Question : ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS

(a): whether the Government has any scheme to establish industrial clusters for the expansion and development of Small scale Industries in the country;

(b): if so, the number of Industrial clusters that have been set up so far in the country, State-wise alongwith their location;

(c): the details of the States where more clusters are proposed to be set up and by when the work of setting up of these clusters is likely to be completed; and

(d): the amount of funds estimated to be spent for the implementation of the said scheme?

MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES(SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)

(a)to(d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.


STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 221 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2005.

(a): It is the entrepreneur who establishes the small scale industries. Hence, Government has no plan to establish new small scale industrial clusters. However, Government has been operating a scheme named Small Industry Cluster Development Programme (SICDP) since August, 2003 for collective development of small scale industries situated in the already existing clusters.

(b): So far, projects on development of seventy-five clusters have been taken up (as per details given at Annexure ).

(c): As the programme is based on demand , the clusters are selected on the basis of the proposals received from State Governments, autonomous institutions, etc., for development according to the provisions of SICDP.Still, it has been the effort of the Government that proposals for development of clusters as per the guidelines of SICDP are received for consideration from various States/Union Territories .

(d): Budget provision for the programme during the current financial year ( 2005-06) is Rs. 6.87 crore.