The 29th State Convention and National level Seminar on Vendor Development Programme was organised by the Odisha Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) here on Wednesday.
Addressing as chief guest in the inaugural function of the event, Minister for the Department of MSME, PG and PA Jogendra Behera spoke about sustainable use of strong youth force of State through MSMEs.
Sometimes many bankers are not co-operating with genuine small enterprises and prospective entrepreneurs for which the youths who are interested for the same are desperate. Quoting a recent Reserve Bank of India directives to all the nationalised and other banks of the country, the Minister urged upon the representatives of various banks to co-operate the entrepreneurs by which they will establish their enterprises or industries smoothly while the Odisha Government is providing all necessary support. He lauded the efforts of OASME functionaries both at the State and district level for the development of small and medium enterprises by organising seminars and conventions.
A souvenir was released on this occasion. Apart from this, awards under various categories for 2015-16 were given under various categories like Best Medium Industry to Om Oil and Floor Mil, Cuttack, Best Small Scale Industry to Krishna Plastic and Pipes of Bargarh, Best Micro Industry to Patnaik and Sons of Rourkela, while Best Small Scale Women enterprises award to Sanjukta Sarda of Rayagada, Best Micro Scale Women Entrepreneurs to Jyotirmayee Mohanty of Jagatsinghpur, Best Ancillary Industry award to Trailok Industry, Rourkela, Best Mother Plant award to Rourkela Steel Plant, Best Industry Promotional Officer award to Meena Kumari Behera , RM of RIC, Sambalpur and Satya Swain Memorial life Time Achievement Award to technocrat BK Das of Rourkela.