The Orissa government has reserved 20 per cent of the area in all industrial estates, industrial parks, industrial corridors and land banks for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

The state-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) will also promote new exclusive zones for MSMEs in all major industrial hubs of the state. All this will help in meeting the infrastructure demands of the MSMEs.

The locations where exclusive industrial parks will be promoted include Kalinganagar, Barbil, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Baragarh, Balasore, Dhamara, Gopalpur, Chhatrapur, Raygada, Kalahandi and Choudwar.

Whenever the government provides land to large and medium industries, 10 per cent of the land, subject to a maximum limit of 200 acres, will be earmarked for setting up of ancillary and downstream units, which are mostly MSME.