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AP govt to develop 11 sector specific MSME parks

Updated: Aug 10, 2018 06:36:13am
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AP govt to develop 11 sector specific MSME parks

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) Taking efforts in the direction of supporting and promoting MSMEs in the state, Andhra Pradesh government has targeted to develop 11 sector specific MSME Parks in 6 districts of which the state has already acquired land for 10 parks.

The government considers the MSMEs as the drivers of growth and plans to establish an MSME Park in each assembly constituency, said Siddhart Jain, Commissioner of Industries in a press release.

Out of the 175 parks, the government has land for 42 in 13 districts, he added.

Of the 11 sector-specific parks, two are earmarked for surgical equipment and medical devices at Pendurthi and Bheemunipatnam respectively in Visakhapatnam district, two for plastics and chemical products at Nandigama and Mylavaram in Krishna district, two for garment manufacturing and wood processing and furniture at Kavali and Nellore rural in Nellore district.

A cluster for dairy development at Palamaner in Chittoor district, two clusters for silk reeling and twisting and automobile units at Hindupur and Puttaparthi in Anantapur district, and one for making agricultural implements at Denduluru in West Godavari district.

The Industries Department is scouting for land for a ceramic cluster.

Industries Minister N. Amaranatha Reddy is concentrating on the development of the parks under the guidance of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Secretary (Industries) Solomon Arokia Raj has taken the proposal forward by getting land readied for almost all the parks.

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