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Karnataka clears 83 projects worth Rs 6,253 crore, 30,000 jobs
Karnataka’s State Level Single Window Clearance Committee approved 83 industrial projects worth Rs 6,252.86 crore on Wednesday, expecting to generate over 30,054 jobs. Minister M.B. Patil chaired the meeting. Twenty-four projects with…
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Karnataka’s State Level Single Window Clearance Committee approved 83 industrial projects worth Rs 6,252.86 crore on Wednesday, expecting to generate over 30,054 jobs. Minister M.B. Patil chaired the meeting. Twenty-four projects with investments above Rs 50 crore each account for Rs 4,702.99 crore and 25,170 jobs. Two small projects (under Rs 15 crore) bring Rs 258 crore. Industries Department officials attended.
Sixty-nine projects will be set up outside Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts, supporting the government’s ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ push for balanced growth. Approvals span aerospace and defence manufacturing, food processing, IT services, renewable energy, and industrial parks. The largest single project is Jaswin Ventures’ Rs 475 crore integrated industrial park in Doddaballapura taluk, expected to employ 12,000 people.
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Claims that Karnataka is ignoring hinterland for Bengaluru do not match this clearance list: 69 of 83 projects are outside the city core. But the jobs they promise, 30,054 total, may still cluster near the capital if approvals remain slow for remote taluks. Watch for the share that actually break ground in districts like Vijayapura and Bagalkote versus those that shift site later. That ratio will tell if ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ is real or a slogan.
Source: timesnownews.com
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