Emerging as an 'industrial hub', Bokaro will soon get a technology center to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). With an investment of Rs 200 crore technology center is proposed to be set up at Bokaro.
On the directive of government Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar instructed officials for the needful to set up a technology center in Bokaro. Ministry of MSME has decided to build a total of 20 technology centers across the country and Bokaro is one of them, said DC.
These proposed technology centers will provide the necessary test facility to the entrepreneurs around them to set up small scale factories, he said adding, "The objective of creating this technology center is to provide all kinds of necessary support in the development of small scale industries across the country."
The proposed technology center will be erected on 20 acres of land in Bokaro and it will provide a research facility to small and medium scale industries, said the DC.
It will also play a very important role in performing tasks with subtle precision. All these test facilities will be equipped with world-class hi-tech resources and will also play a common role in developing the State of the art machinery, informed Kumar.
Presently, 10 such centers are operational in different states of the country. These proposed centers will support MSMEs by giving them access to advanced manufacturing technologies, skilling manpower and providing technical and business advisory support, said an official.
According to the previous year report MSMEs contributing around 45 per cent in the country’s exports, 24.63 per cent to the GDP from service activities and 33.4 per cent to the manufacturing output, informed official.
These centres would come up at an investment of Rs 200 crore each. There are plans to have about 100 extension centres, each at an investment of Rs 20 crore too, sources said.