Maharashtra approves land at MIHAN in Nagpur for defence equipment cluster
The 20-acre land in Sector 10 of MIHAN SEZ will be handed over to the Vidarbha Defence Industrial Hub for setting up the cluster Current Affairs News : The Maharashtra government on Friday approved allotment of 20 acres of land at MIHAN SEZ in Nagpur for setting up a defence equipment manufacturing cluster. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave the land allotment approval at the 64th Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Maharashtra Airport Development Company Ltd (MADC) here, a statement from his office said. This initiative will result in creation of 50,000 jobs, it said. Fadnavis is also chairman of MADC. The defence equipment manufacturing cluster will offer various benefits like development of defence ecosystem and facility for high-end training, said the statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO). The 20-acre land in Sector 10 of MIHAN SEZ will be handed over to the Vidarbha Defence Industrial Hub for setting up the cluster, it said.