Three mini-clusters proposed: Granite custer in Berhampur; Sponge Iron cluster in Bonai Rourkela; Handicraft cluster in Khurda
Balasore, Balasore- Chandipur, Berhampur- Gopalpur- Chhatrapur, Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Central govt. schemes, Ganjam, Granite Cluster in Berhampur, Handicraft cluster in Khurda, Khordha, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Sponge Iron Cluster in Bonai, Sundergarh December 16th. 2009, 11:03am(Thanks to Future Berhampur blog for the pointer.)
Following is an excerpt from a report in Business Standard.
The Centre has approved the development of four different sectors in Orissa including granite through the cluster approach under the Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme (LMCS).
These clusters include the Ganjam Granite cluster at Berhampur, the handicrafts cluster of the Khurda-based Trishakti Self Help Group (SHG), Sponge Iron cluster at Bonai near Rourkela and plastic cluster at Balasore.
New Delhi-based National Productivity Council (NPC) has been chosen as the nodal agency for the implementation of these cluster units. The formation of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) is necessary for the formal declaration of these cluster units.
“We have already taken steps to form the SPV for the granite cluster at Berhampur”, said Santosh Kumar Bebarta, secretary, Ganjam Granite Cluster. Once all the formalities are completed, the granite cluster will be launched, said B B Dhal, general manager, District Industry Centre (DIC), Ganjam. The deadline for the functioning of the proposed granite cluster is December 31 this year. The SPV of the particular cluster could get a funding up to Rs 10 crore from the Centre for setting up of the Common Service Centre (CSC).
The web page for the Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme (LMCS) is http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/schemes/lean-manufact.htm. In the pilot phase 100 mini-clusters have been proposed.
I hope the above pointers will be useful for readers to approach people and officials in their local area to pursue mini-clusters under the above scheme.
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December 23rd, 2009 at 9:09 am
This article was published on December 2005.
Plz go through it.
Air Deccan plans to make Kolkata a “major business hub,” according to Capt. G.R. Gopinath, Managing Director of the airline.
The airline, which launched the daily non-stop flights between Kolkata and Dimapur (via Imphal), also plans to link Kolkata with non-metro cities as soon as airports are developed in these places.
“We have aggressive plans to go into non-metro cities. Currently, 80 per cent of our flights are in non-metro cities and we plan to link Kolkata with cities like Coochbehar, Bodh Gaya, Jamshedpur, Rourkela and Jorhat as soon as airports are ready in these places,” Capt. Gopinath told a press conference.
The airline now operates over 70 flights a day to and from Kolkata to 19 destinations across the country.
On an average, Air Deccan carries over one lakh passengers a month from Kolkata against an estimated capacity of 1.25 lakh passengers a month.
The airline, which has five 48-seater ATR Turboprop aircraft and two 180-seater Airbus A-320 aircraft based at Kolkata, has recorded 85-90 per cent passenger load factor in the last six months.
According to Capt. Gopinath, this year the company will utilise its resources to improve internal infrastructure and training to its staff, pilots and engineers.