The State government has set a target to create employment opportunities for 4 lakh youth by setting up 1.5 lakh small industries by 2018-19.
Earlier, the MSME Minister Jogendra Behera said that the department would set up 36,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in 2016-17.
Behera called upon the youth to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship which will directly give a boost to the MSME sector for self-employment and income generation.
The department claimed that more than 50,000 small industries had been established in 2015-16.