Bengaluru: The state Government will constitute new vision groups across seven sectors to promote industrial development, said Large and Medium Industries Minister M. B..Patil on June 12.
He was speaking in a meeting held here with leading industrialists to exchange ideas about promoting industrial growth in the state. It is noted here that the state Government till now had a vision group related to overall industrial development.This is for the first time that vision groups are being formed sector-wise. The vision groups will comprise industry experts, public sector officials and academic experts. These groups which will be institutionalised to provide holistic guidance to the Department and lead industrial progress in the right direction, added Minister.
The proposed vision groups will span the sectors of Aerospace & Defense, Machine Tools, ESDM, Core Manufacturing, Pharma, Startups (non-IT) and Auto/EV, he said.
The Government also intends to promote manufacturing and industrialisation in sectors such as future mobility, green hydrogen, food processing, textiles, and warehousing & logistics, Patil explained.
Mentioning opportunities for green hydrogen he informed that the state has already attracted commitments worth
about Rs 2.8 lakh Crore from interested players. Saying the first green hydrogen cluster of the country would come up in Mangaluru, he added that the required infrastructure including land, and water will be facilitated, and incentives will be extended as per norms.
The Government is planning to set up a Karnataka Aerospace Technology Centre at Devanahalli R&D Park to ease information dissemination, enable networks and market linkages and create Common Facility Centre (CFC) and incubation centres, he noted.
Intensive efforts are underway to pursue opportunities worth approximately Rs. 2.5 Lakh Crore, he claimed.
An IFS officer of PCCF grade will be appointed within the department to facilitate resolving environment-related issues, Patil remarked. Meanwhile, he also shared his experience on how environment-related issues were successfully resolved by appointing a PCCF-grade official in the Irrigation Department while he worked as the Minister of that Department during 2013-18.
He assured that the Government would always consider the opinions and suggestions of industrialists with open-mindedness and ensure maintaining industry friendliness.
He claimed that as an Industry Minister, his priority would be to
create jobs by achieving ease of doing business and make Karnataka the manufacturing hub of Asia.
Foreign Embassy officials of several countries, Gitanjali Kirloskar (Toyota Kirloskar), Sushant Nayak (Tata Motors), Rajiv Kushu (Texas Instruments), Vincent (Foxconn), and Amit Kumar Singh (Asian paints) were among representatives of over 30 industries who were present. Representatives of organisations such as CII, FICCI, FKCCI, AWAKE, and KASSIA also attended the meeting.
S. Selva Kumar, Principal Secretary, and Gunjan Krishna, Commissioner, Department of Industries were present.