A CII delegation led by A K Verma, Chairman, CII Eastern Region, called on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday and proposed to sign a tripartite agreement between State Government, CII and lee Kuan Yew (lKY) School for Public Policy, Singapore on creating a roadmap for promoting ‘Ease of Doing Business’.
Previously, CII brought a strong 7-member delegation from lee Kuan Yew (lKY) School for Public Policy, Singapore to Raipur on March 12 this year to discuss on promoting Ease of Doing Business in the State.
During the meeting, CII Finance Facilitation Centre was launched by Raman Singh. The CII Finance Facilitation Centre will connect MSME members with the available financial schemes offered by banks and financial institutions.
CII will also work to sensitise MSMEs about the alternative source of financing like Venture Capital, Angel Fund, Distress Fund and SME Exchange in Chhattisgarh.
Chairman, CII Eastern Region also said that CII will organise Synergy MSME in Chhattisgarh for Entrepreneurship development.
The forum will identify the prospective entrepreneurs with concrete investment proposals from workshops to be conducted at the district level. The CII team will facilitate these prospective Entrepreneurs and the forum will act as a one stop shop for prospective entrepreneurs for getting end to end support instantly.
This year, one of the biggest initiatives of CII Eastern Region in the area of agri and food processing would be held in Raipur – the Krishi Utthan 2015. This would be a dedicated exhibition on Farm Mechanisation. Farmers would be trained in mechanisation, better input management and post-harvest technology. Verma proposed the Chief Minister if Krishi Utthan 2015 could be jointly organised with Department of Agriculture, Government of Chhattisgarh.
Dedicated forums would be created on Industry – Railways linkage & Industry - Defence linkage to help the industry know about the opportunities existing for them in the Railways & Defence.
CII is creating one such forum with RDSO in Raipur on 12 June 2015 to create linkage with Railways and a national seminar on Defence will be organised at the end of the year.
CII will also organise a CEOs Meet and a Conference on e-Commerce coinciding with its Eastern Regional Council Meeting on 11 July 2015 in Raipur. Hon’ble Chief Minister expressed his keenness to meet and interact with the CEOs.