Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday instructed the officials of the Departments of Industries and Infrastructure and Investments (I&I) to focus on the creation of minimum facilities on the lands allotted to industries with the due priority to the development of Nakkapalli and Srikalahasti nodes in the Visakhapatnam - Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC).
He ordered that all possible assistance be given to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which make a substantial contribution to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), and it should be ensured that the MSMEs got the incentives for which they were eligible.
In a review meeting on industries and shipping at his camp office on Wednesday, the officials informed the Chief Minister that the State had made rapid strides on the industrial front in the last three years, during which 96 mega industries and 28,247 MSMEs went into production. The investments made in them amounted to nearly ₹47,491 crore and the number of jobs created stood at 2,48,122.
