Ethanol plants to be set up at Kawardha, Pandaria, Balod and Ambikapur

The state cabinet in a meeting on Tuesday gave nod for establishing ethanol plants at cooperative sugar mills of Kawardha, Pandaria, Balod and Ambikapur.

The plants will be set up under a public-private-partnership mode, an official sources said.

The official sources said the meeting also approved a new tourism policy for the state.

The Tourism Policy-2020, will promote investment in the tourism sector and promote tourism in the state by taking cooperation from the local people, they said.

The cabinet also approved the setting up of a private professional university.

It okayed the proposal for setting up of Shree Shankaracharya Professional University after approving the Chhattisgarh Private Universities (Establishment and Conduct) (Amendment) Bill-2020.