Srinagar, Feb 4: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday said state’s economic strength lies in its rich bio-diversity and conducive environment to use it.
 “While Kashmir Valley has rich potential for aroma, medicine, software, leather and agro-based industry, Jammu is viable place for these and other industries,” he said.
 Addressing the research scholars and faculty at IIIM Institute here, the Chief Minister said that the research being conducted in the Institute would provide necessary edifice for a viable and profitable ‘aroma industry’ in the Valley and other parts of the State creating greater employment opportunities for the youth.
 The Chief Minister said leather industry also offers promising future in the State. “The State is land of animal and sheep rearing. This sector can be further developed to thrive leather industry”, he said.
 Omar appreciated the IIIM initiative for training youth in leather goods manufacturing and said that the Leather Training-Cum-Manufacturing Unit of IIIM could help in a big way to establish this industry here on strong edifice.
 The Chief Minister said that during his visit to IIIM, Jammu he was informed by the Director that the Institute intends to install a Nuclear Magnetic Research Spectrometer (NMR) in the Institute at Srinagar, and sought “my help for its transportation.”
  He said he would take up the issue at the appropriate forum in the Centre and facilitate its installation in Srinagar. The NMR costs Rs. 2.50 crore and is a modern machine to conduct chemical structuring of molecules.

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