Guv calls for plan to boost MSMEs, entrepreneurship

Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Tuesday called for a comprehensive strategic road map to accelerate entrepreneurship and industrial growth across the state.Chairing a review meeting on the activities of the industries and MSME departments here, the governor emphasised the need to align departmental initiatives with the state’s long-term industrial vision.He suggested developing 147 MSME parks — one in each assembly constituency — within the next five years, describing it as a transformative step to promote enterprise and job creation at the grassroots level. “Some states have already begun setting up MSME parks in every assembly constituency,” Kambhampati said, urging officials to adopt a similar forward-looking approach.Highlighting opportunities in the defence and aerospace sectors, the governor said the Centre has prioritised domestic procurement in several product categories.

He advised the department to prepare detailed project profiles — covering land, investment, equipment and technical requirements — for such items.“These project profiles can be shared with students of technical institutions and skill centres. They will inspire innovative ideas among the youth and help establish new MSMEs,” the governor said. “If we can prepare project profiles in these two sectors, we can create many new entrepreneurs,” he added.

During the review, Kambhampati examined key areas such as investment promotion, industrial infrastructure, ease of doing business and policy implementation. He also reviewed the progress made on proposals received during Utkarsh Odisha, their conversion into MoUs, and expressed satisfaction with the success achieved so far.