Speaking at the inauguration of Rs 10,000 crore Brahmputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd project, Kumar said this project is a step towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of Make in India.
"1 lakh tonnes polymer required for the state, and this project will produce 3 lakh tonnes of polymers per annum, which will incentives the thousands of ancillary industries and would provide direct and indirect employment at least one lakh people in the state," he said at the event.
He also informed that the annual intake capacity of Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) will be increased to 5,000 students per annum from 1,000 at present.
"..So now with establishment of this polymer project there will be requirement of human resource in the state for plastic industry, so capacity of CIPET will be increase to 5,000 students per year, as part of skill India," he added.
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"The fertiliser plant in Namrup is producing 3.5 lakh tonnes of urea per annum, while the demand of entire north- eastern region is 8 lakh tonnes, I am assuring you this will be more than doubled to 8 lakh tonnes per annum in next three years," he said.
Kumar said that under the Skill India plan of the Modi government, the pharma research institute National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) would also be set up in the next three years.