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30 per cent of the 12,000 small-scale units in the district are sick
# Government to hold meetings with industrialists running apparel and food processing units
# Tax incentives to be offered to people setting up units near twin cities
HUBLI: Minister for Small-Scale Industries and Sericulture Katta Subramanya Naidu has directed officials of the District Industries Centre, Dharwad, to furnish details of sick industrial units of the district within a month.
Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Mr. Naidu said 30 per cent of the 12,000 small-scale industrial units in the district were sick.
He said attempts were being made to revive sick industrial units, and, based on the report of the officials, a suitable plan would be worked out.
The Minister said the State Government would take steps with regard to the industrial development of the twin cities. "To begin with, the Government will hold meetings with industrialists running apparel units and food processing units," he said.
The Minister said a delegation from the State would visit Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, where a large number of apparel units are located, and the industrialists would be invited to set up their units in Hubli-Dharwad.
Mr. Naidu said the Government would offer incentives and tax benefits to entrepreneurs who came forward to establish manufacturing units in and around Hubli-Dharwad. The Minister said the State Government was thinking of holding an investors' meet in Hubli. Regarding complaints of high rent for sheds in the Gokul Road Industrial Area in Hubli, the Minister said he would convene a meeting of officials in June.
Meeting
Mr. Naidu participated in a meeting of members of North Karnataka Small-Scale Industries Association and promised to take action for the industrial improvement of the region. He said he would convene a meeting of MLAs, MLCs and MPs of the district next month to chalk out a plan for the development.
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