No more IT SEZs in Bangalore: Katta

Thursday November 16 2006 11:19 IST
BANGALORE: To push IT companies to set up their shops in second tier
cities in the State, the State Government has decided not to give lands
to them to set up Special Economic Zone (SEZ)s in and around Bangalore.

Announcing this, Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Katta
Subramanya Naidu told reporters on Monday that this decision was taken
to send the IT companies to second tier cities such as Mysore, Mangalore
and Hubli-Dharwad.

He said the Government would encourage manufacturing sector SEZs in
Bangalore.

He also said that to stop acquiring agriculture land for SEZs, the
Government would prepare guidelines soon.

The Minister said that the State Government’s ambitious scheme of giving
jobs to one lakh unemployed youth would take off on November 23.

Already 25,000 candidates who applied for jobs to the Commerce and
Industry Department secured job in various industries.

Different sectors like hospitality, IT and BT, apparel, have agreed to
give jobs to over 75,000 youths, he said.

The Government will open skill development training centres in Hubli,
Dharwad, Gulbarga, Belguam, Chikkodi, Kodagu and Bellary in association
with NGOs such as Dr Reddy Foundation, GMR Foundation, JSS Training
Centre, NTTEF and Adichunchangiri Rural Training Centre.

He also said that the after this government came to power it had
released Rs 118 crore subsidy to small scale industries.
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