Clusters Selected for 9th Plan
During the 9th Plan, the following 11 clusters have been selected for taking up under Scheme for Small Industry Cluster Development Program:-
- Tile industry along the West Coast
- The bulk drug and formulations industry in Andhra Pradesh
- The neem and perfumery industry at Kannauj
- The forging & foundry industry in Punjab and in Andhra Pradesh
- The food processing industry cluster at Pune & Chittor
- Small Scale tanning industry at Vaniyambadi (T.N.)
- Toy industry in Delhi and Noida
- The pottery cluster at Khurja
- Hoisery sector at Kanpur
- Auto component industry at Pune, Chennai & Indore
- Stone Industry-all over the country
Expected Deliverables and Outputs
In overall terms, the programme is expected to promote and fund a series of projects to deliver technology from technology producer to the end user. The deliverables of the project are indicated as follows:-
Skills training in the nature of familiarisation to the end users. This shall be the capacity building component of the project. The programme is based on the premise that innate skills already exist with the local enterprenures. What is required is only a process of deepening of the skills and familiarisation with newer ways of doing things or utilising better methods.
- Technology status and technology needs studies.
- Kits for demonstration in the nature of benign catalyst. These may be simple tools testing equipment that are cheap and have little or no maintenance charges.
- Common facility centre/demonstration plants to be set up by the technology producer for the duration of the project.
- Escort services to the end users for availing loans and arranging funds.
- User manuals and guides where the technology intervention is in the nature of process changes.
- Project documentation for purposes of sharing with industry and replication.
- Auxiliary benefits in the nature of market assessment and product assessment.
The two streams of activities that thus emerge are:-
The study of processes wherin modernisation can be brought about in the existing level of technology by mere tinkering in the process. This will not involve replacement of plant and machinery. This is likely to benefit the units at the lower end of investment the most.
As a parallel activity, there can be a study for further modifications in the existing plant and machinery, keeping the long term market and product assessment in view, which may necessitate a completely new approach to production, though not necessarily entailing a total change in plant and machinery.
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