Union MSME Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi urged banking industry to be reasonable towards genuine traders. He said this in the Odisha MSME Meet 2019, organised by the Odisha Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (OASME) here.
Sarangi said, “Traders community eases Government’s effort on employment and job creation. They provide thousands of jobs and livelihood to the people. All traders are not like Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya.”
He urged the OASME to arrange programmes in different parts of the State and provide helping hands to hundreds of youths of Odisha to fulfil their dream of becoming an entrepreneur.
State Industry Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra urged the Government of India to announce special packages for cyclone Fani affected SME industries of the State.
The OASME also celebrated its foundation day and organized seminars on the occasion. Chairman of OASME Gauri Sankar Mishra delivered welcome address, while secretary general Satwik Swain presented annual report. An OASME souvenir was released and the successful MSME entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, MSME units, Industrial Promotional Officers, mother plants were felicitated.
Entrepreneurs from MSME, startups, innovators, stand-ups, food processors and exporters from all over the State were present.