Six years on, MSME tech centre at Rourkela remains elusive

SIX years after the proposed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) technology centre at Rourkela was sanctioned by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), not a single brick has been laid for the project so far.

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In November 2018, the CCEA had sanctioned 20 technology centres including the one for Rourkela and 100 extension centres across the country. More than six years later, there has been zero progress on the proposed centre at Rourkela.

In fact, the development of the MSME technology centre at Kantajharan here has been moving in files even after finalisation of 14.45 acre of land by the Rourkela tehsil office in May 2023 and allocation of around ₹200 crore by the Ministry of MSME several years back.