Chandigarh: The Haryana cabinet on Tuesday approved amendments to the Industrial Licensing Policy-2015 to rationalise regulations, reduce costs for developers and promote planned industrial growth.The decision follows long-pending industry demands and aims to bring parity with other sectoral policies while improving ease of doing business.A key change relates to External Development Charges (EDC) in agricultural zones. The cabinet approved that no EDC will be charged for industrial licences granted beyond 500 metres of the urbanisable limit where completion or part-completion certificates have already been issued, even if such land is later included in the urbanisable zone. However, EDC will apply to the remaining non-completed portion as per prevailing norms.The policy also allows industrial use in Transport and Communication zones, aligning licensing norms with the Change of Land Use (CLU) policy. Industrial colonies and CLU permissions will now be permitted on up to 25% of the net planned area in such zones.The changes have also been extended to hyper and high potential towns, expanding industrial opportunities in fast-growing urban centres.KEY POLICY CHANGESEDC relief | No charges for completed/part-completed units beyond 500m if later included in urbanisable zonePartial liability | EDC applicable only on remaining undeveloped landInfra cost rule | Only actual cost charged for govt-provided infrastructureLand use flexibility | Industrial use allowed in Transport & Communication zones25% cap | Industrial/CLU use permitted on up to 25% of such zonesWider coverage | Policy extended to hyper and high potential towns
