TS govt allots 200 acres of land to women's org to boost lady entrepreneurs

Hyderabad: The Ficci Ladies Organisation (FLO Hyderabad) and TS Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) on Friday allocated land allotment letters to 18 women entrepreneurs at the FLO-TSIIC Industrial Park, Sultanpur, on city outskirts.

Minister K.T. Rama Rao said the government had allocated a total of 200 acres to three different women’s organisations.

“We have allocated 50 acres to FLO at Sultanpur, 30 acres to COWE at Toopran and 120 acres to ALEAP. Ten per cent of land in all the 140 various industrial parks in the state are earmarked for women entrepreneurs,” he said.

The industrial park will house 100 per cent women-run businesses representing varied industry verticals primarily in the green category. The applicants belong to packaging, organic food, handloom apparel, electronics and electricals, food processing, medical devices and general engineering.

The industries will be set up at an investment of Rs 150 crore in Phase-I and will come up in 6 to 12 months. These industries will generate an employment for 1,500 people.

FICCI national president Rasheesh Shah said India is a country of entrepreneurs. “FLO is India’s largest women business organisation in India. If government can make it easy, these entrepreneurs can go a long way,” he said.

FLO Hyderabad chairperson Priyanka Ganeriwal, US Counsel General Catherine Hadda and others were present.

FLO national president Pinky Reddy said, “With the Telangana state government’s proactive industrial policy and its keenness to promote women enterprises, TSIIC has partnered FLO via its parent body, FICCI.”

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