(a) whether the Greenfield Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (GFEMC) proposal from State Government of Odisha is pending for approval;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore; and
(c) the time by which the project is likely to be approved?
(a) to (c): Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Government of India had accorded In-principle approval on 14th July, 2014 to M/s. Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (IDCO) for setting up of Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Bhubaneswar Industrial Area, Khurda District, Odisha. The final application along with the project report was received in the department on 24th February, 2015. During the appraisal of the final application, the details related to financial capability of the proposed units as envisaged therein and Consent to establish (CTE) from the concerned State Government authorities have not been provided by the applicant.
M/s. Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (IDCO) has been informed vide this department letter no. 36(8)/2015-IPHW dated 6th May, 2015 & 30th June, 2015 and subsequent e-mails dated 10th September, 2015, 15th September, 2015, 21st September, 2015, 4th October, 2015, 23rd October, 2015, 8th December, 2015, 13th January, 2016, 3rd February, 2016, 16th February, 2016 for providing the requisite information/ documents. However, the details are still awaited. The application will be put up for the consideration of Steering Committee for Cluster (SCC) once the information /details are furnished.
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