To give a boost to the small and medium enterprises (SME), Union Minister of Steel Chaudhury Virendra Singh unveiled ‘Sahajog and Sampark’ in Puri on Friday.
As the PM Narendra Modi launched the flagship programme for SME in hundred districts of the country at Vigyan Bhaban on Friday, Puri is one of them which the Minister unveiled amid a gathering of thousands of entrepreneurs here.
The Minister said that the small and medium entrepreneurs would directly benefit from the new initiatives of the PM.
The programme was organised by the Ministry of SME in collaboration with the UCO Bank.
With close cooperation of several ministries such as the MSME, theCommerce, the Labour and Employment, the Chemical and Fertilizers, the Rural Development, the Skill Development, the Food Processing, the Pharmaceutical and Textiles, the programme named ‘Gram Swaraj Abhijan’ (GSA) will be operational in 100 selected districts in the country.
The aim and objective of programme is to facilitate the small and medium entrepreneurs in entry to market, gain of knowledge about various schemes, purchase and sale of their products and their direct transaction and benefits.
To give proper guidance to the entrepreneurs in implementation, the office bearers (Pravari) in those districted have been appointed since October 26. Keeping coordination with the officials of the MSME, the Pravaris would help the entrepreneurs in the market.
Under the initiative, steps have been taken for MSME solution, trade receivable discounting system, cluster development, skill development, rural self-employment training and Government e-marketing plus, etc.