Land to be Identified in Udupi for Furniture Cluster
Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar has instructed the Udupi district administration to determine land to set up a furniture cluster in the district to fabricate wood furniture. Speaking at a gathering in Udupi, the Minister mentioned that because the coastal belt had ports, high quality timber will be imported for manufacturing furniture and such items may also be exported. It will assist create employment alternatives. The authorities will help the setting up of the cluster as soon as land is identified. The district administrations will develop completely different clusters for the expansion of the economic sector in the State. A toy manufacturing cluster will come up at Koppal and pharma clusters shall be set up in Yadgir-Raichur districts. The government will evaluate whether or not land allotted to completely different industries in Udupi to open their models have been utilised or not. The Minister instructed entrepreneurs to make use of locals in their models and implement the Sarojini Mahishi Report whereas recruiting workers. The authorities have allowed opening of industries in tier I and tier II cities to keep away from focus of industries in Bengaluru alone. With this, employment alternatives shall be created in such cities.