By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, September 17, 2016 : The Odisha government has set up 13,500 MSME against the target of promoting 40,000 MSME units during the current year creating jobs for 42,190 persons by August this year, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [MSME] secretary L.N. Gupta said on Saturday.
He said the MSME units would generate employment for 2 lakh persons by the ned of this fiscal.
The government has set a target to generate 4 lakh new jobs by promoting 1.5 lakh unit in MSME sector during 2015-19.
In order to sensitise and motivate youths to set up MSME units, it has been decided to organise 180 sensitisation programmes across the state during the remaining period of the current financial year 2016-17, said Gupta.
The department has also decided to fast track setting up of 12 clusters under Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSECDP).
These are Groundnut Cluster at Jajpur, Coir Cluster at Sakhigopal (Puri), Dry Fish Cluster at Paradip, Rice Milling Clusters at Kalahandi, Koraput and Balasore, and Engineering Clusters at Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Rayagada and Dhenkanal.
The Diagnostic Study Reports (DSRs) have been completed and special purpose vehicles already formed for Coir Cluster at Sakhigopal, Dry Fish Cluster at Paradip, Engineering Clusters at Dhenkanal and Jharsuguda and Rice Milling Clusters at Balasore and Koraput.
Gupta informed that it has also been decided to develop mini-clusters of ginning industries at Bolangir, cashew industries at Nabarangpur, engineering industries at Cuttack and Koraput, fly ash industries at Balasore, Sambalpur and Dhenkanal.