As many as 15,315 registered Micro, Small and Medium enterprises had been closed in Odisha till March 31, 2014 due to various reasons.
MSME Minister Jogendra Behera informed this while replying to a question of BJD MlA Debasis Nayak and supplementary questions put by a host of other members. To a specific question of Nayak, the Minister informed that Nine MSME units in Jajpur, three in Kendrapada and eight in Jagatsingh pur districts have been closed since 2006.
The closed units include the highest 2,402 units in Cuttack distirct, 2,020 in Sundargarh, 1,504 in Bhubaneswar, 1,061 in Ganjam, 683 in Keonjhar, 612 in Mayurbhanj, 599 in Sambalpur, 558 in Baleswar, 548 in Jagatpur and 542 in Koraput and 504 in Balangir. The Minister stated that surveys are being conducted as per RBI guidelines through banks and DICS to revive the closed units.
While members wanted to know about revival of Odisha Textile Mill (OTM), Choudwar and Konark Jute Mill, Dhanmandal, the Minister said he would hold discussions with all concerned Ministers to revive them.
The Minister, however, expressed unhappiness over low of 50 crore made for his department in the Supplementary Budget.
Among others, Tara Prasad Bahinipati and Chiranjib Biswal of Congress, Amar Prasad Satphathy, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Pratap Jena and Pravat Ranjan Biswal of BJD and Dr Bibhutibhushan Harichandan of BJP put supplementary questions.