New Indpress

Bangalore, Nov 16: To push IT companies to set up their shops in second tier cities in the State, the State Government has decided not to give lands to them to set up Special Economic Zone (SEZ)s in and around Bangalore.

Announcing this, Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu told reporters on Monday that this decision was taken to send the IT companies to second tier cities such as Mysore, Mangalore and Hubli-Dharwad.

He said the Government would encourage manufacturing sector SEZs in Bangalore.

He also said that to stop acquiring agriculture land for SEZs, the Government would prepare guidelines soon.

The Minister said that the State Government’s ambitious scheme of giving jobs to one lakh unemployed youth would take off on November 23.

Already 25,000 candidates who applied for jobs to the Commerce and Industry Department secured job in various industries.

Different sectors like hospitality, IT and BT, apparel, have agreed to give jobs to over 75,000 youths, he said.

The Government will open skill development training centres in Hubli, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Belguam, Chikkodi, Kodagu and Bellary in association with NGOs such as Dr Reddy Foundation, GMR Foundation, JSS Training Centre, NTTEF and Adichunchangiri Rural Training Centre.

He also said that the after this government came to power it had released Rs 118 crore subsidy to small scale industries.