Haryana CM: Industrial clusters to be set up in districts

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 21

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has directed the officers concerned to prepare a plan for setting up clusters at the district level for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to encourage new startups.

He said maximum employment opportunities should be made available to the youth under the scheme. The CM gave these directions while presiding over a review meeting of the cluster scheme for MSMEs here today.

The officers concerned were directed to make an extensive plan for land, planning, types of product, technology, certification, research and development, processing, marketing, financing, exports, designing and packaging, etc.

He said exports should be mainly looked after by the Foreign Cooperation Department. Suggestions should be invited on the portal from the people after making a complete plan as to which type of industries they were interested to set up. He also directed the officers concerned to make timely arrangement of land for such clusters.