Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H D Kumaraswamy (R) and Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal.
Credit: Ministry of Steel
New Delhi: Union Steel Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said that the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industries started the process to the establishment of Industrial Parks across key districts of the state.
Kumaraswamy said that Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has given a positive initial response to his request to the establishment of nine Industrial Parks in the state.
The move marks an important early step in translating Karnataka’s region-balanced industrial development aspirations into a structured central policy process, Kumaraswamy said in a statement.
According to the official communication, Piyush Goyal acknowledged receiving Kumaraswamy’s detailed letter and confirmed that the matter has been forwarded to the concerned department for necessary action under established rules.
Kumaraswamy recently met Goyal and presented a comprehensive pitch for the parks, arguing that nine districts which includes Bidar, Raichur, Hubli-Dharwad, Mysuru, Hassan, Kolar, Mangaluru, Chamarajanagar, and Mandya hold distinct locational and resource advantages that position them as promising sites for new industrial ecosystems.
Kumaraswamy suggested setting up logistics and manufacturing hubs, agro based and processing clusters, technology and service-oriented growth centres, in different districts.
Kumaraswamy has said that these parks, taken together, would “stimulate large-scale employment generation, attract private investment, and enhance regional supply chain linkages,” while contributing to the national goals of strengthening India’s manufacturing base, logistics architecture, and industrial competitiveness.