The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has joined hands with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) to launch a series of new industrial projects worth $9 million to benefit industry. An agreement to this effect was signed in Vienna by the Secretary DIPP, Ajay Shankar, and UNIDO Director-General Kandeh K. Yumkella, according to an official statement.
Under this Integrated Cluster Development Programme, clusters which received infrastructure interventions under its prestigious industrial infrastructure upgradation scheme were targeted for technological interventions through technical cooperation services of UNIDO. The clusters which have been selected are auto-component at Pithampur (Madhya Pradesh), Chennai and Pune; machine tools at Bangalore; foundry at Belgaum and Coimbatore; chemicals at Ankhleswar and leather at Kanpur.