Objective of SIMA

  • To promote the healthy growth and development of Industries and to encourage friendly feelings and relations amongst the industrial community, particularly of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and foster mutual co-operation amongst those engaged in Industry, Trade and Commerce.
  • To secure, where necessary, organized and concerted action on all matters and subjects involving the industrial units of Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
  • To take all steps necessary to promote the well-being of the industrial community of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and devise ways and means of promoting and protecting their interests.
  • To consider problems and difficulties confronting the various types and categories or industries especially small-scale industries, with a view to finding out their solutions and make representation to the authorities concerned on the same.
  • To study the legislative, executive and other action of the Union Government, the State Governments as also the municipal, Zilla Panchayat, Village Panchayats and other local authorities affecting a particular industry or industries in general, to study their effects on the industrial a development of the country and to take such actions as may be deemed necessary to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned, the adverse effects of such action on any particular industry or industries in general.
  • To collect and disseminate statistical data and other information of interest to the industrial community.
  • To educate public opinion with regards to the character scope, importance and needs of industrial enterprises in the country.
  • To purchase, take on lease, or hire, or otherwise acquire moveable or immovable property or any rights or privileges necessary or convenient for the purpose of fulfilling the objects of the Association.
  • To construct or alter to keep in repair any building required for any use by or for the Association and to pull down or demolish any building not so required.
  • To sell, improve, manage, develop, lease, mortgage dispose off or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the Association.
  • To subscribe, to become a member of, otherwise with any other Association. Whether incorporated or not, whose objects are wholly or in part similar to those of the Association and to procure from and communicate to any such Association such information as may be likely to further the objects of the Association.
  • To advance and promote commercial technical and industrial education and found and support establishment and institution for the same.
  • To institute special enquiry and take suitable action with a view to remove the difficulties in respect of any problem connected with trade, commerce or industry.
  • To try and settle by arbitration, commercial disputes in any/between members of the Association, if both parties are agreeable to such a course.
  • To secure, wherever possible, organized and concerted action on all subjects involving the interests of members including regulating conditions of employment of industrial Labours in various industries represented by the member of the Association.
  • To receive money as donation or gifts, and or to borrow, raise or secure the payment of money or to receive money on deposit with or without interest for the purpose of the Association and at such time or times and in such manner as may be thought, pledge or change the whole or any part of the property of the Association in such manner as may be expedient.
  • To raise funds and use for discharge of social responsibility of industry collectively in general by taking any social development projects alone, with any other like minded body, government department or individual.
  • To invest and otherwise deal with the moneys of the Association in such manner as may from time to time be determined by Executive Committee and to open and operate current, fixed deposit, saving and other accounts with any bank or banks.
  • To arrange to hold conferences, training and exhibitions from time to create awakening and to focus popular attention to matters affecting trade, commerce and industry and economic development of the country in general.
  • To organize meetings, lectures, study classes and social functions in furtherance of the aims and objects of the Association.
  • Meeting together for the negotiation and transaction of business and / or in furtherance of the objects of the Association.
  • To arrange for the establishment and promotion of Museums, Exhibitions, Industrial and Commercial Fairs, Libraries, Research Institutes, etc for the use of the members of the Association in particular and for the industrial community in general.
  • To facilitate the development of new industries and the extension and expansion of existing once as well as to promote and sponsor industrial township and take such other actions as my deem fit in furtherance of these objects.
  • To urge or oppose legislation and other measures and to procure change of law and practice affecting labour problems, trade, commerce and industries in Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
  • To help buy, sell, import, export, distribute and deal in raw materials, accessories, machineries and equipments and products of all types produced by or required by industries.
  • To engage the services of lawyers, counsels, solicitors and experts on matters of common interests to the member of the Association.
  • And generally to do all that may be necessary or incidental to the attainment of the above objects.