A session on ‘Government support for Startups’ was organised in city. The main agenda of the programme was to educate entrepreneurs about the opportunities provided by the government to the start-ups.
The session was organized by Headstart. Delegates at the programme were, V.C. Dubey (GM, MSME), Biplab Das (MSME), Mukund Sharma (GM, MSME) and Tanya and Aakash from UNDP.
The programme was headed by VC Dubey, where he started the presentation by explaining the true definition of start-up and Incubator and also told the benefits of MSME.
He also mentioned how startups can avail these benefits. Dubey explained the strategies and the facilities given by MP Government under incubation strategies 2016.
The second Session was headed by Mukund Sharma, he discussed how an individual entrepreneur can get a loan with the help of government schemes which are available online on the website of MSME.
Some of these schemes are, Mukhyamantri Swarojgar Yojna and Mukhya Mantri Yuva Udyogi Yojna which help Yuva Udyami in getting a loan in Madhya Pradesh.
The Last session which was a AMA, question and answers was headed by Biplap Das (MSME Department) where he answered some frequently asked questions of the budding entrepreneurs.
Some of the questions were, How to register in MSME, What is GEM, How to register as an MSME, Eligibility criteria to register as a start-up, Importance of DIPP registration and how to apply for that, What is DRP, importance and concept of DRP, Is it possible for a start-up to get collateral free loan from Banks and many more.
Concluding the whole session, Tanya and Akash (UNDP) gave a brief about UNDP’s facilities for entrepreneurs. UNDP organizes all kinds of training and counseling programmes for start-ups and individual entrepreneurs in all districts.
It has trained about 4000 entrepreneurs by now.
The upcoming training sessions organized by UNDP will be held for SCST hub on General Management in all districts of MP