Date of inception at Balasore:

The District Industries Centre(DIC), Balasore is functioning under the administrative control of the Collector and District Magistrate, Balasore since 1978.

Activities and Responsibilities:

  • To faciliate and creat/supplement Entrepreneurship activites in the District.
  • To sensitize and motivate the youth for undertaking MSME activities for socio-economic development and elimination of rural poverty.
  • To recommend the eligible enterprises and Industries for the admissible Govt.incentives.
  • To facilitate provisioning of scarce raw-materials to the needy enterprises.
  • To act as referral source for technical support and to co-ordinate between enterprises/Industrial houses with Goverment.
Staff Position as per Hierarchy
Sl.NoName of the postsSactioned StrengthActual men in position
01General Manager0101
02DCIO-(L-I)0100
03Manager0100
04Asst. Manager0202
05Section Officer0101
06Indl. Supervisor0101
07IPO (Regular)0907
08IPO (Contractual)0302
09Economic Investigator0100
10I.C.S0100
11Salt Supervisor0100
12Coir Supervisor0101
13Jr. Coir Sup.0100
14Coir Operator0100
15Coir Instructor0100
16Tech. Coir Asst.0101
17Jr. Instructor0200
18Asst.Instructor0100
19Sr. Asst.0201
20Jr. Asst.0202
21Sr. Steno0100
22Jr. Steno0301
23Driver0100
24Messenger0904
25Peon0804
26Coir Helper0100
27Watchman-cum-peon0101
28Salt Peon0100

Name of the Govt. programme implementing:

  1. Employment generation through industrialisation(MSMEs)
  2. Organisation of awareness and Motivation Camps for youth
  3. Conducting Entrepreneurship Develpment Programme training for youths
  4. Promotion ofMSMEs through incentives and marketing facilation
  5. Indefication and implementation of Cluster Development Programme
  6. Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme
  7. Holding of DLFC and DSWCA meeting for MSME Facilation
  8. Slipi Unnati Yojanna for Handicraft Artisans
  9. Master Crafts Men/Women(MCM) Training Programme
  10. Guru Shikhya Parampara Training Programme
  11. Crft Village Development Pragramme
  12. Design Develoment Programme
  13. Training of Trainers pragramme for MCMs
  14. Exposure Visit programme for Handicraft Artisans
  15. Institutional Training Programme
  16. Support to poor Artisans needing Work-shed cum Housing

Name PIO:

Sunaram Singh,IPO