Industrial Clusters

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....ndustrial Clusters <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 25-4-2012<br><BR>Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 25-April-2012 12:40 IST There are around 7200 clusters in traditional handloom, handicrafts and modern SME industry segments in the country. Of these, it is estimated that 2500 are unmapped rural industry clusters. The distribution of the cluste....

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....rs in India region-wise is given below:- Region Traditional Manufacturing Micro Enterprises Total SME Handloom Handicraft North 315 124 627 1066 East 148 110 807 1065 West 294 122 816 1232 South 350 83 537 970 North-East 15 56 297 368 Total 1122 495 3084 4701 Source: Policy and Status Paper on Cluster Development in India, Foundation for MSME Clusters, 2007. Inducti....

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....on of new and modern technology in these clusters is imperative for development. Accordingly, cluster development programmes of Government of India include promotion of new and modern technology by sector specific, Ministries/Departments. Some of these programmes are Micro and Small Enterprise Cluster Development Programme (MSECDP) and Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFU....

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....RTI) of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS) of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Mega Food Park Scheme of Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) of Ministry of Textiles and Scheme for Development of AYUSH clusters of Department of AYUSH. This information was given by the Mini....

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....ster of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. DS/GK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....