Addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the Propack Odisha 2022 and the Odisha MSME Meet 2022 organised by the Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) here, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister and WODC Chairman Asit Tripathy told the State Government in association with Nalco and Vedanta has planned to set up two aluminum parks in Angul and Jharsuguda.

Apart from that, IDCO has been given the task to set up 23 industrial parks in different regions, Tripathy informed, adding the IDCO also has been developing 11 industrial corridors alongside the Biju Expressway connecting Rourkela and Malkanagiri. The State Government is also considering a proposal to provide incentives for industrial development in the backward regions for which a new announcement is due, Tripathy told.

On the occasion, Principal Secretary MSME Rajnana Chopra said that the Government has asked all Discoms of the State to set up a separate MSME Cell to take grievance of industrial houses related to electricity.

OASME secretary general Satwik Swain presented the annual report of 2021-22. Other dignitaries present at the event included Chairman, OASME Gauri Sankar Dash, Executive Chairman, OASME Dr Sarat Kumar Sahoo, CMD, Nalco Sridhar Patra, Joint Director and HOO, MSME-DFO, Government of India, Cuttack PK Gupta among others.

OASME awards were also provided to winners and an OAMSE souvenir also released by guests. The national level exhibition will continue till August 28. More than 40 industries from packaging and food processing sector of India and a multinational company from Iran have participated in the event. More than 100 SMEs from across Odisha also have participated.