4.7 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT :

HRD holds the key in all round improvement in technology innovations and productivity. Thus HRD will have to cover the entire gamut from basic infrastructure, education, vocational and technical guidance to professional qualifications. For this purpose Universities in the State will be encouraged to commence courses in food packaging, processing, bio-technology, information, technology in agriculture and such allied fields. The Government will create a chair each in Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Institute of Rural Management, Anand for development of courses as identified by the State Government.

 4.8 POLLUTION CONTROL & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

The State Government is conscious about pollution control and in order to comply with legal provisions and standards, Gujarat Pollution Control Board has been set up to monitor effluent treatment.

It is recognised that some of the agro industrial effluent is not only biodegradable, but also nourishes the soil. The State Pollution Control Board will, frame new guidelines keeping in view the nature of effluents, consistent within the frame work of Central Pollution Control Act.

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