Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government stated here Monday that 1.97 lakh Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) units have been established in the state, creating 5.96lakh jobs in the last four years.
These units came up in the last four years with an investment of Rs 10,320crore – from 2014-15 to 2017-18, said MSME minister Prafulla Samal.
Altogether, 3.22 lakh MSMEs have been established with an investment of Rs 15,959 crore, resulting in employment generation for 13.35lakh persons till March 2018. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the performance of MSME department Monday .
The minister said 3,752 motivational camps have been organised across the state to motivate as high as 323,451 youths for setting up MSMEs. Of these, 20,049 youths have been provided with entrepreneurship training under Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP).
District-level Single Window Clearance Authorities have approved 542 projects between April 2015 and March 2018 with a total project cost of Rs 2,040crore and employment potential for 21,730 persons. Of these, 67 projects have already started production and 119 are under implementation, the minister added.