State planning development of product-focused industrial cluster

Bengaluru | Thursday | 20th February, 2020

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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday said that the government is developing a product-focussed industrial cluster development programme. It will focus on establishing an ecosystem, comprising supportive policies, access to world class infrastructure, skill development and other enablers, for developing specific manufacturing clusters. “Chikkaballapura and Mysuru districts have been identified for developing Electronics Systems Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) clusters. We are now considering including Kolar and Hubballi too under the programme and develop the four districts into an integrated ESDM cluster,” he said. “Karnataka envisions to emerge as a hub for electronics manufacturing in India and also globally,” he said..