Balanced budget, both sweet and bitter like Ugadi, says MIA

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MIA president   P. Vishwanath.

MIA president P. Vishwanath. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The Mysore Industries Association (MIA) has termed the State Budget 2026-27 presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Friday arsenic a “Balanced Budget” that is “both saccharine and bitter similar Ugadi.”

In a connection present connected Friday, MIA president P. Vishwanath and wide caput Suresh Kumar Jain said the State Budget offers a mixed result for Mysuru. While the fund does not supply immoderate large oregon “bumper” allocation specifically for Mysuru, it includes respective mean and satisfactory initiatives.

The MIA, a typical organisation of industries successful Mysuru, Mandya, and Chamarajanagar, said nary important announcements person been made for the concern sector, peculiarly for the MSME sector. “The authorities has lone reiterated its earlier committedness made successful the erstwhile fund regarding the formulation of a peculiar MSME policy.”

However, the announcement regarding the improvement of 10 MSME clusters crossed the State is simply a invited measurement and aligns with the long-standing request of manufacture associations. In this context, determination is anticipation that the Printing Cluster and SC/ST Industrial Cluster projected successful Mysuru volition person support and implementation, the MIA said.

During his earlier tenure, Mr. Siddaramaiah introduced a strategy providing a 25% subsidy, on with 4 casual instalments, for KIADB concern plots for entrepreneurs belonging to Backwards Classes 1, 2A, and 2B. The succeeding authorities aboriginal withdrew this scheme. “Despite continuous representations by our relation for its restoration, the contiguous fund has lone announced 20% preservation for these categories alternatively of the subsidy, which is disappointing,” the MIA connection noted.

However, the MIA said that the announcement of escaped energy for weavers operating looms up to 10 HP and concessional energy tariffs for looms betwixt 10 HP and 20 HP, with an allocation of ₹22 crore, reflects the government’s interest for the payment of the moving people and the weaving community.

The connection to found a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Cluster connected 15 acres successful Mysuru, arsenic good arsenic the program to make an Aerospace Park adjacent Mysuru Airport, are encouraging initiatives for the city’s concern growth.

However, it is “disappointing” that the authorities has not released the pending magnitude of ₹3 crore that is already sanctioned for the Mysuru Export Centre, the MIA said earlier adding that the Budget does not see immoderate details of the Hebbal-Tandya Special Investment Region that the Chief Minister had announced earlier.

It is besides regrettable that the fund does not outline circumstantial plans for strengthening concern infrastructure oregon for reviving sick industries, the MIA said portion hoping that these concerns volition beryllium addressed successful the coming months done due argumentation measures.

Published - March 06, 2026 06:30 p.m. IST

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