Bangalore, June 27 -- The Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) has requested the finance commission to make special allocation to Karnataka for the development of micro and small industries.

Keeping in view the tremendous employment potential this segment provides and the need to sustain the sector in the interest of economic growth and development of the State and the Country, KASSIA President Basavaraj S.Javali presented a number of issues to the 15th Finance Commission that are of particular concern to the SMEs in the State.

While giving the presentation to the 15th Finance Commission, KASSIA suggested that the Government may also think of vertical development by setting up multistoried complexes within the city to h...