Indore MSMEs to get a ‘Namkeen Park' soon

India will soon get its first ‘NamkeenPark' thanks to the initiative undertaken by the Central government's MSME Development Institute to establish such a park in Indore. Spanning over 40 acres of land, the park is expected to be well-equipped with all the necessary amenities to enable SME salty product manufacturers avail good facilities and enhance their competitiveness.

"The Namkeen Park in Indore will be set up as part of the cluster development scheme, whereby land will be made available to small units that manufacture snack items to help them make optimum use of the testing labs, godowns and storage facilities," said MK Meena, assistant director Gr.I(chemical), MSME Development Institute, Indore.

The establishment of the Namkeen Park is expected to be complete by 2011 with an estimated investment of Rs 10 crore by the Centre. Around 300 manufacturers of salt and snack items are likely to be housed in the complex.

"Small-scale salty product manufacturers in the park are likely to get help in sourcing raw materials and marketing their products," said B Bang, owner of Hemraj Sweets, a small-sized sweet and snack manufacturing shop in Indore.

According to sources, the process of allotting land to short listed units is not complete and once the units that are eligible to get land are finalised, work on setting up the Namkeen Park will commence.

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