Functions of ICI&SD Department as per Rules of Business, the following are the key functions:
- Legislation, policy formulation, and sectoral planning in respect of
- Industries including industrial estates, small industries and handicrafts enterprises
- Promotion of domestic, commerce, foreign and domestic investment
- Advocacy vis-à-vis federal policies that impact provincial economy/commerce and industry
- Inter-provincial trade policy
- Coordination and facilitation of Chambers of Commerce & Industries and Trade Organizations in the province with respect to capacity building and business promotion through R&D
- Liaison with respective federal government agencies in matters pertaining to intellectual property rights
- Coordination with federal government in matters relating to industrial development, commerce and investment
- Promotion of commerce & investment in the province through
- Trade exhibitions
- Seminars
- Encouragement of foreign and domestic investment.
- Facilitation of foreign business delegations and investment
- Promotion of domestic commerce and trade within and outside the country through:
- Facilitation of local exporters (abroad)
- Representation of local industries in industrial fairs and exhibitions abroad
- Facilitation of exports from the province, including programmes to enhance competitiveness
- Promotion of industries through
- Loans / Public Private Partnership
- Industrial surveys
- Pre-investment studies
- Technical and business support for duster development
- Industrial fairs & exhibitions
- Land acquisition for industries and industrial estates
- Regulation of industrial location policy
- 14A Establishment of petrol pumps. CNG stations, LPG bulk storage decanting and incidental matters and matters relating to illegal sale or storage of petroleum products
- 14B Matters relating to weight and measures including:
- Verification and inspection of petrol pumps, CNG stations, super inspections of lower tiers
- Monitoring of all work related to weights and measures
- Verification of calibrated tanks, flow meters, fillers and dip tanks
- Verification and inspection of weights and measures at shops and commercial establishments
- Verification and inspection of weights and measures in factories and other establishments
- Matters relating to boilers and pressure vessels excluding those used in nuclear energy
- Registration and regulation of companies, firms and societies
- Printing and stationery:
- Establishment and budget of Provincial Printing Presses (Lahore & Bahawalpur)
- Monthly income and expenditure statements
- Printing and binding
- Printing and Stationery Manual
- Local purchase of stationery
- Matters relating to Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA)
- Policy formulation and administrative matters related to Attached Departments, Autonomous Bodies and Special Institutions of the Department
- Budget, accounts and audit matters
- Purchase of stores and capital goods for the department
- Service matters except those entrusted to Services and General Administration Department
- Administration of the governing laws and the rules framed there-under