Announcing plans to set up 38,000 MSME units providing about one lakh jobs in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said industrialisation must be participatory and it should ensure inclusive growth of all sections of the society.
“It is proposed to take up new initiatives for growth of MSME sector. These include steps to set up 38,000 MSME units with employment of about one lakh persons,” Patnaik said at the launch of 12th Entrepreneurs’ Week which commemorates the Birth Centenary of legendary Biju Patnaik. It is also proposed to take initiative for the development of 10 food parks in the state for the growth of food processing sector, he said adding there would be five food processing corridors covering potential districts.
Similarly, ten livelihood business incubators in the potential districts would be set up for development of livelihood by way of gradation and use of local skill, while five new village industries clusters would be developed by Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board, Patnaik said.