A state-of-the-art Tool Room Training Centre would soon be set up at Rourkela. While the Union Government would sanction Rs 200 crore, the State Government would provide land for the project.
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Pratap Sarangi informed this after meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Lok Seva Bhawan here on Wednesday.
Sarangi informed that a total of 226 MSME clusters, including 45 in Odisha, would come up in the county.
Sarangi, who was speaking to reporters, said, “It was a very fruitful interaction with the Chief Minister. The MSME Ministry has approved Rs 200 crore for setting up a Tool Room at Rourkela. The Odisha Government has been requested to provide the land. Besides, four extension centres under the monitoring of the Tool Room will be set up at Baleswar, Brahmapur, Keonjhar and Kalahandi.”
Around Rs 20 crore would be spent for setting up of each extension cluster. Proposals for two extension centres have already been sent to the MSME Ministry, he informed.
Sarangi further said that about 6,700 acres of unused land in the coastal districts like Baleswar, Bhadrak, Kendrapada and Ganjam would be used for brackish water aquaculture projects.