As many as 10 steel industries having a total production capacity of 3.36 million tonnes per annum have been closed in the State during since 2009. Industries Minister Anant Das informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of Congress MLA Bhujabal Majhi on Thursday.
The closed industries had a total project cost of Rs 5884.04 crore and a total of 5, 908 people were employed in them.
Similarly, the Minister informed that the Government had provided in-principle approval to 288 projects, involving total invesent proposal of Rs 5,47,206.22 crore during the period.
Of them, 105 projects have either started operation fully or partially. When in operation, 2,70,148 people would get job, said Das.
Further, the State has received 202 proposal intents involving Rs 4,23,114.53 crore in various sectors, including mining, food processing, logistics and infrastructure, textile and apparel, tourism, power and renewable energy, electric vehicle, agri marketing, glass manufacturing and biotechnology, informed the Ministers.