(MENAFN- KNN India) Hundreds of women entrepreneurs in line for slots at exclusive women industrial park in Karnataka
Bengaluru, June 2 (KNN) Enthusiastic about the exclusive women entrepreneurs' industrial park in Karnataka, hundreds of women entrepreneurs are queuing up for the slots.
According to a media report, applicants from diverse sectors including IT, ITeS, telecom and electronics, textiles, garments, food processing and manufacturing industries, have lined up investments more than Rs 290 crore.
This will give a major boost to employment generation and expected to generate jobs in the range of 3,500 to 4,200.
As of Wednesday, 920 applicants have reached the commerce and industries department and 210 have been cleared.
Chief Secretary K Ratna Prabha, who came up with this idea when she was additional chief secretary of the industries department, said, 'the journey began in 2014-15, and to see the initiatives grow from just a few meetings with women entrepreneurs to forming of Ubuntu (a coalition of women entrepreneur associations), to having women-only parks, is more than satisfying.
There are women-only parks in Gujarat and Uttarakhand but not on this scale. Karnataka was the first to announce such an initiative in 2014, although implementation took longer.
They're spread across six parks, with 194 acres set aside for future use. Of the six parks, the one in Harohalli has the most land 300 acres with 106 in the first phase and 194 in the next, followed by 58.5 acres in Ballari, 50.7 acres in Kalaburagi, 48 acres in Mysuru, 44 acres in Mangaluru and 30 acres in Dharwad.
By the end of this financial year, the state will boast of 337.2 acres dedicated for women entrepreneurs.
Talking about the parks in details, M Byregowda, assistant director, Karnataka Udyog Mitra and nodal officer for these parks, said, 'layout formation process has begun in Harohalli, Kalaburagi, Dharwad and Ballari. We've issued notifications in Mysuru and Mangaluru.
Also, the parks will, for the first time in the state, have old-age homes, creches and hospitals.
Rupa Rani, state president, Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) which is part of Ubuntu, said the government has done more than setting up parks.
She said, from a separate chapter in the industrial policy to a slew of concessions and subsidies, there are a lot of benefits forwomenand the industrial parks just take this forward.
'We're glad we have support, and are confident of growing our industries. Old-age homes for aging in-laws, creches for young mothers and hospitals will aid women perform a dual role, she added.
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