Commerce, Industries, Employment and Village Industry Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya held discussions through video-conferencing with commissioners and collectors on implementation of self-employment schemes at Mantralaya here on Wednesday.
Vijayvargiya said that apart from sanctioning loans for small businesses and industrial units, attention should also be paid to their training. He said that government departments should play their role in making entrepreneurs expert in production and marketing. He further said that better implementation of self-employment schemes should be ensure through joint efforts.
Chief Secretary R Parasuram initiated the video-conferencing. He sought information about implementation of Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana, Tantya Bhil Swarozgar Yojana and Rani Durgawati Yojana. The Chief Secretary said that quality should also be ensured in sanction of loan cases. Besides, requisite guidance should also be given at bank-level. He said that beneficiaries should be imparted training in suitable institution without discrimination between urban and rural beneficiaries.
ACS Commerce and Industries Prasanna Kumar Dash informed that all successful entrepreneurs from all districts will assemble at Bhopal on August 25. They will also display information about their respective successes. ACS Technical Education and Skill Development Ajita Vajpai Pandey, Principal Secretary Village Industry Kanchan Jain, Secretary Scheduled Castes Welfare Veena Ghanekar, Commissioner Scheduled Cates Welfare JN Malpani, Managing Director of Khadi Gramodyog Board Shikha Dube and representatives of various regional banks were present on the occasion.
It was informed during video-conferencing that against the target of benefiting 50 thousand beneficiaries under Mukhyamantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana in all 10 divisions, 51,339 cases have been sent to banks. So far, Rs 121.48 crore has been sanctioned in 6189 cases. Maximum 2226 cases have been sanctioned in Jabalpur division followed by 1032 in Indore and 609 cases in Gwalior division. During video-conferencing, collectors and commissioners informed that efforts are underway to achieve more encouraging results by accelerating its pace during next one month. Efforts are also being intensified to benefit beneficiaries under other employment schemes.