Govt plans to set up Cipet, Plastic Park and Pharmaceutical Park in Haryana to meet industry requirements

Chandigarh, May 17 (KNN) Aiming to bridge the gap between industry and academia, Haryana is planning to set up a Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (Cipet) in west and south Haryana. The state is also planning to set up a plastic park over 75 acres in Panipat at a cost of Rs1,500 crore, and a pharmaceutical park over 100 acres in Karnal.

Union chemicals and fertilizers minister Ananth Kumar said this earlier this week after inaugurating hostels for boys and girls constructed at a cost of Rs31.64 crore in Cipet at Murthal in Sonipat district.

He said the Jan Aushadhi centres in Haryana would be increased from 25 to 100 to provide free medicines to persons belonging to economically weaker sections in the state.

Ananth said such institutions would help meet industry requirements for plastic engineers and technicians, since according to a survey, 10 lakh plastic engineers and technicians were required in the country, but less than two lakh such experts were available.

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the state ranked sixth in the country and first in northern India in terms of 'ease of doing business.'

He said in the past two years, 13,000 new industries had been established in Haryana, providing employment to 1.70 lakh youth.