Orissa reserves 20% land in industrial estates for MSMEs

  • 12/04/2010

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

Bishnu Dash / Bhubaneswar April 13, 2010, 0:25 IST To meet the infrastructure needs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on a priority basis, the Orissa government has reserved 20 per cent of the area in all industrial estates, industrial parks, industrial corridors and land banks for such units. Further, the state-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) will promote new exclusive zones for MSMEs in all major industrial hubs of the state. The locations where exclusive industrial parks will be promoted include Kalinganagar, Barbil, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Baragarh, Balasore, Dhamara, Gopalpur, Chhatrapur, Raygada, Kalahandi and Choudwar. Such exclusive zones will also come up near the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the state.