The State high-level clearance committee (SHLCC) chaired by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has cleared 37 projects with an investment of over Rs 34,702.09 crore.
The SHLCC cleared projects are expected to create 1.58 lakh jobs spread across 18 districts. The clearance committee meet was attended by Industries Minister Murgesh Nirani, Principal Secretary (Industries and Commerce) M.N. Vidyashankar and officials from other allied departments.
Sector-wise projects
Following are the sector-wise projects approved: agri-based three projects - investment Rs 704.79 crore - employment offered for 5,325 people; Cement two projects - investment Rs 1,848.14 crore - employment offered for 377 people; Chemicals two projects - investment Rs 2,798 crore - employment offered for 1,345 people; Power three projects - investment Rs 5,052.25 crore - employment offered for 2,875 people; Engineering five projects - investment Rs 6,912 crore - employment offered for 7,696 people; Infrastructure five projects - investment Rs 4,096.6 crore - employment offered for 1.03 lakh people; Iron and steel five projects - investment Rs 8,658.02 crore - employment offered for 4,917 people; IT Park four projects - investment Rs 3,008.83 crore - employment offered for 24,000 people; Others three project - investment Rs 321.72 crore - employment offered for 1,000 people; SEZ one projects - investment Rs 472 crore - employment offered for 1,000 people; Sugar three projects - investment Rs 580 crore - employment offered for 974 people; Textiles one projects - investment Rs 249.74 crore - employment offered for 835 people.
District-wise
Bagalkot – one project - investments Rs 495.24 crore - employment for 145 people; Bangalore (rural) – four projects - investments Rs 1,593.22 crore - employment for 5,936 people; Bangalore (city) – four projects - investments Rs 4,063.83 crore - employment for 20,195 people; Belgaum – two projects - investments Rs 4,182 crore - employment 2,331 people; Bellary - two project - investment Rs 7,273 crore - employment for 3,291 people; Bijapur – five projects - investments Rs 3,695.78 crore - employment for 2,790 people; Chikkaballapur - two projects - investments Rs 2,654.5 crore - employment for one lakh people; Chitradurga – one project - investments Rs 247.6 crore - employment for 800 people; Dharwad – two projects - investments Rs 712 crore - employment for 2,580 people; Gulbarga – two projects - investments Rs 1,562.9 crore - employment for 569 people; Kolar – one project - investments Rs 63 crore, employment for 70 people; Koppal – two projects - investments Rs 892 crore, employment for 1,276 people; Mandya – one project - investments Rs 493.02 crore - employment for 350 people; Mysore – one project - investments Rs 2,650 crore employment for 1,000 people; Ramnagar – two projects - investments Rs 1,382 crore employment for 5,875 people; Tumkur – three projects - investments Rs 642 crore employment for 9,345 people; Yadgir - one project - investments Rs 210 crore - employment for 337 people; Others – one project - investments Rs 1,890 crore - employment for 1500 people.