Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Mizoram, India

Scope

To create infrastructure facilities, provide incentives and marketing as well as technical support to industries.
To create employment opportunities particularly to the vulnerable section of the society and people in rural area, ensuring inclusive development.
To provide skill development and training for educated youth to develop entrepreneurial skills and make them self-employed.
To attract investment in the state.
To reduce procedural formalities to speed up industrialization.
To reduce sectoral and regional imbalance in the industrial development in the State by promoting industries under all sectors.
To create proper linkage of processing industries with the farm produce of agriculture, horticulture, forest and livestock.

Mission

To develop industrial sector in the State of Mizoram through better infrastructures; better and improved manpower; providing guidance to local industry owner show to produce higher quality of produces; creation of competitive mind among local entrepreneurs for industrial growth and development.

To regulate trade, to construct markets for selling of agricultural and allied products, to generate employment opportunities through marketing business, to construct Border Trade Centres and Border Trade Townships and to promote International, Inter-State and local trade.

Commerce & Industries Department (Commerce Wing) provides important services to the people of Mizoram for movement of agricultural and allied products by means of issuing permits for movement of agricultural produce through inter-state border for carrying in and out of agricultural and allied products. Citizens shall obtain movement permit for agricultural produce only through proper channel i.e. from the Directorate of Commerce & Industries Department (Commerce Wing) and District Offices at Lunglei, Champhai and Kolasib. No citizen shall transfer his/her permit to any other persons.

Allotment of seats and stalls at various markets has been done on subject to availability of vacant seats and stalls. Rate of fees and rentals vary according to the items of trade selected and location of shops rented.

Disposal of Market Garbage for a period of 12months and before the end of 12 months, fresh Tender Notice will be publicized for the subsequent term. Citizens/service recipients are expected to abide by the Rules and Regulations framed by the Government / Commerce and Industries Department (Commerce Wing) from time to time.

Vision

Prosperity of the State through the promotion, regulation and development of trade and commerce; to achieve long term and sustainable industrial development, specially under MSME Sector; to motivate local entrepreneurs; to enhance quality of produces for better income; better utilization of natural resources and other available resources ; create more employment opportunities for local people, both direct and indirect.