The State Government is contemplating to establish 38,000 Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Food Parks.
On the launching of the 12th Entrepreneurs’ Week which commemorates the birth centenary of Biju Patnaik on Saturday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a slew of measures for growth of the MSME sector.
The Government proposes development of 10 Food Parks for development of food processing, 10 livelihood Business Incubators in the potential districts for development of livelihood by way of gradation and use of local skill, 10 new village Industries Clusters by the Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board, five Food Processing Corridors covering potential districts, besides setting up of 38, 000 MSME units with employment of about one lakh persons.
“Biju Babu dreamt of an industrially developed and prosperous Odisha. Therefore, it should be our endeavour to take Odisha to the top of the industrial map of India which will be a real tribute to the great leader and the doyen of entrepreneurship. MSMEs are important players of industrialisation. It propels the growth of economy and pace of development,” the Chief Minister said.