Chief Minister said the bio-tech innovation centre will be established for the development of bio-technology industries and innovative startups and to encourage the production of light food items utilising the bio-active compounds available from fish and sea weed. The government allocated ₹6 crore for the same during 2021-22 state budget.
With the assistance from the Union government, a plastic park will be developed at a project expenditure of ₹66 crore on 100 acre land at Ganjimutt in Mangalore to encourage plastic and petro-chemical industries, the Chief Minister said.