim. The absence of a
rail network or commercial air services means that motor transport is the only means of
transport. And among the roads, there is heavy dependence on a single highway – National
Highway – 31 A (NH-31(A)) of 41 Kms is Sikkim‟s main transport link with rest of the
country and the world for that matter. Any major disruption on NH-31 A cuts Sikkim‟s only
link with the world. Other than NH – 31 A, the entire road network of the State comprises
of Border Roads, State highway, major district road, other district roads, Other roads, &
PMGSY roads. Border roads and National Highway are maintained by BRO, Besides the
Border roads and National Highway under BRO total Roads in Sikkim as on 31st March 2011
is 2074.55 and is maintained by Department of Road & Bridges , Govt. of Sikkim.. The total
roads of 2074.55 kms maintained by the State Government includes 203.03 kms of State
Highway, 740.15 kms of Major District Roads and 861.65 kms of other District Roads, 238.37
Kms of Other roads and 31.35 Kms of New cutting. Construction of roads under PMGSY is
under the supervision of Rural Management & Development Department and total length of
roads constructed under this programme till June 2012 is 1007.6 Kms.
Registration Of Motor Vehicles:

A total of 3215 numbers. of vehicles has been registered in the state of Sikkim
till March 2015 . The different categories of vehicles registered in the east district is
depicted in the table below-

Sl. No. Category of Vehicle Numbers

1 Two wheelers 592

2 Non Commercial vehicles 1706

3 Tractors and other vehicles not 11

for goods & passenger
4 Goods carrier vehicles 265
5 Contract / Stage Carriage Jeep 268
6 Other, if any 3373
Total 3215
Source- STA, Transport Dept. Govt. Sikkim
Transport in the state has been nationalized since 1954 and is being looked after by
Sikkim Nationalized Transport (SNT) Division of Transport Department, Government of
Sikkim. The booking facility are available of Siliguri and Gangtok, Jorethang, Namchi
Gyalshing, Mangan. The SNT Deptt.. Over the years the fleet strength of SNT has dwindled
considerably .During peak period of 1992-93, SNT had 148 buses and 189 trucks/tankers. This
fleet strength stood at 85 buses and 42 trucks & 30 tankers during the financial year 2014-15
The operational aspects of SNT division during 2014-15 is shown in the table given below:

Operational Particulars of Sikkim Nationalized Transport: As on Dec.

2013
Sl. No. Particulars Unit 2014-15
1 Division Nos 7

2 Depots (Including Bus Stns) Nos 7

3 Routes Operated (Bus) Nos 48

4 Total Numbers of Trucks Nos. 42

5 Total Numbers of Tankers Nos. 30

6 Total Numbers of Buses Nos. 85

7 Revenue Generated Rs 309224938

Source: SNT Div. Transport Dept,

Govt. of Sikkim

The topography and climate of the region makes the terrain vulnerable to landslides
and erosion hence the road are inconstant need of repair. While the climate and terrain make
road maintenance on going and expensive exercise, timely maintenance can save a lot of
work and money in the long run. In many places, the rubble has been cleared to the extent
that traffic can squeeze through. This makes the journey into and out of the state time
consuming, arduous and dangerous in places.

Railway:
Presently, there is no rail facility in the State. The nearest railway stations is Siliguri and the
nearest major railway station is New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal which are 114 kms and 125
kms respectively. Computerised passenger reservation facility is operational in Gangtok,
Singtam , Jorethang and Mangan. However, there is a plan to open a rail link from Rangpo
in Sikkim to Siliguri in west Bengal thereby joining Sikkim to the rest of the national railway
network. Although the foundation stone laying ceremony has already been held at Rangpo
when Ms Mamta Banerjee, was Minister of Railways but the wok has not been started yet..
Air Services:
Till date there is no airport in Sikkim but the construction of a green field airport has started
at Pakyong, East Sikkim is likely to be completed by 2016. . The nearest airport is
Bagdogra in North Bengal, which is approximately 4 hours drive from Gangtok. Also there is
a regular 5-seater helicopter service from Gangtok to Bagdogra air port, which is 130 kms

Communication:
The communication system in the State has gained in a rapid pace for the last few years.
BSNL in Sikkim has taken appreciable efforts in making Sikkim as a model telecom state
having the highest tele-density, widest coverage of telecom facilities, providing indirect
employment to the youth through cyber cafe and STD/ISD booth, providing telecom facilities
in remote corner of the State laying optical fiber cable in the most difficult terrain of the
country against the minimum telecom facilities some years back. There has been induction
of the entire new technology equipment internet node in all the district headquarters at
sufficient speed. Optical fiber in almost all the telephone exchanges coverage area of
telecommunication to the remote villages, very less STD ISD rates, timely billing and
customer care has really given an impetuous in development of business, education efficiency
of the employees, convenience to people of Sikkim and it is really giving boost to the tourism
in the state of Sikkim and it has really given boost to the tourism in the State of Sikkim. In
addition to landlines BSNL has also provided mobile and WLL services.
Distribution of Telephone Exchange in the Four District of Sikkim as on Dec
2014
Rural Urban Total
Telephone Connections 2605 8121 10726

Telephone Exchanges 37 10 47

Village Public Telephone 230 - 230

Land Line PCO - - 213

Total Mobile Connections 50,000 (Approx) under BSNL Sikkim

Source: BSNL, Gangtok

Postal Services:
Office of the Director of Postal Service, Sikkim State is located in Gangtok. The network of
postal services in Sikkim as on 31.03.2013 is depicted in the following table-

1 Head Post Office 1

2 Delivery Sub-Post Office 18 (including one LSG)
3 Non-Delivery Sub Post Office 4
4 Gramin Dak Ghar Branch Post Office 186
Connections
Total 209
Source: Director, Postal Services, Govt. of India, Gangtok

The postal services has special facilities of speed post, multi-purpose counter
machines, Head Post Office, Gangtok has a VSAT for quick transmission and payment
of Money orders and electronic mail facilities of Western Union Money Transfer for
international Money Payments.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE STATE

Education Department is a social sector unit which may not contribute directly

to the economic development of the State but has a pivotal role to play in the development of

human resource and skills leading to generation of active and productive citizens who are

able to contribute to the socio-economic progress and lead to the improvement in the level of

living standard of the people. Realizing this fact, the 86th Amendment to the Constitution of

India guarantees Education as a fundamental right of every child in the country.

Sikkim too, has defined its role in development of educational system in the

recent times with emphasis on delivery of quality education on its children.

In an all out effort to improve the quality of life of the people, the State

Government has taken major steps to improve the quality of Education by making the

Education setup more purposeful and relevant to the changing times. A school now exists

within walking distance of a child. Free textbooks, free uniforms including school shoes

and bags, free mid-day meals, to children up to Class V, free boarding and special

scholarships for those pursuing higher studies are some of the other educational facilities

enjoyed by the children of the State. Free text books are provided to the students upto class

XI. Beside these during the year 2013-14 Govt. fo Sikkim has started a ambitious project of

providing free laptops to all the students from class XI to college level. School have been

better equipped with modern science equipments, qualified teachers, sports facilities, new

technologies like radio-cum-cassette players, TV & VCR, film projectors and other

corresponding educational software. Intensive efforts are being made to produce young men

and women of character, ability and expertise committed to the service and development of

community signifying quality education.

As on 31.03.2012 Sikkim today boasts of having one Central University, one

Medical College, one Engineering College, one Pharmacy Institute, three Polytechnique

Institutes, and other colleges, computer institutes and schools.

 35

Educational Institutions in Sikkim: Higher Education (Government Colleges)

Sl. No. Name of the
1 Sikkim Government College, Tadong, Gangtok/2nd Campus Burtuk East
Institution
Sikkim
2 Rhenock Govt. College, Rhenock, East Sikkim
3 Sanskrit Mahavidhayalaya,Samdong East Sikkim
4 Sikkim Government College, Namchi, South Sikkim
5 Sikkim Government Law College, Gangtok
6 Sikkim Govt. College Gyalshing, West Sikkim
6 Sheda (Buddhist Education) Institution of Tibetology, Deorali, Gangtok
7 Industrial Training Institutes, Rangpo, Namchi and Gyalshing
8 Research Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok
9 College of Agricultural Engineering & post Harvest Technology, Ranipool
( Central govt.)
10 Advance Technical Training Centre, Bardang, (Polytechnic)
11 Centre for Computers & Communications Technology ( Polytechnic)
Namchi
12 Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition,
Gangtok
13 Sikim Government B.Ed College Soreng, West sikkim

Educational Institutions in Sikkim: Higher Education (Private Colleges)

Sl. No. Name of the Institution
1 Loyola College of Education, Namchi (South Sikkim) (Missionary Institute)

2 Damber Singh College, 6th Mile Tadong, Gangtok

3 Harkamaya college of Education, 6 th Mile Tadong, Gangtok

4 Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical & Technological Science, Tadong,

Gangtok

5 Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majhitar, Rangpo

6 The Himalayan Pharmacy Institute,Rangpo

7 Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, Gangtok

8 Palatine College, Pakyong, East Sikkim

 Universities in Sikkim:

Name of the University Type of the University

1 SikkimUniversity, 6th Mile Tadong, Gangtok (Govt.) Central University
2 Sikkim Manipal University, Majhitar, Rangpo Private
3 Vinayak Mission Sikkim University, Tadong, Gangtok Private
4 ICFAI University, Gangtok Private
5 EIILM University, Jorethang, South Sikkim Private

Number of Schools (District Wise) as on 31-01-2015

District Sr. Sec. Secondary Jr. H. S. Primary

North 5 11 17 44

South 17 32 60 120

East 24 37 63 109

West 18 33 44 133

TOTAL 64 113 184 406

Source -HRD Department, Govt. of Sikkim

STATE INSTITUTE OF CAPACITY BUILDING-

As per the Cabinet Memorandum No. 417/GOS/DOP/CB-108/09 dated 17.11.2009, the

Government of Sikkim, in principle has approved for establishment of State Institute of Capacity
Building (SICB) at Karfectar, South Sikkim to fabricate skilled man power for our State. The
Institution has taken over the RAC (Regional Administrative Centre) Karfectar on 25th November
2009. The SICB was inaugurated on 10th December 2009 by Hon’ble Chief Minister in a function
organised for this purpose.

The establishment of a full fledged State Institute of Capacity Building at Karfectar, Jorethang
with the purpose of imparting training, transfer of knowledge and building stronger capacities of
the unemployed youth is perceived with a visionary intent.

The past experience analysis and the general trend of unemployment in the State reveals that a
vast array of training options has to be made available for the educated unemployed youth. This
Institute a centre for youth to learn about their strengths and needs, to prepare for successful and
fulfilling lives as adults, make choices about their futures and take up related training after which
they may be able to build their careers. In a way this Institute is catering to the needs of youth
development which would include strategies related to academic development, delivering quality
and standards based training, work skills, and core values.
The objective is to create highly skilled workforce empowered with improved skills, knowledge
and equipped themselves for earning their livelihood. It aims to increase the productivity of
workforce both in the organized and the unorganized sectors, seeking increased participation of
youth, women and other disadvantaged sections and to synergize efforts of various sectors and
reform the present system.

This Institute caters to all the services that will align the various capacity building and youth
development system, so that the youth of Sikkim are better prepared for promising careers and
post school & College options. This Institute shall identify existing capacity building resource
institutes and entities and experts within the country and even overseas and establish appropriate
national/international linkages and network which may help in addressing proper and successful
transitional needs of the youth of the State.

In the initial stage, this institute has introduced pilot programs, the experience of which will be
examined and on, the basis of which extended programs shall be introduced. As regards the
quality of the program, the Institute has designed courses in such a way as to ensure the quality of
content, including practical training and effective modes of delivery and on –the- job training
etc.This institution has established counseling and placement cell to assist students to make right
educational and vocational choices. Apart from assisting trainees, the institution shall remain in
close contact with employing establishments for job placements of trainees.

The Institution , in view of the Government policy under Chief Minister’s Youth Empowerment
Scheme selects training Partners /Institutions of repute based on parameters of recognition and
accreditation of National and State bodies, experience, past performance and placement records,
viability of records etc.. The institute awards Certificate of Competency on successful completion
of the course based on actual testing of skills that a student has attained by administering
tests/examinations as required under accreditation regulations of Indira Gandhi National Open
University and State Board of Livelihood Schools.

In other hand, the Institute is in process of acquiring affiliation of reputed, leading and recognized
National and International Education and Training Organizations and the certificates thus issued
to its trainees are nationally and internationally recognized.With the setting up of this Institute, the
State will make significant inroads in the growing high rates of unemployment amongst the youth
of Sikkim. It will truly build self reliance in our youth who have imbibed values, life skills, and
livelihood capabilities and are knowledgeable and assertive in demanding their rights in the work
place – “Empowerment”.

The Institute shall in its fold cater to all categories of youth from School Leavers, Youth with
different types of physical disabilities, to rural youth and urban youth.The establishment of this
Institute is an inclusive policy of the State Government that focuses on holistic development of
young people that will shape up their future. It is integrated into the Government’s policy planning
frameworks, both in terms of strategic planning and resource allocation under Chief Minister’s
Youth Empowerment Scheme. The integration would prioritize youth development and ensure its
implementation and to see that the Government’s INTENT becomes a reality.

Concept of Livelihood School:

In these schools the capacities of the unemployed are to be developed to enable them to
sustain themselves economically and it is the first such scheme in the country. These schools
are helping the unemployed youths of State to groom their talents so as to imbibe in them the
ability to harness their skills and become self- reliant. The Government Policy is to give
preference to local resources and utilize the services of from all sectors and within the
Government Sector.

All the 32 Livelihood schools will work under State Institute of Capacity Building, Karfectar,
South Sikkim. The Institute and all Livelihood School will be Governed by a Examining cum
affiliating Board i.e. STATE BOARD OF LIVELIHOOD SCHOOL, SIKKIM (SBLSS) which
has been notified vide Notification No. 246/GEN/DOP dated 09.04.2010, Government of Sikkim.
The institute and Livelihood Schools have become centers for youth to learn about their strengths
and needs, to prepare for successful lives as adults, make choices about their futures and take up
related training after which they may be able to build their careers. In a way this Institute will
cater to the needs of youth development which would include strategies related to academic
development, delivering quality and standard based training, work skills and core value.

Focused Areas of SICB

i. Builds knowledge related principles, process and method of promoting livelihood of

disadvantages section of the society;
ii. Develops training modules;
iii. Conduct centralized examination systems and award of certificates;
iv. Affiliation of all livelihood Schools;
v. Monitoring of all Livelihood Schools;
vi. Monitoring the activities of State Board of Livelihood Schools;
vii. Training of Trainers (TOT);
viii. Synergies capacity for market linkage;
ix. Creation of Placement Cell;
x. Online connection with all Livelihood Schools through Management Information System
(MIS) software;
xi. Encourage good practices;
xii. Collaboration with reputed Institutions;
xiii. Partnership with successful identified local livelihood practitioners;
xiv. Creation of Counseling-cum-Opportunity Cell,
xv. Convergence with other Schemes of State and Central Government.
xvi.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN SIKKIM UNDER SICB•

Skill Development programmes were initiated by Govt. of Sikkim in the year 2004-
05 with directions to all the line departments to impart skill development trainings in their
respective sectors to unemployed youth . Two percent of plan budget of each line
departments was earmarked for organizing such trainings. With a view to create a single
window agency for skill development , a separate Directorate of Capacity Building under
Department of Personnel was established in August 2007 and brought under Labour
Department in April 2011 and subsequently under Human Resource Development
Department in july 2013. The basic objective and function of this Directorate is to
organize and sponsor vocational trainings to educated unemployed youth within and
outside the state. Since its inception in 2007 till the end of 2010-11, the Directorate has
provided various vocational trainings to 1487 beneficiaries at a cost of Rs 1171.28 lakhs
with an average expenditure of Rs 78768.00 per trainee. However at present the
Directorate is no longer organizing any training programmes and functioning as a
administrative unit as a separate institution called State Institute of Capacity Building with
its headquarter at Regional Administrative Centre, Karfectar , Jorethang South Sikkim has
established in the year 2009. The State Institute of Capacity Building functions through a
network of 43 Livelihood Schools located in all 31 territorial Assembly constituencies.
These livelihood schools impart trainings on different vocations/skills The subjects/skills
/vocations covered under trainings programmes provided in these schools are –
Medicinal Plants Farming, Floriculture, Horticulture Livestock Farming Fisheries,
Security Guards Computer Software & Hardware, Hospitality ,Travel & Tourism Foreign
Languages, Driving cum Tourist Guide, Beauty & Spa, Traditional Crafts Shop
Management, Construction Techniques, Auto Repairing Souvenir Making, White Gadget
Repairing Apparel Designing/Making Land Survey. During 11th plan total of 3306
participants were trained at a cost of Rs 2857.25 lakhs with an average expenditure of Rs
 86426/- per trainee. Target for 12th plan is 9600 participants with an estimated cost of 8905
Lakhs.

.ON JOB TRAINING/ INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING 2014-15:

A. The Trainees of Namcheybong Livelihood School, East Sikkim for Hospitality Services
course were deputed to undergoing six months of Industrial Training programme at various under
Sarovar group of Hotels, Hyderabad.The Industrial Training programme is going to end on the
27th of July,2014. During the programme, Trainees were exposed to all four major departments of
a hotel viz. Front Office, Housekeeping, Food and BeverageService and Food Production
(Kitchen).
B. The Trainees of Gnathong-Machong Livelihood School, East Sikkim forAutomobile Repairing
course were deputed to undergo their six months Industrial Training at various workshops located
within State. The Trainees were tested on various skills learnt and developed during the Industrial
Training. Some of the Trainees were held back at the workshops forobservance till August 2015.
If satisfied with their performance, the Trainees would be placed at these workshops.

C. A group of 32(Thirty two) trainees of Lachen-Mangan Livelihood School, East Sikkim for
Hospitality Services Course have been selected and deputed for their 6 (six) months Industrial
Training(IT) at The ITC future Landmark, Indore( 5 star),Madhya Pradesh( 12 girls & 3 boys) and
The Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore (4 star),Karnataka ( 11 girls & 6 boys).The trainees were
escorted by the Centre Head and Assistant Trainer of the School on 21st of 8 January, 2015 from
Sikkim. The Objective of the Industrial Training (IT) was to train them in all the four major
operational departments of a hotel viz.Front Office, House Keeping, Food & Beverage Service &
Food & Beverage Production.

D. A total of 30(Thirty) trainees of Maneybong-Dentam Livelihood School, West Sikkim for

Hospitality Services course were deputed to undergo six months of Industrial Training (IT) at
Bangalore(22 trainees) and Goa(08 trainees) on the 26th of January 2015 in “The Golden Palms
Hotel & Resort”, groups of Hotels located at Bangalore and Goa. The trainees were escorted by
the Centre Head of the School from Sikkim to the respective hotels. Sixteen trainees (16) joined
Mayfair Casino and Spa Resort, Sikkim for undergoing Industrial Training.

E. The Trainees of Arithang Livelihood School, East Sikkim for Retail Management course were
deputed to Big Bazar, Gangtok (“Big Day occasion”) to undergo mandatory “On Job Training”
(OJT) with effect from 21st January, 2015 to 3rd February, 2015. The objective of OJT was to
provide opportunity to the trainees to get acquainted with the real selling skills, dress & grooming,
duties and responsibilities with different departments and practical experience. Further, the
company appreciated the efforts put in by the trainees and provided certificates to all and reward
to selected trainees for their outstanding performance.
 Banking, Finance & Insurance

The involvement of 132 branches of 30 public and private sector Commercial banks
in the developmental activities of the State has shown a steady growth. Growing presence
of the Public Sector Commercial Banks especially in the rural areas, is expected to lead to a
process of consolidation in the banking and financial sector and provide impetus to further
growth. Now ,many private sector Banks, are also operational in some urban , semi-urban
and rural areas of the State . These banks It has also been allotted respective Service Areas
under the Lead Bank scheme and would be participating in the developmental activities of the
State. The office of General Manager Reserve Bank India is also functioning Sikkim since
2009.

The network of Nationalised Commercial Bank branches in the State

Sl. No. Commercial Banks Operating in No. of Branches of the Bank
Sikkim Total Rural Semi-urban
1 State Bank of India 32 28 4
2 Central Bank of India 16 15 1
3 United Commercial Bank (UCO) 5 4 1
4 Canara Bank 8 6 2
5 Vijaya Bank 1 - 1
6 Bank of Baroda 2 1 1
7 Bank of India 2 1 1
8 Union Bank of India 8 7 1
9 Punjab National Bank 1 - 1
10 Oriental Bank of Commerce 3 2 1
11 Axis Bank Ltd., 5 4 1
12 Corporation Bank 1 - 1
13 HDFC Bank 6 4 2
14 IDBI Bank 4 3 1
15 Allahabad Bank 2 1 1
16 Andhra Bank 1 - 1
 17 United Bank of India 3 1 2
18 IndusInd Bank 2 2 -
19 Indian Overseas Bank 3 2 1
20 Syndicate Bank 1 - 1
21 ICICI Bank 4 2 2
22 Indian Bank 1 1
23 Dena Bank 2 1 1
24 Bank of Maharashtra 1 - 1
25 Yes Bank 1 - 1
26 Punjab & Sind Bank 1 - 1
27 Sikkim State Coop. Bank Ltd. 14 13 1
28 Bharatiya Mahila Bank 1 - 1
29 Kotak Mahindra Bank 1 - 1
30 South Indian Bank 1 - 1
Total 132 96 36
TYPES OF BANKS-

TYPE OF BANK NO. OF BANKS NO. OF BRANCHES

Public Sector Banks 22 98
Private Sector Banks 7 20
Cooperative Banks 1 14
Total 30 132

ANNUAL CREDIT PLAN-2014-2015 (as on 31/03/2015)

Sector Agriculture & Industry Tertiary Sector
Allied Activities Sector

Target
No. 29655 2413 7736

Amount 1,67,2507 342030 2597900

(Rs. in „000)

Achievement
No. 1591 2265 3435

Amount 195346 867136 1451059

(Rs. in „000)

Achievement in %
No. 5.4% 93.9% 44.4%

Amount 11.7% 253.5% 55.9%

(Rs. in „000)
 CREDIT: DEPOSIT RATIO/ CREDIT+ INVESTMENT :DEPOSIT
RATIO AS ON 31.03.2015
(Amount of Rs .‟ 000)
Banks: Commercial Banks S.S.C.O. Bank Ltd. Total
C.D. Ratio 41.6% 29.4% 40.4%
As on 31.03.2015

C.D. Ratio 36.7% 43.8% 37.1%

As on 31.12.2014

C+I: D Ratio 80.2.2% 29.4% 80.5%

As on 31.03.2015

C+I : D Ratio 74.2% 43.8% 72.5%

As on 31.03.2014

Non Priority Sector

The overall performance under Annual Credit Plan is exclusive of performance

under non-priority sector but credit disbursal under the sector contributes to the growth in
credit-deposit ratio . The overall performance under Non-Priority sector is furnished in the
following table-.

(As on 31/03/2015) (Amount in „000)

Public Sector Private Sector SISCO Bank Total
Banks Banks Ltd
Target
No. 4846 1070 415 6331

Amount 938500 291000 80500 1310000

(Rs. in „000)

Achievement
No. 2209 536 142 2887

Amount 1010848 444951 46744 1502543

(Rs. in „000)

Achievement in %
No. 45.6% 50.1% 34.2% 45.6%

Amount
(Rs. in „000) 107.7% 152.9% 58.1% 114.7%

Reference- Lead Bank

REFINANCE AGENCIES:

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) are functioning in the State to provide
refinance facilities to the Commercial Banks for their priority sector advances through their
office at Gangtok. SIDBI is not only refinancing the Commercial Banks but is also involved
in financing Small Scale Industries (SSIs).

INSURANCE:

Insurance cover is being widely extended to shops, vehicles, industries, animals,

buildings etc. by the General Insurance Corporation of India through its subsidiaries, the
National Insurance Company Ltd., and the New India Assurance Company Ltd. The Deposit
Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DI&CGC) Act, 1961 has also come into force
in the State. Life Insurance Corporation of India has also been well established in the State.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

A. MSME – DI: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises –Development Institute, Tadong,
Gangtok and its functions in Brief:

Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises-Development Institute, under Ministry of

MSME, Government of India, Tadong, Sikkim has a store of information and provides
guidance to both new entrepreneur as well as existing entrepreneur. The institute is manned
by technical officers, specialized in different trades. T he main assistance programme of the
institute are :-

(i) For prospective entrepreneurs:

(a) Assistance in product selection;

(b) Dissemination of technical, economic, market information;
(c) Preparation of project profile as per specific needs of the party;
(d) Supply of information regarding sources of availability of plant and
machinery, raw materials, know-how skills etc.
(e) Guidance regarding layout of the proposed enterprise as well as its
implementation to the stage of manufacture of finished products;
(f) Taking up the case of the proposed enterprise with the concerned agencies for
supply of necessary inputs, namely finance, power, sheds in the industrial
estate, raw materials, scope of marketing the proposed products, etc. as and
when the entrepreneurs face difficulty.
(g) Adequate information regarding various assistance programmes of the Central
and the State Government in the areas of hire purchase of plant and
machinery, Central Government Stores Purchase Programme, interest Subsidy
Scheme, Schemes of modernization, ancillary development and similar
schemes is given to the entrepreneurs. This is also done for beneficiaries
under the scheme of self-employment to educated un-employed Youth.
(h) Training programme, viz. EDP/Motivation Programmes, are conducted
involving all the concerned State Level agencies for the benefit of prospective
entrepreneurs. This is also done for the beneficiaries under the scheme of
Self-employment to educated un-employed Youth;
(i) Product-cum-process oriented training courses are conducted mainly for the
target group with a view to imparting process know-how through practical
demonstration for manufacture of certain products having local market
potential;
(j) Arranges study visits enabling the entrepreneurs to get exposure;

(ii) For existing Unit / Entrepreneurs:

(a) Technical assistance in the areas of manufacturing process, product

development and standardization selection of appropriate raw
materials;
 (b) Organizes Vendor Development program cum Exhibition.
(c) Organizing ISO-9000, Total Quality Management
awareness program.
(d) Efforts are made to arrange market tie up with State Government
purchasing Departments / Corporations / Large Industries.
(e) Techno-economic feasibility studies are conducted to identify potential
items of consumer organizations for off-loading a portion to
MSEs.
(f) Joint capacity assessment is undertaken for NSIC registration.
(g) Displaying of products of MSMEs in exhibition in Foreign Countries
(h) Programmes on modernization in respect of quality improvements etc.
are organized by involving experts in the line;
(i) National Award to MSME Units.
(j) Arranges study tours for enabling the entrepreneurs to get an exposure;
(k) Arrange testing of raw materials and finished products;
(l) Conducts management courses for educating managers of MSEs
in various aspects of modern management enabling them to
efficiently run their units.
(m) Awareness on IPR: The main features of the scheme are
Awareness Programme on IPR; Seminar/ Workshop; Assistance for
grant of Patent/ GI registration; Setting up of IP Facilitation Centre.

B. Directorate of Industries:

The basic objectives of the Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of

Sikkim, has been to bring about rapid industrialization of the State in order to contain the
growing unemployment and for economic development. All industrial activities come under
its ambit. According to the directives of the Government of India, an industrial unit
whose capital
investment (i.e. the cost of plant and machineries only) does not exceed 25 lakhs is a micro
sector unit. Units whose capital investment does not exceed Rs.1 crores is considered to be a
small scale unit. The main functions of the Industries Department with the above objectives
are as follows:

 Registering small scale industries and regulation of development of industries in the

State;
 Development of Industrial Estates
 Giving technical guidance, plant location, etc.
 Undertaking industrial surveys and collection of market information and examination
of viability;
 Development of infrastructure;
 Arrangement for land, water, power etc. and
 Providing concessions and incentives.

C. District Industries Centers:

For convenience of the entrepreneurs and to bring the concept of industrialization
nearer to the people, District Industries Center have been set up one at Jorethang for south
and West Districts and the other at Gangtok for East and North districts the function of the
District Industries Centers are as follows.
 To provide information on feasible / viable items.
 To offer investment guidance and help prepare viable project profiles.
 To guide on the available credit schemes to entrepreneurs and help in credit appraisal.
 Ascertaining raw material requirement.
 To provide available shed in the Industrial Estate.
 Arrangement for power connection.
 To provide marketing assistance to artisians.
 To conduct motivational and Training program.
 Liaison with the State Khadi & Village Industries board and allied agencies.
 To organize industrial exhibition, seminars, study tours and inplant trainings etc.
 D. ACTIVITIES OF THE MARKETING AND SERVICE EXTENSION CENTRE,
OFFICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER (HANDICRAFTS), GOVT. OF
INDIA, MINISTRY OF TEXTILES, GANGTOK.

Handicrafts constitute an important segment of the de-centralized/unorganized sector of

our economy. It is mainly a rural based sector which has its reach in backward and inaccessible
areas. Originally, handicraft started as a part time activity in the rural areas, however it has now
transformed into a flourishing economic activity due to significant market demand over the
years. Handicrafts have big potential as they hold the key for sustaining not only the existing
set of millions of artisans, but also for increasingly large number of new entrants in the crafts
activity. Presently, handicraft sector is contributing substantially towards employment
generation and exports but this sector has suffered due to its unorganized nature alongwith
additional constraints like lack of education, capital, and poor exposure to new technologies,
absence of market intelligence and poor institutional framework.

In order to overcome these constraints, Office of the Development Commissioner

(Handicrafts) have introduced the following schemes which are being implemented by the
Department on its own or through State Governments, State Handicrafts Handicrafts
Corporations, NGOs, Cooperative Societies, Apex bodies, etc. in the form of Grand in Aid.

I. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR HASTSHILP VIKAS YOJANA (AHVY):

Babasaheb Ambedkar Hastshilp Vikas Yojana (AHVY) as a Centre Plan Scheme was
launched in 2001-02 wherein the main thrust was on adapting project wise, need based
approach for integrated development of potential handicrafts clusters with participation of the
craft persons at all stages of implementation of the scheme. The overall objective is of Socio-
Economic empowerment of artisans and their sustainability.

The scheme envisages a package of support to the cluster of handicraft artisans, which
inter-alia includes basic inputs and infrastructure support in addition to capacity enhancement to
cater to target. While it is an undisputed fact that the Govt. of India and the State Governments
have intervened in meaningful ways that have led to the revival and survival of crafts in the past
few decades, in the light of new economic developments of one global unified market,
handicrafts sector of India has to be strengthened further to be globally competitive. Therefore,
it si compelling urgency to fill in critical gaps which have been taken care of in the scheme
based on Cluster Approach.
II. MARKETING SUPPORT & SERVICES SCHEME:

The handicrafts industry has over the years contributed significantly to the employment
and foreign exchequer of the country. It is omnipresent, with each state contribution through
one or more crafts and has made tremendous progress during the last decade. The demand of
handicrafts products in the domestic as well as international market is huge and varied. Despite
such a high demand, only a fraction of this opportunity is being utilized. The key reasons being
limited access to the market and weak product promotion. Therefore, a concerted effort has to
be made to harness the demand potential of handicrafts both in domestic and international
markets.

The Office of DC (Handicrafts) attempts to address this gap through its Marketing
Support Services scheme which focuses on enhancing the access of artisans and exporters to
various markets and marketing channels alongwith creating awareness about handicrafts
amongst consumers and public at large both in domestic and international markets.

Under this scheme, the following activities are organized:

a) Marketing events
b) Assistance for organizing/participation in marketing events in India.
c) Gandhi Shilp Bazaar/Craft Bazars
d) Exhibitions
e) Hiring of built up space in events organized by other organizations.
f) National Handicrafts Fair
g) Assistance for organizing/participation in markting events abroad.
h) Participation in international fairs and exhibition abroad,
i) Folk Craft Festivas of India/Stand Alone Shows/ Road Shows.
j) Market Studies abroad.
k) International craft exposure programme.
l) Compliance, social and other welfare measures.
m) Buyers Seller meet and workshops
n) Buyer Seller meet in India
o) Buyers sellers meet abroad.
p) Marketing Workshops.
q) Workshops/seminars/symposiums/programmes organized aborad
r) Rental for warehousing.
s) Publicity and Brand Promotion
t) Demonstration of Craft
u) Cultural Exchange Programme.

III.DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY UP-GRADATION SCHEME:

The Design and Technology up-gradation scheme aims to provide design & technology
related inputs including skill up-gradation to the handicraft artisans to improve their
productivity, quality and better marketability of their products.
 The objectives of the schemes are as follows:

a) To provide adequate support to sponsored institutions.

b) Upgradation of artisans through design and technology intervention in order to develop
new designs and prototypes and
c) Give practicing craftsmen exposure to developments taking place in th field of design
and & technology
d) Market intelligence, management of skills, packaging and supply of improved tools and
equipments
e) To give recognition to master crafts persons for their outstanding contribution to
Handicrafts sector and to encourage them to preserve our crafts tradition and maintain
excellence.
f) To create awareness about our rich crafts tradition amongst general public.

The following activities are undertaken under this scheme:

a) Craft Awareness Programme

b) Financial Assistance for supply of tools, safety equipments, etc.
c) Design & Technology Development Workshop.
d) Integrated Deign & Technolog6 Development Project.
e) Shilp Guru Award, National Award and National Merit Certificate for outstanding
contribution in Handicrafts sector
f) Assistance to exporter and entrepreneur for design prototypes.
g) Commercial Market intelligence by way of design, trend and technical colour forecast.

IV. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME:

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Scheme has been formulated to provide
qualified and trained worksorde to the handicraft sector. This workforce shall contribute to a
strong production base leading to production of high quality products that cater to present day
market requirements. This scheme also aims to create human capital for the sector in terms of
trained cadre of designers for the handicrafts by providing relevant inputs through its
components. There is also a provision made for the imparting soft skill considered necessary
for the artisans to enable them to undertake their own business successfully.

The Scheme has the following five components:

1) Training through established institutions.

2) Handicrafts Training Programme
3) Training through Guru Shishya Parampara.
4) Training of Trainers
5) Design Mentorship and apprentice program.
V. HANDICRAFT ARTISANS COMPREHENSIVE WELFARE SCHEME:

Since, most of the handicraft artisans are from rural and poor population of the country,
they are debarred from social requirements like Life Insurance, Health Insurance, etc. To
overcome this, the Office of DC (Handicrafts) have introduced the following comprehensive
welfare Schemes for the welfare of the handicrafts artisans.

1) Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana – Health Insurance Scheme

2) Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) – Life Insurance Scheme.
3) Support to artisans in indigent circumstances – Pension Scheme
4) Credit Guarantee Scheme – Providing loans through Banks.
5) Interest Subvention Scheme – 3% interest subventions on loans.
6) Issue of Identity Cards and creation of date base.

VI. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SCHEME:

The Office of DC (Handicrafts), an attched office of Ministry of Textiles, Government

of India which formulates and implements various schemes for the development Handicrafts in
the country. The schemes formulated/modified/deleted for continuation from one plan to
another, are based on the evaluation/Research Studies conducted from time to time and for this,
we have an in house scheme called Research and Development in force since a long time.
Research and Development Scheme was introduced in 1956-57 as Central Sector Scheme. This
scheme was introduced to generate feedback on economic, social, aesthetic and promotional
aspects of various crafts and artisans in the sector. This office has been implementing the
scheme called Research and Development on all India basis since the time it was introduced to
conduct surveys and studies of important crafts and make in depth analysis of specific apects
and problems of Handicrafts in order to generate useful inputs to aid policy, planning and fine
tune the ungoing initiatives; and to have independent evaluation of the schemes implemented by
this office.

VII. INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

The scheme aims at the development of world class infrastructure in the country to
support handicraft production, and enhance the product quality and cut the cost to enable it to
compete in the world market.
 During 2014-15, the following activities were undertaken in the State of Sikkim.

1) Organized 2 days State Level Marketing Workshop.

2) Organized 2 days Local Level Marketing Workshop.
3) Completed 2 nos. of training programme under Guru Shishya
Parampara with total 30 artisans. One at Namchi and one at Pelling.
4) Organized one Gandhi Shilp Bazar.
5) Enrolled about 200 artisans for Aam Admi Bima Yojana.
6) Collected about 250 forms for issue of Artisan Identity Card.
7) Completed one Base Line Survey of West District under AHVY.
8) Completed 2 nos. of Integrated Design & Development Project through
Sikkim State Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation,
Gangtok.
9) Completed on Skill Upgradation Programme under HRD at Dikchu
through Sikkim State Handloom & Handicrafts Development
Corporation, Gangtok.

E. DIRECTORATE OF HANDLOOMS & HANDICRAFTS, GOVT. OF SIKKIM

DHH since its inception on 9th March 1957 has been actively involved in the

promotion and development of the State of Sikkim. Handicrafts and Handloom have been

identified as a thrust area for industrial acceleration in the State of Sikkim and DHH is

actively involved in performing its role and function.

“The main aim of this centre is to preserve and keep alive the age old arts and crafts of

Sikkim.

F. SPICES BOARD

Spices Board is an autonomous organization functioning under the Ministry of

Commerce and Industry, Government of India with head office at Cochin (Kerala State)
constituted on 26th February 1986 under the Spices Board Act, 1986 with the merger of the
erstwhile Cardamom Board (1968) and Spices Export Promotion Council (1960). A total of
5 2 spices u n d e r a n y f o r m including curry powder, spice oils,
o l e o r e s i n s a n d o t h e r m i x t u r e s w i t h p r e d o m i n a n t s p i c e c o n t e n t are
brought under the purview of Spices Board. The Spices Board is concentrating on
Research and Development Programmes on small and large cardamom and export
promotional activities on pepper, chilly, ginger, garlic, turmeric, coriander, cumin, celery,
funnel and fenugreek.
Spices Board is having six divisions viz. 1. Development, 2 Marketing, 3. Research,
4. Publicity, 5. Statistics and 6. Quality up-gradation Lab to look into the different aspects of
spices industry.
The spices Board (erstwhile Cardamom Board) started its activities in Sikkim from
14th July 1979 with setting up a Regional Office in Gangtok headed by Deputy Director
(Dev.) and 4 Zonal offices one each at Mangan for North District,
Gangtok for East District and Jorethang for West and South District of Sikkim and
another in Kalimpong for Darjeeling District of West Bengal headed by Assistant Directors
for the development of Large Cardamom in Sikkim and West Bengal.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES/ FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD
The Spices Board Act, 1986 has assigned the following functions to the Board. The board
may-
1. Develop, promote and regulate export of spices.
2. Grant certificate for export of spices.
3. Undertake programmes and project for promotion of export of spices.
4. Assist and encourage studies and research for improvement of processing, quality
techniques of grading and packaging of spices.
5. Strive towards stabilization of prices of spices for export.
6. Evolve suitable quality standards and introduce certification of quality through quality
marking of spices for export.
7. Control quality of spices for export.
8. Give licenses, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, to the
manufacturers of spices for export.
9. Market any spices if it considers necessary in the interest of promotion of export,
10. Provide ware housing facilities abroad for spices,
11. Collect statistics with regards to spices for compilation and publication,
12. Import any spice for sale with the prior approval of the central Government, and
13. Advise the Central Government on matters relating to import of spice.
PROGRAMMES AND SCHEMES-
Under 11th Five year plan Spices Board has implemented special programme under
replanting and rejuvenation scheme for development of Large Cardamom in Sikkim
region. The achievements of Spices Board under various developmental schemes
implemented during 11th Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12) are given below-
Name of the Details Year
Programme
2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011-
08 09 10 11 12
Cardamom Sucker No. of Nursery Units 598 650 2889 855 988.50
Certified Nursery No. of Suckers 59.80 65.0 288.90 85.50 98.85
produced & utilized
(in lakh)
No. of beneficiaries 557 633 3358 1172 1346
Cardamom Area Planted ( in ha) 551.2 602.5 603.85 581.8 653.75
Replanting No. of beneficiaries 906 1279 4618 1256 1673
Cardamom Area rejuvenated (in - 248.1 989.55 382.8 182.55
Rejuvenation ha)
No. of beneficiaries - 520 2001 735 430
Source- Spices Board,
Although large cardamom is the major cash crops of Sikkim which fetches high price in
International markets but the state average productivity of around 220 kg per hectare is very
low compared to other well maintained plantations which have recorded upto 1200 kg per
hectare. Of late the annual production has also been decreasing due to mass attack of
plantations by pests and diseases. So, lots need to be done regarding development of disease
resistant and high yielding varieties in order to increase average production and protection
from diseases. However, high market price has been instrumental in motivating farming
community in application of scientific techniques to increase production. Now more and more
stakeholders are considering agriculture as secondary and tertiary mode of income generation
and taken steps towards large cardamom plantation.
G. SIDICO:
Sikkim Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Ltd., (SIDICO) set up in the
year 1977 is a State level principal financial institution engaged in promotion, financing and
development of industries in tiny, cottage, small and medium sector in the State of Sikkim.
Besides, the Corporation has also been providing soft loan / seed capital assistance,
participating in the share capital its selective venture projects and has been engaged in
activities like procuring and distributing raw materials for selective industries / activities.

At present, SIDICO is the nodal agency and has been an excellent delivery channel of the State
Government and has successfully implemented the Schemes like Chief Minister’s Self Employment
Scheme, Comprehensive Educational Loan, Chief Minister’s Free Scholarship Scheme, ASIDE
Scheme and other projects mandated to it. Under the Chief Minister’s Self Employment Scheme
educated unemployed youth are provided loans to take up income generating vocations through self
employment. During the financial year 2012-13, the corporation sanctioned Rs. 7.17 crores to 467
beneficiaries as against Rs. 5.46 crores to 238 beneficiaries during the previous year. Since the
inception of the scheme the corporation has sanctioned an aggregate amount of Rs. 78.22 crores to
6817 beneficiaries. Comprehensive Educational Loan Scheme is being implemented by
Government of Sikkim through SIDICO. Under the scheme, educated youth willing to pursue
higher academic studies and professional courses in India and abroad can avail the loan. The
maximum loan amount for study within the State is Rs. 5.00 lakhs, for study in India is Rs. 7.50
lakhs and abroad is Rs. 15.00 lakhs. Loan is interest free for the duration of the course plus one
year or six months after getting employment whichever is earlier. During the financial year 2012-13
total amount of Rs. 6.05 crores to 431 students has been sanctione against the total sanctione of Rs.
7.00 crores to 508 students in the previous year. Total cumulative sanction under the scheme is
34.88 crores to1514 students.
The broad scheme wise classifications of financial assistance sanctioned and disbursed during
the last two years are given below-
Sanctions ( Rs. In Lakhs) Disbursement (Rs in
Lakhs)
Sl. Description 2012-2013 2011-2012 2012-13 2011-12
No No. Amount No. Amount
1 Hotels/Restaurants 7 14.00 9 18.50 7.75 16.50
2 Composite/SSI 1 1.50 5 4.25 0.70 4.25
3 Personal 36 17.40 53 26.05 17.40 26.05
Computers
4 Multipurpose 520 846.00 526 861.80 846.00 861.80
Total 564 878.90 593 910.60 871.85 908.60
Reference- SIDICO-Annual Report 2012-2013

H. NABARD:

Nationalized Bank for Agriculture and Rural development has been providing refinance
support to Cooperative and Regional Rural Banks for short term (agriculture ) and short term
(other than agriculture) activities by the banks. Besides NABARD has been providing
refinance support to Co-operative Banks, RRB‟s and Commercial Banks for investment credit
including Government sponsored programs. Targets and achievements of credit flow to Non-Farm
 Sector from NABARD during last three years is shown in the table below-
Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Agency Agricult Non- Total Agricu Non- Total Agricultu Non- Total
ure Farm lture Farm re Credit Farm
Credit Sector Credit Sector Sector
Credit Credit Credit
Commercia 1526.45 1932.7 3459.2 1947.5 773.79 2749.5 2561.14 8247.2 10808.3
l Banks 6 1 9 3 3 7
State Co- 573.61 38.2 611.81 1157.9 28.15 1186.1 1178.03 7.41 1185.44
op Bank 8 3
Total 2100.06 1970.9 4071.0 3105.5 801.94 3907.5 3739.17 8254.6 11993.8
6 2 7 1 4 1
Source – NABARD, Gangtok.

I. SIKKIM STATE COOPERATIVE SUPPLY AND MARKETING FEDERATION LTD. (

SIMFED):

The cooperative movement in India was officially adopted in the year 1904 by
enacting Cooperative credit societies act 1904. Then the Government dedicated to establish other
types of societies such as consumer, marketing etc. on par with credit societies, by modifying the
earlier act of 1904 and enacted as cooperative societies act 1912 (deleted credit word). The theory
and concept of cooperative movement was extended in the state of Sikkim by official enactment of
“Sikkim cooperative societies act 1955”.

After Sikkim joining the mainstream of Indian union, a comprehensive “Sikkim

Cooperative Societies act of 1978, Sikkim Cooperative Societies rule of 1981‟ was enforced.

As per the provisions of act and rules, the Government of Sikkim evolved the idea of
establishing the first state level cooperative business organization‟‟ Sikkim State Cooperative
Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd. (SIMFED) with multipurpose cooperative societies at grass
root level, in the two-tier structure of cooperative society. SIMFED finally got established in the
year 1983 with the main intension to undertake wholesale supply of consumer goods
requirement of grass root level cooperative societies and arrange for bulk marketing of farm
surplus including important cash crops in the state.
 Achievement/Activities of SIMFED:
Ever since it was commissioned to action in later part of 1984, SIMFED has been able
to achieve the following trade of business-
Stabilized and diversified marketing of principal cash of the state namely large
cardamom, ginger, seed potato, cabbage, apple etc.


Marketing supply of exercise book, computers, furniture and other office equipments.
Procurement and supply of agricultural inputs to Food Security & Agricultural
Department, Horticulture & Cash Crop Department and animal feeds to AHVS
department.
Marketing of almost all types of consumer item required by its affiliated societies at
reasonable price i.e. Siliguri wholesale price.

Marketing of Organic vegetable produced in Sikkim.

Processing, packaging and marketing of local cereals and pulses under the brand name
“Sikkim Organic”. Through its outlets in the state as well as in New Delhi.
SIMFED also operates a yard in Siliguri (W.B) regulated market for the convenience
of local growers for selling their products in Siliguri.

SIMFED also operates one highly mechanized ginger processing unit.

The turnover and the profitability ( after taxes) of SIMFED for last five years is given
below-
Financial Year Turnover (in Crore) Net Profit after taxes(in Crore)
2010-11 62.73 0.71
2011-12 104.84 0.76
2012-13 105.05 0.64
2013-14 173.18 0.99
2014-15 99.52 0.99

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J. SIDBI:

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBIGangtok Branch Office is operational since
April 1990 and is engaged in Promotion Financing and Development of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (MSME) sector and addressing both financial and developmental gaps in MSME eco –
system. A brief summary of the activities in the state of Sikkim is as follows:-

1. Refinance: Extending refinance to Banks and also to Sikkim Industrial Development

and Investment Corporation Ltd.,(SIDICO) against the loans given by them to MSME
sector,
2. Resource Support to Microfinance Institutions (MFI’s) - With a view to up scaling
and widening the outreach of the micro finance operations, SIDBI has been constantly
taking several proactive steps to increase the flow of assistance to hitherto underserved
areas; During the year SIDBI has assisted two MFI’s which has substantial operational
presence in the state of Sikkim:
3. Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprise (CGTMSE). Govt. of
India and SIDBI have come together to setup CGTMSE to provide credit Guarantee
Support for loans upto `100.00 lakhs extended by Banks and financial institution to
micro and small enterprises (MSE). During the FY ended 2015 a total number of 304
credit facilities amounting to `1366.77 lakhs was covered under the CGTMSE scheme in
the state of Sikkim. So far on cumulative basis up to March 31, 2015 in the state of
Sikkim the Trust has approved a total number of 1462 loan proposals comprising of total
approved loan amount of `5771.09 lakhs.
4. Promotional & Developmental (P&D) Activities of SIDBI in Sikkim : To address the
non – financial gap of the MSMEs SIDBI has adopted a credit plus approach by
providing various P&D support primarily aimed at capacity building of the MSME
sector these include following activities:-

I. Skill and Entrepreneurship Development : Programmes are being conducted

with an objective of training target group of people in developing skills and
entrepreneurial traits for promotion of self-employed ventures capable of
generating employment opportunities, especially targeting less privileged
sections of the society like Women, Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes,
minorities and rural poor.
During the year numerous such programme were sanctioned and are conducted/
being conducted benefiting 125 participants mainly women from weaker sections
of the society were trained in different entrepreneurial traits with ultimate
objective of promotion of self-employed ventures/ gainful employment. As on
March 31, 2015, cumulatively number of EDPs supported in Sikkim for various
target groups was 36, benefiting many participants. Many participants have either
set up their own units or have been gainfully employed in the sector.

II. Micro Enterprises Promotion Programme (MEPP)– Comprehensive

enterprise support services are provided through the identified implementing
agencies for setting up a micro enterprises by the rural youth using local
resources. The scheme helps in identifying, motivating and guiding rural
entrepreneurs in setting up industrial ventures by better commercial exploitation
of local resources. During the recent financial years in the east district and south
district of Sikkim, MEPP were successfully implemented promotingmany units.
P&D programmes are carried out through suitable Implementing agencies such
as Technical Consultancy Organisations (TCOs), development professionals,
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) etc.
III. Promoting Entrepreneurship - SIDBI has set up a website www.smallB.in with
objective of promoting entrepreneurship, mostly among the youth. The website
guides the youth on, (i) awareness, understanding, identification and choosing of
the business opportunities that exist, (ii) understanding the basics of finance and
regulatory aspects, (iii) preparation of business plan and detailed project report,
(iv) how to incorporate business in India and (v) attending to various
requirements of Banks and Financial Institutions etc. In the state of Sikkim the
salient features and the advantages of the same is being highlighted among the
targeted youths of the Sikkim in various awareness camps/ programmes being
held at Sikkim.
 IV. Awareness programme on MSME by Town Hall Meeting – BO with an
objective of create awareness on the various programme on MSME’s /
participated in Town Hall meetings organized by the Reserve Bank of India and
SIDBI. The target groups were existing and budding MSE entrepreneurs. Various
schemes for MSE, incentive schemes, CGTMSE schemes, assistance in getting
project profiles prepared, and other handholding support were highlighted for the
benefits of entrepreneurs.
V. Credit Advisory - In order to provide a number of free escort services to
MSMEs like guiding new /existing entrepreneurs regarding availability of
schemes of commercial banks, government subsidies / benefits, provide
borrowers with debt counseling, answering queries raised by banks, etc. SIDBI
has set up a large network of Credit Advisory Centres (CACs) through out the
country in as many clusters in partnership with cluster level industry associations.
Under this arrangement, Credit Counseling Centres/Business Facilitation Centre
(BFC) were also opened. Presently, there are 8 (eight) such centres operational in
NER including one at Gangtok (Sikkim).

K. SIKKIM KHADI & VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD (SKVIB)

The Sikkim Khadi and Village Industries Board is an autonomous body established by an
Act No.4 of 1996. Various provisions of the Act to go to show that Khadi & village Industries
play a key role in the eradication of poverty by way of generating employment to the educated un-
employed youth and people living in the grass root level and to uplift the down trodden people
above the poverty line. Sikkim Khadi & Village Industries Board is a limb and an implementing
agency of the State Government and Khadi and Village Industries Commission. There is no escape
from saying that only those scheme can be implemented by the Board which bears the approval of
the Govt. Khadi and Village Industries are very important in such a boiling situation of
unemployment. The employment has attended the alarming stage of saturation in and in such a
situation Khadi and Village Industries can play a vital role for providing the livelihood to the
people of the state with the implementation of these schemes by the entrepreneur themselves.
Keeping in view the above mission and motto the Khadi and Village Industries
Commission is extending financial assistance to individuals in rural areas for setting up Village
Industries Units costing up to Rs.25.00 lakhs in each case through margin Money Scheme.
Therefore, this is necessary that the unit is to be set up should be economically viable so that
sustainable employment may be provided in rural areas. At the same time the unit should be able
to generate sufficient surplus from the activity to enable it to repay the loan along with interest. It
puts enormous responsibility on field agency to see that prospective beneficiaries should get proper
guidance for preparation and execution of viable projects.
Sikkim Khadi and Village Industries Board have been running Khdi Bhavan/ Bhandars
and Training cum Production Centre for training, production and sale of Khadi and Village
Industries Products. District –wise list of these centers are given below-:
Districts East West South North
Super Market Khadi Bhandar Khadi Bhandar -
Khadi Bhandar, Gyalshing Jorethang
Gangtok
Khadi Bhawan Khadi Woollen Khadi Bhandar -
Deorali Spinning and Namchi
Name of Centre weaving Centre
Buriakhop
Khadi Bhandar Khadi Woollen Khadi Woollen -
Singtam Spinning and Carding Unit and
weaving Centre Spinning Centre
Samdong Jorethang
Dyeing & Printing Khadi Woollen Khadi Composite -
Unit Aho- Spinning and Centre, Tarku
Yangtam weaving Centre
Begha
Khadi Cotton Khadi Woollen Khadi Cotton -
Spinning and Spinning and Spinning and
weaving Centre weaving Centre weaving Centre
Martam Mendogaon
Khadi Cotton Khadi Cotton -
Spinnming and Spinning Centre
weaving Centre Wok
Raley Khesey
Ready made unit Khadi Cotton -
Deorali Spinning and
weaving Centre,
Gom
Carpentry & Khadi Cotton -
Blacksmithy unit weaving Centre,
Aho Yangtam Turuk
Charkhadi Stor
Deorali
Hosiery Training
Centre Aho-
Yangtam
L. SIKKIM STATE COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
After India joined the World Trade Organisation in 1995 it has committed itself to the
WTO agreements and the Intellectual Property Rights. The IPR issues have far reaching
consequences on the competitive and efficient functioning of the MSMEs.
The state government has notified Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology under
Department of Science & Technology and Climate Change as a nodal agency for Intellectual
Property Rights in order to promote, stream line and look after the matter related to IPR and its issue
in the state.. A Patent Information Centre is also functioning at Sikkim Science Centre, Marchak,
East Sikkim. The PIC is functioning under the Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology,
Govt. of Sikkim. Five Numbers of awareness programmes on IPR have been organized by
Patent Facilitation Centre at different colleges and in Sikkim University.
Sikkim being rich in Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge and its practices, different
Agriculture and Horticulture products along with handloom & handicrafts items possess huge
potential for GI registration. Considering potential and probable threat of infringement to these
traditional and ethnic designs/ products, PIC Sikkim has filed for GI registration of four
products. They are Sikkim Orange ( Mandarin), Sikkim Temi Tea, Sikkim Dzongu Lepcha Hat
(Sumuk Thyaktuk) and Sikkim Dzongu Lepcha Dari/ Weave ( Thokro). Out of these four , GI
registration of first two items have been accepted by Technology Information Forecasting &
Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi. Two films- Gyapo (A story) & Kathaa ( A story )
has also been filed for copyright by the centre. One local variety of rice-kalo Nunia developed
by one of the progressive farmer of Sikkim has also been applied for the registration for
Farmers Variety as Kailash Rana Manger under Plant Protection Variety & Farmers Right
(PPV & FR ) Act 2001 and Plant Protection Variety & Farmers Right Rule 2003. Beside these
Trademark and Logo for Biodegradable plastic is under process
M. KVIC-PRIME MINISTER EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
PROGRAMME (PMEGP):
The Ministry of MSME has launched a new credit linked subsidy programme called PMEGP

on 15th August 2008 for generation of employment opportunities through setting up of micro
enterprises both in rural & urban areas. This is a central sector scheme administered by Ministry of
MSME. The scheme is implemented through State KVIC Directorates, State KVIB and District
Industries Centers and banks. The Govt. subsidy under the scheme is being routed by KVIC
through the identified Banks for eventual distribution to the beneficiaries/ entrepreneurs in their
Bank accounts. The objective of the scheme is to generate employment opportunities both in rural
and urban areas through setting up of new self Employment micro enterprises.

Quantum and Nature of financial assistance: KVIC will provide margin money (subsidy)
through the banking system as given below:

Categories of Beneficiaries Beneficiaries‟ Rate of Subsidy

under
contribution (of Project ( of Project Cost)
PMEGP
cost)
Area/Location of Project/Unit Urban Rural
General Category 10% 15% 25%

Specia( including 5% 25% 35%

SC/ST/OBC/Minorities
/Women,Ex-Servicemen,
Physically Handicapped, Hill &
Border areas,etc
All categories of beneficiaries 5% 25% 35%
of States of North Eastern region

Ceiling Limit of Project Cost Rs 25 Lakh for Rs 10 Lakh for Service

Unit
Manufacturing Unit

Districtwise No of Applications received and approved in 2014-2015 (From 01/04/2014 to

31/03/2015) under PMEGP:
District No of Applications Received No of Projects Approved
East 38 18
North 02 00

South 35 10
West 46 24
Total 121 52

Disbursal of Funds under PMEGP

Name Target Achievements
of
No. of Margin Emp. ( No ) No. of No. of No. of Margin Emp.
Agency Projects Money Projects Projects Projects Money ( No )
( in received selected & sanctioned in
Lakhs) forwarded to & Lakhs)
Banks disbursed
DIC 210 255.43 1680 64 56 34 59.30 131
KVIC 158 191.58 1264 43 36 16 16.38 47
KVIB 158 191.58 1264 14 12 2 1.87 6
Total 526 638.59 4208 121 104 52 77.55 184
Source- KVIC, Gangtok.
N. NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. ( NEDFi)-

The North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) is a Public Limited Company
registered under the Companies Act 1956 on 9th August 1995. It is notified as a Public Financial
Institution under Section 4A of the said Act and was registered as a NBFC in 2002 with RBI. The
management of NEDFi has been entrusted upon the Board of Directors comprising representatives
from shareholder institutions, DONER, State Governments and eminent persons from the NE or
outside regions having wide experience in industry, economics, finance and management.
The basic objective of the establishment of NEDFi is to provide financial assistance to micro, small,
medium and large enterprises for setting up industrial, infrastructure and agri-allied projects in the
North Eastern Region of India and also Microfinance through MFI/NGOs. Besides financing, the
Corporation offers Consultancy & Advisory services to the state governments, private sectors and
other agencies. Sector or state specific studies are conducted under its Techno-Economic
Development Fund (TEDF) and is the designated nodal agency for disbursement of Govt. of India
incentives to the industries in the North-East India under North-East Industrial and Investment
Promotion Policy, 2007 (NEIIP 2007). Its other promotional activities include NEDFi Haat, NEDFi
Convention Centre, NEDFi Pavillion etc.
NEDFi is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company since 2001 and its mission is for the economic
development of the North Eastern region of India by identifying, financing and nurturing
commercially and financially viable projects in the region. Network of its branch offices are located
in Agartala & Udaipur in Tripura, Dimapur & Kohima in Nagaland, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh,
Shillong in Meghalaya, Aizawl & Lunglei in Mizoram, Imphal in Manipur, Guwahati (HQ), Silchar
& Tinsukia in Assam and in Gangtok and Namchi in Sikkim. NEDFi, Gangtok Branch Office started
its operation in the state of Sikkim from November 2003. Since then Gangtok B.O has been
discharging all the activities and functions of NEDFi from developing activities to sanctioning and
appraising of credit proposals in the state of Sikkim. It took initiatives to extend handhold support to
the emerging entrepreneurs of the state by organizing various entrepreneurship development
programmes, market linkages beside extending credit support. With a view to provide better services
the every corner of the state, NEDFi has set up another branch at Namchi, South Sikkim in the year
2011, which will cater to the financial needs of the South and West districts of the State.

Details of Loans and advances made available by NEDFi , Sikkim Branch is given below-

1 Number of units sanctioned by Sikkim Branch 119

2 Amount Sanctioned ( in Rs Lakh) 809.09
3 Capital Investment Subsidy (Crore) 4.55
4 Central Transport Subsidy (Rs) 88,000/-
5 Transport Subsidy (Lakh) 17.47
6 Interest Subsidy NIL
INDUSTRIAL SCENARIO IN THE STATE

Sikkim is one of the least industrially developed state in India, heavily dependent on
Central Government grants, and needs to undertake an all around development effort to be at
par with the other states of the country. It is, hence, necessary to identify the priorities and
emphasize the significance the objectives of speedy industrial development and generation of
adequate employment opportunities. Keeping these objectives in mind, the industrial policy
attempts to satisfy the aspirations of the people, through economic and industrial
development of the state.

Sikkim became 22nd state of the Indian Union on 16th May 1975. During the merger ,
with a view to protect the interest of local people certain special provisions were incorporated
in the constitution . Under this provision people from outside the state cannot acquire land and
start any commercial establishment in Sikkim in their name . Entrepreneurs from outside
Sikkim can take land on lease and start a business after obtaining prior permission from State
government only.
E i g h t y p ercent of the population lives in rural Sikkim and agriculture plays a
dominant role in the State economy with the total cultivable land of around 70,000 hectares,
the per capita availability of land is a meager 0.18 hectares. The rugged mountainous
terrain, fragmentation of land erosion of the hilly tracts, geographical seclusion of Sikkim
from mainland India, bottlenecks transportation, dependence on traditional methods of
cultivation, etc. have contributed to the low productivity of agricultural crops and difficulties
in undertaking large scale farming. Consequently, there has been very limited improvement in
the methods of agriculture over the years.

The main crops produced are rice, wheat, maize, large cardamom and ginger, with
potential for the commercialization of large cardamom, ginger, fruits, tea, medicinal herbs
and exportable flowers. There are large areas of fallow land available which can be
converted into productive farms for cash crops. Sikkim produces 80 percent of India‟s
large cardamom, which enjoys a high value export market in Pakistan, Singapore and the
Middle- East. The ginger is also of a good quality and has export prospects. The large
cardamom and ginger can hence be converted into value added products. Fruits can be
processed for value addition. Exotic flowers can be cultured for export. Honey and tea
are other agro-based products that have high potential. There is a good market for the minor
forest produce of the State.
 The varied altitude is ideal for the cultivation of a variety of herbs, which can be used
in the manufacture of medicines, cosmetics and aromatic products. The climate is ideal for
the development of mulberry plantation and hence, the establishment of a sericulture
industry. The absence of profitable marketing network and the lack of appropriate processing
facilities for manufacturing quality finished products has resulted in most of the produce
being sold at uncompetitive prices to other states as raw materials, and their true potential has
not been exploited. Therefore, due attention needs to be given for the development of agro-
based, food processing and forest based units.

There are good prospects for setting up dairy and animals husbandry units on a
commercial basis. The milk production offers opportunities for developing processed food
products like cheese, butter, etc. The population being predominantly non-vegetarian, meat-
processing and packaging units offer promise in the state
.
The state has a good resource base of minerals like zinc, lead, copper, dolomite, coal,
quartzite, graphite, talc etc., Commercial exploitation of some of these minerals is being
carried out by the Sikkim Mining Corporation. The traditional, cottage industries and
specially handicrafts enjoy a good national and international market but more needs to be
done on upgrading quality and design, as well as production and also improvement in the
marketing network.
The abundant natural beauty of Sikkim offers a good potential to attract foreign and
domestic tourists, and is conductive to the setting up of tourist spots, holiday resorts leisure
camps of trekking and adventure sports activities. However, to develop and sustain the
tourism industry, adequate travel and tourism related infrastructure needs to be created.
Conference Tourism can also be promoted. The state is dependently only on a network of
roadways for transportation. At present, no air or water transport facilities are available.
During the monsoon season road network within the state and National Highway 310 which
connects Sikkim with the rest of the world gets disrupted due to landslides . Therefore there
is an urgent need for upgrading National highway and the road network within Sikkim.
Accommodation facilities are at present only adequate for tourists and must thereafter
be enhanced. The overall power situation though comfortable must be suitably enhanced to
induce more power intensive industries to the state. Human resources need to be developed
with the ultimate objective of creating the necessary skills commensurate with the future
industry and market requirements.
Details of Enterpreneurship Memorandum Part II filed by MSMEs in Sikkim:

Table-1

District-wise No. of Enterprises with EM II

Year Districts Total

North West South East
2007-08 0 1 3 10 14
2008-09 4 24 3 40 71
2009-10 1 6 1 10 18
2010-11 0 15 1 24 40
2011-12 0 11 9 10 30
2012-13 0 2 0 9 11
2013-14 1 0 2 6 9

2014-15 0 0 1 6 7

Table-2

Category-wise No. of Enterprises with EM II

Year Category of Enterprise

Micro Small Medium Total
2007-08 6 7 1 14
2008-09 13 54 4 71
2009-10 6 10 2 18
2010-11 4 35 1 40
2011-12 8 21 1 30
2012-13 1 10 0 11
2013-14 2 7 0 9
2014-15 4 3 0 7
 Table-3

Sector-wise No. of Enterprises with EM II

Year Sector-wise no .of Enterprise Total

Manufacturing Service
2007-08 5 9 14
2008-09 8 63 71
2009-10 5 13 18
2010-11 5 35 40
2011-12 6 24 30
2012-13 2 9 11
2013-14 7 2 9
2014-15 4 3 7

Table-4

NO.OF EM I FILED IN DICS DURING THREE YEARS

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Manufacturi Servic Tot Manufac Ser Total Man Ser Tota
Type of ng e al turing vice ufact vice l
Enterprise uring
Micro 43 63 106 27 51 88 26 43 69
Small 2 14 18 7 20 4 5 9
13
Medium - - - 1 1 - - -
** As per the data provided by DICs
 Table 5
District-wise list of major Industrial Units and Hotels in Sikkim
EAST DISTRICT

Sl. Name Location Main Activity

No Manufacturing
.
1 Ms Sheela Foam (P) Ltd. Bagey Khola, East Sikkim Foam Mattresses
2 M/s Flex Art Foil (P) Ltd. 20th Mile Bordang Aluminium Foil
3 Greenways (P) Ltd. Smlick Marchak East Sikkim Printing
4 Ms. CG Food India (P) Ltd. Rangpo, East Sikkim Food Products
5 Ms.Alkem (P) Ltd. Kumrek,East Sikkim Pharmceuticals
6 Mount Distilleries Ltd. Majhitar, East Sikkim Liquors

7 Ms. Zydus Health Care Majitar, East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals

8 Ms. Indichemie Health Kumrek,East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
Specialities Pharma (P) Ltd.
9 CIPLA Ltd. Kumrek. East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
10 Intas Pharmaceuticals Bagey Khola,East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
11 Sun Pharma (P) Ltd, Setipool, East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
12 Golden Cross Pharmaceuticals Rorathang ,East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
(P) Ltd.
13 Epitome Petrochemical (P) Ltd. Tumlabong Namli,E. Pet Perform
Sikkim
14 Nextgen Printer (P) Ltd. Majhitar Rangpo East Sikkim Aluminium Foil
15 STP Pharmaceuticals (P) Ltd. Sangkhola, East Sikkim Pharmaceutical
16 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Samlick Marchak, East Sikkim Pharmaceutical
17 East West Pharma (P) Ltd. Majhitar Rangpo East Sikkim Pharmaceutical
18 Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Middle Camp East Sikkim Pharmaceutical
19 Unichem Laboratories Ltd. Bagey Khola,East Sikkim Pharmaceutical
20 Sikkim Distelleries Ltd. Rangpo East Sikkim Liquors
21 Himalaya Distelleries Majhitar Rangpo East Sikkim Liquors
22 Denzong Albrew (P) Ltd. Mulukey, Rhenock East Sikkim Beer
23 Sikkim Breweries (P) Ltd. Baghey Khola East Sikkim Beer

24 Ms.Sikkim Agro Chemical(P) Majitar, East Sikkim M.S.Ingot Iron

Ltd
25 MayFair Spa & Resort (P) Ltd. Ranipool East Sikkim Hotel 5 Star
26 Suhim Portico Hotels & Resort Helipad Road, Sichey, Gangtok Hotel 3 Star
East Sikkim
27 Saramsa Resort (P) Ltd. Saramsa, East Sikkim Hotel 2 Star
28 Hotel Kessang Marchak East Sikkim Hotel 2 Star
29 The Royal Demazong Chongay, East Sikkim Hotel 3 Star
30 The Royal Plaza Syari, Gangtok East Sikkim Hotel 4 Star
31 The Keepsa Residency Kazi Road,Gangtok, East Sikkim Hotel 2Star
32 Mayell & Frasers (P) Ltd. Bagey Khola, East Sikkim Liquors
33 Macloeds Pharmaceuticals Aho , East Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
34 Hotel Tamarind J.N Road, Chandmari, East Hotel 3 Star
Sikkim
35 Hotel Lakar Gangtok, East Sikkim Hotel 2 Star
36 Hotel Deliso Abode Gangtok East Sikkim Hotel 3 Star
37 Hotel Mt. Siniolchu Enchey, Gangtok East Sikkim Hotel 3 Star
38 Hotel Tara Palace Namnang, Gangtok East Sikkim Hotel 3 Star
39 Le Primula Church Road Gangtok Hotel 3 Star
40 Sun Pharma Drugs Laboratories Namli Block Ranipool East Pharmaceuticals
Ltd Unit II Sikkim
SOUTH DISTRICT-
Sl. Name Location Main Activity
No Manufacturing
.
1 Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. Mamring , South Sikkim Cosmetics/ Toileteries
2 Alkem Health Science Ltd. Unit- Samardung, South Sikkim Pharmaceuticals
I
3 IPCA Laboratories Ltd. Bharikhola, Jorethang,South Pharmaceuticals
Sikkim
4 Epitome Plast-O-Pack. Manpur, South Sikkim Pet preform
5 Zydus Wellness Sikkim Mamring, South Sikkim Cosmetics/ Food
Products
6 SICPA India (P) Ltd. Mamring, South Sikkim High Security Ink

7 Sikkim Organics Manpur, South Sikkim Petroleum Based

Products
8 RPC Polymers (P) Ltd. Manpur South Sikkim Pet preform

9 Ess Vee Gee Breweries (P) Ltd. Manpur, South Sikkim ENA/Cattle feed
10 Yuksum Breweries Ltd. Melli South Sikkim Beer
11 Swiss Garnier Genexiaa Sciences Mamring Busty P.O Rangpo Cosmetics
South Sikkim -737132
12 Micro Labs Ltd. Mamring Namthang Road P.O Pharmaceuticals
Rangpo South Sikkim -737132

WEST DISTRICT-
Sl. Name Location Main Activity
No Manufacturing
.
1 The Aryan Regency Lower Pelling, West Sikkim Hotel 2 Star
2 The Retreat by Zuri Baiguney West Sikkim Hotel 3 Star

NORTH DISTRICT-
Sl. Name Location Main Activity
No Manufacturing
.
1 The Modern Regency Lachung North Sikkim Hotel 2 Star
The State public Sector Enterprises are:

 SIDICO – Sikkim Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Ltd.,

Bhanu Path, Tashiling, Gangtok, East Sikkim :
.

 GFPF- Governemnt Food Preservation Factory, Singtham, East Sikkim

 Temi Tea Estate, Temi South Sikkim

However, three of the State Public Sector undertakings have been closed because these
units have been incurring huge losses over the years. These three units are SITCO, Sikkim
Jewels Ltd. and SPI Ltd.
LIST OF PROSPECTIVE INDUSTRIES/ MSME ACTIVITIES IN SIKKIM

1. Potato Wafers.
2. Spice & Curry Powder.
3. Pickles & Condiments.
4. Popcorn
5. Mini Bakery
6. Wax Candle
7. Detergent (Cake/Liquid)
8. Screen Printing
9 Automobile Servicing
10. Laundry
11. Beauty Parlor
12. Readymade Garments
13. School Bags & Uniform Fabrication.
14. G.I. Wire Netting for Boulder Binding
15. Steel wooden furniture fabrication/repair
16. Carpentry Shop
17. Watch repairing and servicing
18.Paper/ Leaf Plate Making
19. Vermi composting
20. Mini Printing Press
21. Tourist Information service centre
22. Poultry
23. Piggery
24. Herbal Medicine
25 Repairing of Electrical and Electronics Household items
27 Cut flower preservation
28 Umbrella Assembly
29 Video & Audio CD Recording
30 PCO & Xerox
31 X-Ray & Diagnostic Centres
32 Orchid & Exotic Plant Packaging
33 Medicinal Plant cultivation
34 Milk & milk products processing.
35 Squash, Jam & Jelly etc.
36. Wool Knitting both by hand and machine operated
37. Packaging unit of food products and other items
38. Incense stick from local forest based products
39. Spectacle lens grinding
40 Tea Packaging
41. Sanitary Napkins
42. Sugar Candy.
43. Dehydrated leaf/flower/plants
44. Stone chips crushing (Mobile stationery)
45. Aluminum Fabricated Door & Windows
46. M.S. Rolling & collapsible Shutters
 47. Wrought Iron furniture
48. M.S. Building Hardware
49. Umbrella assembling unit
50. Automobile garage
51. Two & three wheeler repairing & servicing
52. Broom Bindings
53. Pump & Generator set repairing & servicing
55. Distribution & Logistics Boxes
56. Heater/Geysers
57. Servicing of Electrical gadgets.
58. Tapioca Papad/Powder.
59. Woolen Garments Manufacturing.

Future Prospect: The future prospect of the development of the enterprises in the state is
very encouraging. A good number of small and medium manufacturing industries have also
been set up in the state. These units are providing employment opportunities not only to the
unemployed youths of the state but also to those from outside the state. These industries are
mainly engaged in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, chemicals, pet bottles, food
products, iron rods, liquors, paper cartons, etc. Further, with the development of tourism in
the state many small and medium service units have been set up. These units are mainly
engaged in Hotels & Resorts, Home Stays,etc.

Reason Why You Should Consider Investment in Sikkim:

 Most peaceful state in the country

 Availability of quality power supplies
 Abundant water
 Harmonious Labour relationship
 All four districts are „No Industry District‟
 Availability of sufficient educated man power
 Investors‟ friendly atmosphere
 Superb transportation and communication network
 Attractive packages of incentives

For development of Industries in the State of Sikkim Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Govt. of India vide no. 14(2)/2002-SPS
Dated 23rd December 2002 approved a special package of Incentives.
THE POLICY INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN BY THE CENTRAL & STATE GOVT.

The State Govt. of Sikkim has embarked upon the rapid industrialization of the state.
It has enacted a no. of policy measures to assist the investors for setting up industries in Sikkim.
These measures include among others investment subsidy on total investment; subsidy on
captive power generating sets; special incentive to the pioneer unit; special incentives for
women entrepreneurs; stipendiary support for EDP; allotment of land; subsidy on state
transport; power subsidy, etc. Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion, Govt. of India has approved a package of fiscal incentives and other
concessions for the North East Region which include among others excise duty exemption;
income tax exemption; capital investment subsidy; interest subsidy; comprehensive insurance;
incentives for service/ other sector industries; incentives for bio-technology industry; incentives
for power generating industries; transport subsidy,etc. The Policy Initiatives undertaken by the
State and Central Govt. towards industrialization of the state is given below:
 EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY
AUTHORITY

Gangtok Friday, 7th July, 2000 No. 232

GOVERNMENT OF
SIKKIM LAW
DEPARTMENT
GANGTOK
No. 18/LD/2000 Dated 6.7.2000
NOTIFICATION

The following Act of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly having received the
assent of the Governor of 3rd day of July,2000 is hereby published for general information.

THE SIKKIM INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION AND

INCENTIVE ACT,2000
(ACT NO. 18 OF
2000)
AN
ACT

To make provisions for incentives for tiny, small scale, medium scale and
large scale industries set up within the State of Sikkim.
Whereas it is expedient to make provisions for incentives for tiny, small
scale, medium scale and large scale industries set up within the state of Sikkim.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty first Year of the

Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be called The Sikkim Industrial Promotion and Incentive
Act,2000
(2) It shall come into force at once.
Application
2. This Act shall be applicable to all industrial units existing on the date of
commencement of this Act and also the industrial unit as may be set up
after the
Commencement of this Act. Notwithstanding anything contained herein the industries
set up
prior to commencement of this Act and enjoyed benefits, concessions, incentives
or some other package of subsidies etc. for a period of five years under any
Notification or Rules or
Orders of Schemes etc. shall not be eligible for any benefits under this act.
Definitions
1. In this Act unless the context otherwise required:-
(a) “Artisan and tiny units, small Scale Units and Medium/Large scale Units” mean an
Industrial Unit as defined by the government of India from time to time and includes
co-
 (b) “Capital” means the total investment of money on tangible assets like building,
etc. And intangible assets like good will,
(c) “Company” means a unit registered under the provision of the law relating to
registration of Companies for the time being in force in the State;
(d) “Co-operative Society” means any co-operative industrial unit registered under the
Sikkim Co-operative Society Act, 1978;

(e) “Fixed Investment” means investment made in land building, plant and machineries
and other capital goods;
(f) “Partnership Firm” means a unit formed by two or more persons;
(g) “Proprietorship” means a unit owned by a single person‟
(h) “Small Scale Industry” means where the investment in fixed assets in plant and
machineries, (i.e. excluding the cost of land, building, etc.) whether held on ownership
terms or on lease or on hire purchase, not exceeding 100 lakhs;
(i) “Working Capital” means that component of fund loan which is required for meeting
up the expenditure on day to day operation of a unit including cost of inventories, raw
materials, component works in progress and operative expenses like wages, salaries,
power charges and other recurring expenses;
(j) “Working Capital Loan” means a loan required for acquisition current assets for
meeting day to day requirements of an industrial unit for completing the operation cycle
and include cash credit and over draft facilities and any other short term loan required by
the industrial unit;
(k) “Year”
st means the financial year commencing on the first day of April and ending on
the 31 day of March next following.

Disqualification
2. Where an industrial unit falls to furnish any information or material particulars or record
or document or having received the benefits available under the act is found to have
resorted to malpractice or misused benefits of concessions or suppresses or furnishes
wrong information or is otherwise found to have not acted bonafide shall be disqualified
from availing any benefits or concession or incentive under the Act.

Sanctioning, recovery, Reimbursement etc.

3. Sanctioning authority for benefits/incentives under this Act shall be such as would be
notified by the State Government from time to time who shall also be the authority to
receive all applications for such incentives or benefits and also shall deal with any issue of
recovery, reimbursement or adjustment.

Subsidy of Interest on Working Capital

4. Where an industry has received or is eligible to receive subsidy on interest, such subsidy
will be for interest in excess of 14% of the interest payable by the industrial unit on the
working capital loan and will be available for a period of five years in the following
manner to different categories of industries from the date of obtaining the loan.

Artisan and Tiny Small Scale Units Medium/Large

Scale Units Scale Units

Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees Rs. 50,000.00 Rs. 1,00,000.00

Ten thousand) or actual (Rupees fifty thousand) (Rupees one lakh)
Difference in interest or actual difference or actual,difference
w hichever is less, interest, whichever is less in interest whichever
Is less.
Price Preference
5. Industrial units either small or large set up within the territory of State of Sikkim shall
enjoy a price preference to the extent of 15% over the rates of price quoted for same
product having same or equivalent quality brought from outside the state.
Subsidy on power
6. An industrial unit consuming power unto Rs.50,000.00 per annum shall be eligible
for 50% reimbursement.
Exemption on security deposit and/or earnest money.
7. Industrial unit shall be exempted from payment of security deposit and or earnest
money in respect of lenders or quotations for purchase of stores by Government
Department.
International Standard Organisation/Indian Standard Institute Certification.
8. The industrial unit shall obtain Indian Standard Institute/International Standard
Organisation Certificate in respect of their products to compete at the state and national
level and to ensure product quality and for such the State Government shall reimburse
100% of the expenditure incurred on the registration fees, testing fees, annual license fees,
purchase of testing equipment provided the maximum amount payable by way of
reimbursement shall not exceed Rs.25,000.00.
Subsidy on Registration Fee of Promotion council, Indian Standard Institution,
Commodity Board, Chamber of Commerce.
9. The amount spent by an industrial unit in obtaining a registration with Promotion
Council. Indian standard institution, Commodity Board, Chamber of Commerce, etc. shall
be reimbursed to the unit, subject to a maximum of rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) or
the actual registration fee, whichever is less.
Taxation matter
10. Exemption under Notification No.2/TIC dated the 16th February,1974 will continue.
Periods of exemption
13. (1) The benefits, concessions or exemptions as conferred under this
Act shall be for such period as may be notified by the sanctioning
authority.
(2) The sanctioning authority may with the approval of the Government from
time to time, notify such additional benefits, concessions or exemptions
applicable to industrial units as may be considered desirable.
Power to Remove Difficulties
14. If any difficulty arises in given effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may
be order not in consistent with the provisions of this Act, remove such difficulties.

Repea
l All the notifications, orders, instructions, circulars, schemes etc. issued from time to
time for
the purpose of extending benefits/incentives/concessions to industry both tiny, small
scale or medium/large scale industry are hereby repeated.
By Order of the Governor.

T.D. Rinzing,
Secretary to the Govt. of
Sikkim, Law Department
 SIKKIM

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Gangtok Monday18th August, 2003 No. 264
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Gangtok Monday18th August, 2003 No. 264
GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM
LAW DEPARTMENT
GANGTOK
No. 11/LD/RC/2003 Dated 13th August,2003
NOTIFICATION
The following Act of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly having received the assent of
the Governor on 4th day of August,2003 is published for general information:-
THE SIKKIM INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION AND INCENTIVE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003
(ACT NO. 11 OF 2003)
AN
ACT
To amend the Sikkim Industrial Promotion and Incentives Act,2002.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-Fourth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:-

Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Industrial
commencement Promotion and incentive (Amendment) Act,2003

(2) It shall come into force at once.

.
Amendment of 2. In the Sikkim Industrial Promotion and incentive Act 2000,
Section 2. (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), section 2 shall be
Renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and in sub-
section (1) as so renumbered, for the work “five” the work “ten” shall
be substituted and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the
following sub-sections shall be inserted,
namely:-
“(2) The scheme will also be applicable to existing units in
case of diversification, modernization and expansion.”

(3) diversification modernization and expansion should entail

enhancement in the existing capacity by at least 25% and the
package of incentive admissible to the unit shall relate to the
expanded portion only. For the purpose of this calculation un-
depreciated value of the capital investment made on land,
building, plant and machinery of the unit will be taken into
consideration.
Amendment of 3. In the said Act, in section 3,
Section 3 i) After clause (d) following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-
“(dd) diversification” means separately identifiable investment made
by an existing Industrial unit in the fixed capital assets to set up a
project for manufacturing of new product(s) provided that the
additional investment in the fixed assets is not less that 25% of the
gross fixed capital and increase of additional employment is at least by
10%.

“Expansion” of an industrial units means additional fixed unit. For

the purpose of calculation, gross value of all the capital investment made on
land, building and plant machinery of the existing unit will be taken into
consideration. Expansion whall also imply an increase of at least 25% in the
existing installed capacity as well as increase of additional employment of at
least by 10%. Prior to going for expansion, the units should be operating at
least at a minimum of 80% capacity during the three previous years.”
(ii) after clause (e),the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

“(ee) “Modernization” means separately identifiable investment made by an

existing industrial unit in the fixed capital technology having a definite
advantage in reduction of cost of production provided that the additional
investment in the fixed assets should not be less that 25% of the gross fixed
capital.

The incentive available to the unit undergoing

expansion/diversification/modernization shall be for the additional investment
made and/or the increase in production over the average of three previous
years prior to the year when the unit goes for expansion/diversification as
applicable. The year for this purpose shall mean a financial year. The units
which have taken up expansion/diversification/modernization plan prior to
coming into force of this policy should intimate the concerned agency within
three months from the date of implementation of the policy”.
Amendment of 4. In the said Act, for the existing section 5, the following Section 5.
section shall be substituted, namely:-
“Sanctioning For the benefits/incentives under this Act, the following
Authority 5 authorities shall have the power of sanctioning namely:-
(1) General Manager of District Industries Centres up to Rs.10,000/-
(Rupees ten thousand).
(2) Director of industries upto rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh)
(3) Secretary Industries up to rs.1,50,000/- (Rupees one lakh and fifty
thousand).
(4) Minister-in-charge, Industries – all cases above Rs.1.5 lakhs to rs.
5 lakhs (Rupees five lakhs)
(5) There shall be a Committee constituted under the Scheme
consisting of the Minister Industries with secretary, Industries,
secretary, Finance and director Industries as members who shall
sanction subsidies incentive between rs. 5 to 8 lakhs (Rupees five
to eight lakhs).
(6) All cases above Rs. 8 lakhs (Rupees eight lakhs) will be placed in
the Cabinet.”
Insertion of 5. In the said Act, after section 6, the following sections shall
New section be inserted, namely:-
6A. An investment subsidy on the total investment shall be “Subsidy
on State provided on a graded level to the industry. It will be
Capital Investment available to both new as well as those carrying out
expansion, diversification or modernization activities.

Artisan and Tiny SmallScaleIndustries Medium/Large

Scale Unit Scale Unit Scale Unit
a) 15 percent of total a) 10 percent of total a) 5 percent of total
capital investment capital investment capital investment in
in plant and in plant and plant and machinery
machinery subject machinery subject subject to a
to a maximum of to a maximum of maximum of
rs.30,000/- Rs.5 lacs. (Rs. Rs.10 lakhs (Rupees
(Rupees thirty Five lakhs) ten lakhs)).
thousand). .
b) 30 percent of total b) For units set up by b) For units set up by
capital investment local entrepreneurs local entrepreneurs
in plant and 10 percent of total 10 percent of
machinery subject capital investment total capital
to a maximum of in plant and investment in plant
rs.60,000/- machinery subject and machinery
(Rupees sixty to a maximum of subject to a
thousand), for Rs. 10 lakhs (Rs. maximum of Rs,15
units set up by Ten lakhs). lakhs (Rupees fifteen
local lakhs).
entrepreneurs.
c) For units set up in c) For units set up in c) For units set up in the
the thrust areas 20 the thrust areas 15 thrust area 10 percent
percent of total percent of total of total capital
capital investment capital investment investment in plant and
in plant and in plant and machinery, subject to a
machinery subject machinery subject maximum of Rs.15
to a maximum of to a maximum of lakhs (Rupees fifteen
Rs.40,000/- (Rs. Rs. 7 lakhs (Rs. lakhs)
Forty thousand). Seven lakhs)
d) For units set up in d) For units set up in d) for units set up in the
the thrust areas by the thrust areas by thrust areas by local
local local entrepreneurs entrepreneurs 20 % of
entrepreneurs 20 15 percent of total total capital investment
percent of total capital investment in plant and
capital investment in plant and machinery, subject to a
in plant and machinery subject maximum of Rs. 30
machinery subject to a maximum of lakhs (Rupees thirty
to a maximum of Rs.14 lakhs lakhs).
rs.80,000/- (Rupees fourteen
(Rupees eighty lakhs)..
thousand).
Subsidy on 6B (1) In order to encourage and assist industrial units to be
Captive power self sufficient in their requirements of powers, the State
Generating sets. Government shall subsidies upto 20 percent of the clost of purchase of
captive power generating sets subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh
(Rupees one lakh). And in case of units set up by local entrepreneurs
subsidy will be 50 percent subject to a maximum of rs.2 lakhs.

(2) Industries set up in the thrust area shall get a 30 percent subsidy
subject to a maximum of rs.1.25 lakhs (Rupees one lakhs and twenty
five thousand). Incase of units set up by local entrepreneurs in the
thrust area subsidy will be 60 percent subject to a maximum of rs.2.50
lakhs.
Special incentive 6C. a new unit with fixed capital investment exceeding As. 3
To the Pioneer Unit crores set up in a district where there are no medium or large Scale
Industries will be given pioneer status. Such unit will be eligible for
additional state Capital Investment Subsidy of 5% of fixed capital
investment subject to a ceiling of rs.1.0 lakhs. Such units will also be
given Power subsidy for an additional period of 2 years.
Special incentive 6D. Special incentives as detailed below shall be granted to
for women Women entrepreneurs namely:-
entrepreneurs. (1) Additional state Capital Investment subsidy of 5% subject to a
ceiling of Rs.5 lakhs which constitute more than 50% of the workforce
in the industry.
(2) additional Interest Subsidy on working capital of 2% subject to a
ceiling of 1 lakh for a period of three years from the date of
commencement of commercial production.
(3) Built up factory sheds shall be allotted to the women entrepreneur
on priority basis and the rent will be subsidized @ 75% of the
economic rent for a period of five years from the date of
commencement of commercial production.
Stipendiary 6E. Stipend at the rate of Rs.500/-(Rupees five hundred) per
Support for EDP month trainee shall be provided for training of 100 youth annually for
special entrepreneurship development Programme (EDP) to be
conducted by Government approved/recognized institutions subject to
the condition that the training period shall not be less than 3 (three)
month duration.
Reimbursement of 6F. Small Scale, Village and cottage Industrial Units will be Stamp
Duty and reimbursed in full for the amount paid towards stamp duty Registration Fee
and registration fee for securing loans and other incentives from
Financial Institutions including mortgage of fixed assets. The
reimbursement will be admissible after disbursement of loan by
financial Institutions/Banks and will be subject to the condition that the
assets mortgaged would not be transferred for a period of 5 years.
Local employment 6G.(1) The state Government will reimburse annually upto
Promotion grant 30% (thirty percent) of the realistic wage bill for local employees.
This would be for three years from the date of entertainment. The
maximum limit of such subsidy is Rs.1 lakh (Rupees one lakh)
(2) Fifty percent of the cost incurred on the training of local employees
will be reimbursed subject to the following conditions namely:-
(a) Such trained person shall be absorbed in the unit failing which the
unit will refund the subsidy amount paid for the same.
(b) Training shall be conducted in an Institute approved by the State
Government.
Subsidy on cost 6H (1) Cost of Laboratory Equipment for the purpose of
Incurred on quality quality control and ISI certification subject to a maximum
Control measures of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) per unit will be reimbursed in
cases where it does not form part of the project cost. For local
entrepreneurs rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) per unit will be
reimbursed.
(2) Export oriented units committing to export at least 50% (fifty
percent) of the value of the turnover will be eligible for an additional
reimbursement of rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh) against such quality
control measures. For local entrepreneurs Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees two
lakhs) will be reimbursed.

Subsidy on 6I An industrial unit shall receive a one time subsidy on

Consultancy on consultancy charge paid to an approved consultant as per‟
Service the scale noted below:-

(1) For project upto Rs. 10 lakhs 3% subject to maximum (Rupees

ten lakhs) of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees
twenty thousand). For
local entrepreneurs 6%
subject to maximum of
Rs.40,000/- (Rupees
forty thousand).
(2) For project above Rs.1.0 lakhs 3% subject to a maximum of
Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh).
For local entrepreneurs 6%
subject to maximum of
Rs.2,00,000/- (Rs. Two lakhs)

Subsidy on study 6J Entrepreneurs sent out side Sikkim with the approval of
tours and inplant the Director of Industries for study tours and in plant
Training. Training shall be eligible for reimbursement of the return
journey expenses of second class train fare and an allowance of
Rs.1,000/- (Rupees one thousand) per monism per entrepreneur;
Provided that the period of such a study tour/inplant training
should not exceed three months and the entrepreneur shall give an
 undertaking in writing to the Department of Industries that he/she
shall start an industrial unit after obtaining the necessary technical
know how of the industry concerned.

The study tour and in plant training for a period not exceeding
three months may also be made available for workers who are sent
outside the state.

Provided that the industrial unit sending such workers shall obtain
and undertaking from them that than shall work in the unit at least
for a period of three years from the date they complete training.
The reimbursement of expenditure on return journey of second
class by train and allowance of rs.500/- (Rs. Five hundred) per
workers shall be eligible to the industrial unit concerned in such
cases.
Allotment of land 6K The state Government shall endeavour to provide a developed land
with all infrastructure facilities at Growth Centres to all new units
except those in the “Services” and Village Industries Sector” in the
following manner, namely:-

1) The developed land will be allotted on lease basis for a

period of 30 (thirty) years.
2) The State Government will subsides the cost of land
development at the rates given below:

a) Small Scale Industries – 25%

b) Export Oriented Unit and Units owned and managed by local
Entrepreneurs – 30%
c) Large and medium Units (as per definition) – 15%

3) The cost of land development will be recovered from the

allottee or Industrial units after framing allotment rules,
which shall be notified.

Subsidy on State 6L The State Government shall provide transport subsidy

Transport of 50% for transportation of plant and machineries from
any part of India to the location of unit in Sikkim at maximum
limit of Rs. 1 lakh (Ruppes one lakh). For local entrepreneurs the
maximum limit will be Rs. 2 lakhs (Rupees two lakhs)

Subsidy for 6M A subsidy of 50% shall be admissible to meet the cost of

Technical knowhow technical know-how obtained from organizations
approved in advance by Government of Sikkim on a case to case
basis. The subsidy will be released only on commencement of
commercial production. The subsidy will be 60% for Small Scale
Industrial Units set up in thrust areas and Export Oriented Unit.
Special Incentives 6N Special incentives shall be granted to the Agro and
For Agro & Food Food processing industries as detailed below:
Processing Industries
1. Additional state capital Investment Subsidy of 5% subject to a
ceiling of rs. 5 lakhs for agro and food processing industries.
2. 50% of the cost payable for getting Food Product Order (FPO)
license/AGMARK/Trade Mark for the products for food
processing industries subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs. 1
lakh (Rs. One lakh)

Amendment of section 6 In the said Act, for the existing section 8, the following section
shall be substituted namely:-

Power Subsidy 8 (1) There shall be 100% reimbursement of power bill

for an industrial unit consuming up to Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees
fifty thousand) per annum. The reimbursement above
Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) shall be to the extent of Rs.
50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) plus 25 percent of the balance
of actual payment subject to a maximum of Rs. 2 lakhs.
(Rupees two lakhs)
(2) The state government shall grant a subsidy of 30 percent
power tariff to industrial units coming up in Growth Centre in
Thrust Areas.
(3) 50% of the cost incurred on linking of power from the main
line to the factory shed subject to a maximum ceiling of
Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand)

(4) Power tariff to the Industries shall be levied at the cost of

production as and when available.
Insertion of new section 7 In the said Act, after section 12, the following
section shall be inserted, namely:-
Concession on state 12A (1) the State Sales Taxes shall be exempted for a
And Central Sales Tax period of 10 (ten) years from the date of
commencement of actual Commercial
Production. However, for the units set up in the thrust
areas, the exemption period will be 12 (twelve) years.
(2) The levy of State excise duty and sales tax on units
manufacturing alcoholic products will continue as per
notification 6/CGO/90/DI/95-96/784 dated 03/10/2000.
(3) Exemption o f C e n t r a l S a l e s Taxes and
Central Excise Duties will be governed by
various Notifications/Orders issued by Government of
India in this regard.
By Order

T.D. Rinzing
Secretary to the Govt. of Sikkim
Law department
F.No.16(82)LD/2003
 SIKKIM

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAODDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Gangtok Monday, 17th February,2003 No.32
GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES

No. GO/2/DI/2002-2003/901 Dated 17/2/2003

NOTIFICATION

The Notification/Memorandum issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry,

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Govt. of India vide No.14(2)/2002-SPS,
dated 23rd December,2002 approving a special package of incentives for development of
Industries in the State of Sikkim, is hereby reproduced for general information of the public
and the entrepreneurs as under:

No. 14(2)/2002-SPS
Government of India,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
(Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion)
New Delhi, Dated 23rd Dec.,2002.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: New Industrial Policy and other concessions for the State of Sikkim.
The Government of Sikkim has requested for a special package for
development of industries in the state on the lines for the North East Industrial Policy notified
by the Central Government vide Ministry of Industry‟s OM No. EA/1/2/96-IPD dated 24th
Dec.,1997. Discussions on strategy and Action Plan for development of Industries and
generation of employment in the State of Sikkim were held with the various related
Ministries on the issues inter alia, infrastructure development, financial concessions and easy
market access.

2. Keeping in view the fact that the state of Sikkim lags behind in industrial
development, a need has been felt for structured interventionist strategies to accelerate
industrial development of the State and boost investor confidence. The new initiatives would
provide the required incentives as well as an enabling environment for industrial
development, improve availability of capital and increase market access to provide a fillip to
the private investment in the state.

3. The matter has been carefully considered by the Government and it has been
decided to provide the following package of incentives for the State of Sikkim.
3.1 Fiscal Incentives to new Industrial Units and substantial expansion of existing
units:
i) New industrial units and existing industrial units on their substantial expansion
as defined, set up in Growth Centre, Industrial Infrastructure Development
Centers (IIDC) and other locations like industrial Estates, Export Processing
Zones, Food Parks, IT Parks, etc., as notified by the Central Government are
entitled to 100% (hundred percent) income tax and excise duty exemption for
a period of 10 years from the date of commencement of commercial
production. Thrust Sector Industries as mentioned in Annexure - II are
entitled to similar concessions in the entire State of Sikkim without area
restrictions.
ii) All New industries in the notified location would be eligible for capital
investment subsidy @ 15% of their investment in plant and machinery, subject
to a ceiling of As 30 lakhs. The existing units will be entitled to this subsidy
on substantial expansion, as defined.
iii) An interest subsidy of 3% on the working capital loan would be provided to all
new industrial units in notified locations for a period of 10 years after the
commencement of commercial production. This benefit would also be
extended to existing units in notified locations on expansion as defined, as
well as to Thrust Industries shown in Annexure – II.
iv) The insurance premium to the extent of hundred percfent on capital
investment for a period of 10 years would be extended by the Central
Government to all new units and to existing units on their substantial
expansion, as defined.

3.2 Development of Industrial Infrastructure:

i) The funding pattern under the Growth Centre Scheme currently envisaging a
Central assistance of As 10 crore for each centre is raised to As 15 crore per
centre.
ii) The financing pattern of Integrated Infrastructure Development Centres (IIDC)
between Government of India and SIDBI will change from 2:3 to 4:1, and the
GOI funds would be in the nature of a grant, so as to provide the required
infrastructures support.

3.3 The above concessions/subsidies shall be available to all new units and to the
existing industrial units on their substantial expansion as defined, in the
industrial areas notified by the central Government (Annexure-I) and Thrust
Industries (Annexure-II) irrespective of location.
3.4 Ineligible industries under the policy:

Tobacco and tobacco products including cigarettes/cigars/gutka, etc. Aerated

branded beverages, and Pollution causing paper and paper products.

3.5 Nodal Agency:

 North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFI) would be
designated as the Nodal Agency for routing the subsidies/incentives under
various schemes notified under this policy.

Explanation:

(i) The eligible areas for above concessions and thrust industries are as
identified in Annex-I & Annex-II respectively.
(ii) The notification regarding definition of substantial expansion of the
existing units shall be issued separately.

4. Government reach, yes the right to modify any part of the policy in public interest.

5. The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Department of Development of

North Eastern Region, etc. are requested to amend Act/rules/notifications, etc. and
issue necessary instructions for giving affect to these decisions.

Secretary Industries
Govt. of Sikkim

Annexure – I

Identified locations for notification under the new industrial Policy for the State of Sikkim.

1. EAST DISTRICT
Gangtok Sub-Division in East District
Rangpo-Mazitar-Bardang-Singtam-Topachani-Martam-32 Mile-West Namli
(Radong)-Samlik-Marchak-Ranipool-Tadong-Deorali-Gangtok-Burtuk-
Bhojogari-Panthang-Pen long-Adam Pool-Rumatek.
Pakyong Sub-Division in East District
Ranipool-Saramsa-Aho-Chota Singtam-Namchey Boong-Lal Turning-
Pakyong.
2. SOUTH DISTRICT
Namchi Sub-Division in South District
Melli-Lower Kitam-Manpur-Mazitar-Jorethang-(Along the state Highway)
Jorethand-Karfektar-Chisopant-Nandugaon-Namchi-Boomtar-Mamring

3. WEST DISTRICT
Soreng Sub-Division in west District
Rohtak-Piplay-Baiguney-Reshi-Legship-Naya Bazar-Cudang-Soreng
4. NORTH DISTRICT

Mangan Sub-Division in North District

Chungthang
Chungthang Sub-Division in North District
Lachen-Lachung
 Annexure – II

THRUST INDUSTRIES
Sl.No. Activity

1. Agro-based industries- Floriculture & Horticulture.

2. Animal Husbandry & Dairy Products.
3. Minor Forest Based Products.
4. Handloom, Handicraft & Village Industries.
5. Tourism/ Hospitality.
6. Precision Oriented, High Value, Low Volume Products.
7. Hydel Power.
8. Tea.
9. Education.
10. Pharma Products
11. Biotechnology
 File No. 10(3)/2007-DBA-

II/NER Government of India

Ministry of Commerce and

Industry

Department of Industrial Policy and

Promotion

New Delhi dated the 1st April, 2007

OFFICE
MEMORANDUM

Subject: North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007

The Government has approved a package of fiscal incentives and other concessions for
the North East Region namely „The North East Industrial and Investment Promotion
Policy (NEIIPP), 2007’, effective from 1.4.2007, which, inter-alia, envisages the
following:

(i)
Coverage :

The North East Industrial Policy (NEIP), 1997 announced on 24/12/1997 covered
the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
and Tripura. Under NEIIPP, 2007, Sikkim will also be included. Consequently, the
„New Industrial Policy and other concessions for the State of Sikkim‟ announced
vide O.M. No. 14(2)/2002-SPS dated 23/12/2002 and the Schemes there under i.e.
Central Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme, 2002, Central Interest Subsidy Scheme,
2002 and Central Comprehensive Insurance Scheme, 2002, notified vide
Notifications No. F. No.
14(2)/2002-SPS dated the 24.12.2002 will be discontinued from
1.4.2007.

(ii)
Duration

All new units as well as existing units which go in for substantial expansion, unless
otherwise specified and which commence commercial production within the 10 year
period from the date of notification of NEIIPP, 2007 will be eligible for incentives
for a period of ten years from the date of commencement of commercial production.

(iii) Neutrality of location :

 Incentives will be available to all industrial units, new as well as existing units on
their substantial expansion, located anywhere in the North Eastern Region.
Consequently, the distinction between „thrust‟ and „non-thrust‟ industries made in
NEIP, 1997 will be discontinued from 1.4.2007.

(iv) Substantial Expansion :

Incentives on substantial expansion will be given to units effecting „an increase by

not less than 25% in the value of fixed capital investment in plant and machinery for
the purpose of expansion of capacity/modernization and diversification‟, as
against an increase by 33 ½ % which was prescribed in NEIP, 1997.

(v) Excise Duty Exemption :

100% Excise Duty exemption will be continued, on finished products made in the
North Eastern Region, as was available under NEIP, 1997. However, in cases, where
the CENVAT paid on the raw materials and intermediate products going into
the production of finished products (other than the products which are otherwise
exempt or subject to nil rate of duty) is higher than the excise duties payable on the
finished products, ways and means to refund such overflow of CENVAT
credit will be separately notified by the Ministry of Finance.

(vi) Income Tax Exemption :

100% Income Tax Exemption will continue under NEIIPP, 2007 as was available
under
NEIP,
1997.

(vii) Capital Investment Subsidy:

Capital Investment Subsidy will be enhanced from 15% of the investment in plant
and machinery to 30% and the limit for automatic approval of subsidy at this rate
will be Rs. 1.5 crores per unit, as against Rs. 30 lakhs as was available under NEIP,
1997. Such subsidy will be applicable to units in the private sector, joint sector,
cooperative sector as well as the units set up by the State Governments of the North
Eastern Region. For grant of Capital Investment Subsidy higher than Rs. 1.5 crore
but upto a maximum of Rs. 30 crores, there will be an Empowered Committee
Chaired by Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion with
Secretaries of Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER),
Expenditure, Representative of Planning Commission and Secretary of the
concerned Ministries of the Government of India dealing with the subject matter
of that industry as its members are also the
concerned Chief Secretary/Secretary(Industry) of the North Eastern State where the
claiming unit is to be located. Proposals which are eligible for a subsidy higher than
Rs. 30 crores, will be placed by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
before the Union Cabinet for its consideration and approval.

(viii) Interest Subsidy :

 Interest Subsidy will be made available @ 3% on working capital loan
under
NEIIPP, 2007 as was available under NEIP, 1997.

(ix) Comprehensive Insurance :

New industrial units as well as the existing units on their substantial expansion will
be eligible for reimbursement of 100% insurance premium

The following industries will not be eligible for benefits under NEIIPP, 2007:-

(x) Negative List :

(i) All goods falling under Chapter 24 of the First Schedule to the Central
Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) which pertains to tobacco and
manufactured tobacco substitutes.
(ii) Pan Masala as covered under Chapter 21 of the First Schedule to the
Central
Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986).
(iii) Plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by Ministry
of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O. 705(E) dated
02.09.1999 and S.O. 698 (E) 17.06.2003.
(iv) Goods falling under Chapter 27 of the First Schedule to the Central
Excise
Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) produced by petroleum oil or gas refineries.

(xi) Incentives for Service/Other Sector Industries

Incentives under NEIIPP, 2007 will be applicable to the following service sector
activities/industries:

I. Service Sector :

(i) Hotels (not below Two Star category), adventure and leisure sports
including ropeways;

(ii) Medical and health services in the nature of nursing homes with a
minimum capacity of 25 beds and old age homes;

(iii) Vocational training institutes such as institutes for hotel management,

catering and food crafts, entrepreneurship development, nursing and para-
medical, civil aviation related training, fashion, design and industrial
training.

A number of tax concessions under the existing provisions of Section 10A and
10AA of the Income Tax Act are already available to the IT sector. However, one
of the important impediments to the development of Software Technology
Parks or IT related SEZs in the North Eastern Region is the non-availability of
trained human resources in the North Eastern Region. Accordingly, tax benefits as
is availed under Section 80 IC of the Income Tax Act would be extended to IT
related training centres and IT hardware units.
II. Incentives for Bio-technology industry :

The biotechnology industry will be eligible for benefits under NEIIPP, 2007 as
applicable to other industries.

III. Incentives for Power Generating Industries :

Power Generating Plants will continue to get incentives as governed by the

provisions of Section 81 A of the Income Tax Act. In addition, Power Generating
Plants upto 10
MW based on both conventional and non-conventional sources will also be
eligible for Capital Investment Subsidy, Interest Subsidy and Comprehensive
Insurance as applicable under NEIIPP, 2007.

(xii) Establishment of monitoring mechanism for implementation of the

NEIIPP,
20
07
:
In order to establish a monitoring mechanism for implementation of NEIIPP,
2007, a
„High Level Committee‟/an „Advisory Committee‟ under the Chairmanship of
Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and comprising
Secretaries of the Ministries/Departments of Revenue, Department of
Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), Banking and Insurance,
Representative of Planning Commission, CMD, NEDFI as well as major
stakeholders including the industry associations of the North Eastern region
would be constituted. In addition, an
„Oversight Committee‟ will be constituted under the Chairmanship of the
Union Commerce and Industry Minister with Industry Ministers of NE States
as its members.

(xiii) Value Addition

In order to ensure genuine industrial activities in the North Eastern Region,

benefits under NEIIPP, 2007 will not be admissible to goods in respect of
which only peripheral activities like preservation during storage, cleaning
operations, packing, re- packing, labeling or re-labeling, sorting, alteration or retail
sale price etc take place

(xiv) Transport Subsidy Scheme

The Transport Subsidy Scheme would continue beyond 31.3.2007, on the same
terms and conditions. However, an early evaluation of the Scheme will be carried
out with a view to introducing necessary safeguards to prevent possible leakages
and misuse.

(xv) Nodal agency.

1. The North East Industrial Development Finance Corporation (NEDFI) will

continue to act as the nodal agency for disbursal of subsidies under NEIIPP, 2007.

2. The „New Industrial Policy and other concession in the North Eastern
 Region‟ announced vide O.M. No. EA/1/2/96-IPD, dated 24.12.1997 (NEIP,
1997) will cease to operate with effect from 1.4.2007. Industrial Units which have
commenced commercial production on or before 31.3.2007 will continue to get
benefits/incentives under NEIP, 1997.

3. Government reserves the right to modify any part of the Policy in public interest.

4. All concerned Ministers/ Departments of the Government of India are requested to

amend their respective Acts/rules/notifications etc. and issue necessary instructions
for giving effect to these decisions.

(N.N. Prasad)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

No.
15/DST/2013
Date: 20/03/2013
NOTIFICATION

The Government of Sikkim is hereby pleased to notify Sikkim State Council

Science and Technology (SSCS&T) as a Nodal Agency for Intellectual Property Right
(IPR) and its related activities in the state in order to promote, streamline and route the
IPR issue in the state.

The terms of reference of the Nodal Agency are as follows:-

1. To act as a Nodal Agency for IPR in the State of Sikkim.

2. To advice the State Government on IPR issues.
3. To promote IPR in the state through awareness activities.
4. Technical supper for Geographical (GI) registration of local items of the state under
Geographical Indication Registration and protection Act, 1999.
5. Support prior art search, drafting & filing of invention (process & products) for
patent Registration under patent Act, 1970.
6. Technical assistance for copyright registration of Literary and Dramatic/Artistic
works as per the copyright Act, 1957.
7. Technical assistance for Trademark and Design registration of Sikkimese
entrepreneur under Trademark Act, 1999 and Design Act, 2000.
8. Technical assistance for registration of local plant variety developed by progressive
frame under farmers Breeders Right (FBR) or by institute/organization under
Protection of plant Variety (PPV and FR) Act, 2001.
9. Documentation of traditional knowledge and its protection for traditional knowledge
Digital Library (TKDL) and other related IPR forms.

BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR

-Sd-
(Karma Gyatso) IAS
Chief Secretary to the Government
File No. STCST/347/Dev
 SIKKIM

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Gangtok, Tuesday 1st May, 2007 No.165

LAW DEPARTMENT

GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM

GANGTOK

No.11/LD/P/07 Date: 01.05.2007

NOTIFICATION

The following Act passed by the Sikkim Legislative Assembly and having received the assent
of the Governor on the 16th day of April, 2007 is hereby published for general information:

THE SIKKIM INDUSTRIAL PROMOTIONAND INCENTIVE (AMENDMENT)

ACT, 2007 (Act No.11 of 2007)

AN ACT

Further to amend the Sikkim Industrial Promotion and Incentive Act 2000

BE it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-eight Year of the Republic of India as
follows:

Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Industrial

Commencement. Promotion and Incentive (Amendment) Act, 2007.

 (2) It shall come into force at once.

Amendment of 2. In the Sikkim Industrial Promotion and Incentive Act

Section 6A 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) Section

6 A shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section

and after that sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the

following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-

(2) “Where an Industrial unit already enjoying a Central

Investment Subsidy” shall not be eligible to claim State

Investment Subsidy under the Act.

Amendment of 3. In the said Act, in sub-section (2) of Section 8, after the

Section 8 words “Thrust Areas”, the words and figure “subject to

maximum of Rs.2 lakhs (Rupees two lakhs) shall be

inserted.

Amendment of 4. In the said Act, for the existing Section 12 A the following

Section 12(A) section shall be substituted, namely:

“12A (1) “The Value Added Tax (VAT) payable by an

Industrial Unit shall be deferred for a period of 10(ten)

years and for a period of 12(twelve) years for notified thrust

industries from the date commencement of actual

commercial production. These industrial units will be

permitted to collect VAT and roll it back as working capital

for the entire period of deferment as the case may be. At the

end of the deferment period, the VAT collected will have to

be remitted to the Government Account in four half yearly

installments. In case of those units which are already

enjoying the sales tax exemption the same will be converted

into VAT deferral scheme as above for the remaining

periods of their exemption as the case may be.”

(2) The levy of State Excise Duty and Sales Tax on units

manufacturing alcoholic/beer products shall be governed by

such notification as may be issued by the State Government

 from time to time.

(3) Central Sales Tax shall not be exempted.

By Order.

R.K.Purkayashta (SSJS)
LR-cum-Secretary,
Law Department
 SIKKIM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Gangtok 11th June,2013 No.281

GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM
LAW DEPARTMENT
GANGTOK

No. 3/LD/RP/13 Dated: 5th June 2013

The following Notification which has been published in the Gazette of India
Part – II section 3 sub-section (II) dated: 5th November, 2012 issued by the
Ministry of Labour and Employment is hereby republished for general
information:-
The Gazette of India
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
WEEKLY
No. 46] NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 11-NOVEMBER 17, 2012,
SATURDAY/KARTIKA20-KARTIKA 26, 1934
Separate Paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filled as a
separate compilation
PART II-Section 3 – Sub-section (II)
Statutory Orders and Notification Issued by the Ministries of the
Government of India
(Other than the Ministry of Defence)
XXXX XXXX
XXXX
XXXX XXXX
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
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New Delhi, the 5th November, 2012
S.O. 3439.--- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of
Section 1 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948) the Central
Government hereby appoints the 1st December, 2012, as the date on which the
provisions of Chapter IV (Except Sections 44 and 45 which have already been
brought into force) and Chapters- V and VI [except sub-section (1) of Section 76
and Section 77,78,79 and 81 which have already been brought into force] of the
said Act shall come into force in the following areas in the State of Sikkim namely
:-
Sl No Name of Revenue Areas Sub Division District
1. Areas falling within limits of Gangtok East Sikkim
Gangtok Municipal Corporation
2. Areas falling within limits of Gangtok East Sikkim
Rangpo Nagar Pachayat
3. Areas falling within limits of Gangtok East
SikkimSingtam Nagar Panchayat
4 . Areas falling within limits of Gangtok East Sikkim
Central Pendam Gram Panchayat
5. Areas falling within limits of Namchi South
SikkimMamring Gram Panchayat
6. Areas falling within limits of Gangtok East Sikkim
Sirwani Chalamthang Nagar
Panchayat

[No S-38013/35/2012-S.S.I]
NARESH JAISWAL, Under Secy.
R.K. Purkayastha,
Advisor –cum- Principal Secretary,
Law & Parliamentary Affairs Department,
Gangtok
 ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIES

Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance to the
entrepreneurs/MSMES

S.No Type of assistance Name and address of

agencies

1. Provisional Registration Certificate 1. District Industries Centre,

( East & North ) Old SITCO
( EM-1) & Permanent Registration complex Deorali, Gangtok
Certificate ( EM-II) East Sikkim.

2. District Industries Centre

( South & West) New
Shopping Plaza, Jorethang,
south Sikkim

2. Identification of product, preparation 1.Directorate of Industries

of project profiles, techno-economic Kazi Road Gangtok,.
and managerial consultancy services,
market survey and economic survey 2 District Industries Centre,
reports. ( East & North ) Old SITCO
complex Deorali, Gangtok
East Sikkim.

3 District Industries Centre (

South & West) New
Shopping Plaza, Jorethang,
south Sikkim

4.MSME-DI , K K Singh
Building , P.O.Tadong,
Gangtok

4. SICON Church Road,

 Gangtok.

5.North Easten
Development Finance
Corporation Ltd. ,
Yangthang House , Kazi
road Gangtok

3. Land and Industrial shed Directorate of Industries

Kazi Road ,Gangtok.

4. Financial Assistance 1. Small Industries

Development Bank of
India, Lamtha
Building, Deorali
Gangtok-737101

2. North Easten
Development
Finance Corporation
Ltd. , Yangthang
House , Kazi road
Gangtok.

3. SIDICO, Bhanupath
Gangtok-737101 .

4. All other
Nationalized Banks &
Financial Institutions.

5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply 1.SIMFED, Sonam Gyatso

Marg, Gangtok East Sikkim-
737101.

2.STCS- Deorali, Gangtok,

East Sikkim-737102.

6. Plant and machinery under hire / NSIC, Industrial Estate, By

purchase basis. Lane no.02,Bamunimaidan,
Guwahati-21. Assam.
7. Power/ Electricity Energy & Power
Department, Govt. of
Sikkim, Power Secretariat,
Kazi Road Gangtok.

8. Technical Know –how. SICON Church Road

Gangtok.

9. Quality & Standard BIS , Branch Office,

R.G.Barua Road, 5th By
Lane , Guwahati-
781003,Assam.

10. Marketing /Export Assistance 1.MSME-DI Tadong

2. NSIC , Industrial Estate,

By Lane no.02,
Bamunimaidan, Guwahati-
21. Assam

3.Export Promotion Council

G.S Road, Opp -Old Post

office, Jain Complex, 3rd
floor, Guwahati-781005.
Assam.

11 Other Promotional Agencies DIC/

SKIB/KVIC/DHH/SICON/
Coir Board/Directorate of
Handicrafts and
Handlooms.

12. Nodal Agency for PMEGP Scheme State Office , Khadi &
Village Industries
Commission, Indira Bye
Pass P.o Tadong , East
Sikkim
13 Sponsoring Agencies for PMEGP 1.State Office , Khadi &
Scheme in Sikkim Village Industries
Commission, Indira Bye
Pass P.o Tadong , East
Sikkim

2.District Industries Centre,

( East & North ) Old SITCO
complex Deorali, Gangtok
East Sikkim.

3 District Industries Centre (

South & West) New
Shopping Plaza, Jorethang,
south Sikkim

4.Sikkim State Khadi & VI

Board, Khadi Bhawan,
Deorali, Gangtok 737102.