INDIA BUSINESS WORLD - March 1^st - March 15^th - 2008

SIX PROJECTS WORTH RS 373 CR APPROVED

The central government has approved six projects worth Rs 373 crore ($92 million), including a central grant of Rs 247 crore under the Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS). The projects were approved in an IIUS meeting here March 11, under the chairmanship of the commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath, a press note by the ministry said. The projects sanctioned are in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh and include an engineering cluster, auto cluster, industrial cluster and a handloom cluster, among others.