The Government have identified certain thrust areas for accord of prioity in the matter of industrial growth. The projects in these areas shall receive priority in the matter of allotment of land, sanction of power and other clearances from the High Level Empowered Committee as also in the matter of grant of incentives. For the time being these areas are - electronics including computeronics and software, food processing including agro-based industries (excluding conventional grinding/extraction units), floriculture, hanbdicrafts, leather processing and leather goods, sports goods, forest-based industry (excluding saw-mills and joineries), processing of aromatic plants and herbs, pharmaceuticals based on herbs, bulk drugs, silk reeling, weaving, processing, printing, hosiery and made-ups, cutting and polishing of stones, gems and jewellery, precision engineering and other areas identified as thrust areas.