DISCUSSION: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at a high-level meeting with officials in Bangalore on Monday, when the projects were cleared. — Photo: K. Gopinathan

Bangalore: The State High-level Clearance Committee headed by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday approved 40 projects worth Rs. 62,864 crore, which will provide employment to 6.31 lakh people in the State.

These include the ONGC subsidiary Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited's proposed Rs. 30,000-crore refinery at Suratkal in Mangalore as well as expansion of its refinery at Katipalla in Mangalore from 9.69 million tonnes an annum to 15 million tonnes an annum with an investment of Rs. 7,943 crore.

Special Economic Zones

The committee has also approved four Special Economic Zones (SEZ) for Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) to be set up by Tata Consultancy Ltd. with an investment of Rs. 120 crore in Hubli-Dharwad; Rs. 410 crore in Mysore; Rs. 500 crore in Bangalore Rural; and Rs. 120 crore in Mangalore.

The proposal submitted by The Associated Cement Companies Ltd. for expanding its Gulbarga plant with an investment of Rs. 650.89 crore and for a new Portland Pozzolona Cement plant in Bellary district with an investment of Rs. 295.83 crore was also cleared.

The Rs. 750-crore cement plant to be set up by Jaykaycem Ltd. in Bagalkot district, expansion of Vasavadatta Cement plant in Gulbarga district costing Rs. 625 crore and the company's plan to set up a plant in Bellary district with an investment of Rs. 190 crore also secured the committee's approval.

The proposal submitted by Ultratech Cement Ltd. to set up a plant in Koppal district with an investment of Rs. 150 crore too was cleared.

Announcing the projects, Mr. Kumaraswamy said that Special Economic Zones in IT and ITES sectors accounted for Rs. 18,894.45 crore and these included proposals from Adarash Prime Projects; Bagamane Developers; Bagamane Constructions; Shapoorji Pallonji and Company; Hinduja Investments; Parsvnath Developers; Ittina Properties; Information Technology Park; ITASCA Software Development; Total Environment Building Systems; San Engineering & Locomotive Company; Blue Hill Informatics; and Karle Infra Projects.

The proposal submitted by Suzlon Infrastructure Limited for setting up an SEZ for hi-tech engineering industries in Udupi district with an investment of Rs. 246.08 crore and a printed circuit board facility to be set up by Wurth Ektronik India Ltd. in Mandya district with an investment of Rs. 180 crore got clearance.

285 proposals

Mr. Kumaraswamy said the State-level Single Window Clearance Committee (for projects with investments up to Rs. 50 crore) had cleared 285 projects with an investment of Rs. 5,370.54 crore and employment opportunity for 4.43 lakh people.

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