New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Chhattisgarh is set to enter consumer electronics manufacturing with a Yash Fans plant planned in Nava Raipur, a project the state government says will create 3,500 jobs and draw an investment of Rs.152.74 crore. The bhoomipoojan ceremony took place on Friday in the presence of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai. The proposed facility will be the state's first consumer electronics manufacturing unit.

Sai said employment for young people was a priority and that the state's Industrial Development Policy 2024-30 had been designed to encourage industries that generate jobs. He said the Yash Fans project would give thousands of people and their families an income source while widening the state's manufacturing base.

The proj...