Central Government Industrial Package for KBK could be the answer
APPEAL to readers, Balangir, CENTER & ODISHA, INDUSTRY and INFRASTRUCTURE, Kalahandi, KBK Plus district cluster, Koraput December 28th. 2009, 10:59amTo get KBK out of backwardness governments at the center and states have had packages for KBK, but they have not helped that much. The following suggestion by Jibanendra Mohanty in Orissa Today is a very good suggestion. Our government should pursue it.
Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal have made significant progress on Industrialization during the last few years, via the Special Industrial Package provided by the Government of India. Most of the Industries set up in recent times are in Manufacturing/Engineering/ Agro-products/ Drugs & Pharmaceuticals/ Computer Hardware, etc not dependent upon mining operations. The high lights of these Industries are a) they need small land parcels i.e. areas of 1 to 10 acres, b) they provide employment ranging from 50 to 1000 persons/unit. These Industries do not need mining operation, do not need high water consumption nor do they create major problem for Ecology and Environment. These Industries have made significant impact on the employment & economic front and on all round development of the States.
The existing special package is valid up to end of 2010 and the States have already started lobbying for extension of the said package up to 2020.
Now the Question is why such special Industrial package is not being provided for the KBK region of Odisha??
The above is a very good idea. Some links on special industrial package for Himachal Pradesh is here. Links for special industrial package for Uttarakhand is here and here.
The Orissa state government should pursue this. In Koraput and Kalahandi the focus can be on downstream industries and Balangir which is very well connected by Rail as well as by NH the focus could be on all kinds of industries.