Bengal govt plans to create 8 industrial parks for SMEs: Amit Mitra

New Delhi, Dec 17 (KNN) The Bengal government has planned eight industrial parks for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to generate huge employment opportunities from these, said Amit Mitra, Finance and Industries Minister, West Bengal.

Speaking at the ‘India International Mega Trade Fair’ organized by Bengal Chamber and GS Marketing, Mitra said that the government will create infrastructure for MSME sectors such as leather, apparel and handloom, which are labour intensive.

He said “There will be eight government parks. These are in different stages of development. I am hoping for a huge employment generation from these parks, which will be completed soon,”

He added that the parks would have facilities such as banking, export promotion and IT support.

“In the private sector we have new parks coming up at Jagadishpur, Mahishbathan, Barasat (expansion), Ankurhati and Kona. In Barasat 15000 people are working and in phase two, which is under construction, 20000 will be employed,” Mitra said.

Mitra said that the government would explore ways to facilitate retail activities for small and medium enterprises as they cannot retail on their own.