Madhya Pradesh will have fertilizers and steel plants, polymer park, global level pharmacy education and research institute. This was decided on the initiative of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a meeting held with Union minister for chemicals & fertilizers, Ananth Kumar, Union minister for steel, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union minister for petroleum and gas, Dharmendra Pradhan and Union minister of state for fertilizers Nihal Chand at Madhya Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.
The decisions taken at Saturday's meeting for facilitating established and to-be-established industries in the state will prove to be a milestone for success of Global Investors Summit scheduled from October 8 to 10 at Indore, according to a government press release.
A joint working group to be coordinated by chief secretary Anthony de Sa has been set up with officers of the Union ministries concerned. The group will hold its meeting at Bhopal on September 30. Representatives of SAIL and GAIL are also included in the group.
The meeting also confabulated on piped cooking gas supply in Bhopal's homes, increasing production of Bina-Oman refinery and increasing annual capacity of plastic science-related training institute from 4000 to 7000.
The meeting decided to increase capacity of Bina oil refinery in the first phase from 6000 to 8000 MMTPA for easy availability of petro chemicals in Madhya Pradesh. The press release added that GAIL has decided to establish a gas-based fertilizer plant from Surat-Paradeep gas pipeline in Jabalpur.
The meeting considered establishment of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) at Bhopal on the lines of IIT. Land for it is being selected at Bhopal. The meeting directed SAIL to ensure suitable action for establishment of a steel plant at Chhatarpur in view of availability of quality iron ore there.
A polymer park was also proposed to be set up near Gwalior. The best quality manganese in the world is found in Balaghat district. The meeting stressed the need for increasing its production and value addition.
Source: The Times of India