By promoting small scale industry and medium scale enterprises (MSE) we can check migration, which are happening from rural areas to urban areas in search of better job opportunity, emphasized State cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industry and Khadi Gramodyog, Harish Chandra Durgapal while inaugurating a State level workshop under Prime Minister Employment generation Programme at Industrial Directorate at Patel Nagar on Saturday.
Speaking on the occasion he stated that industries, gramodyog and banks should work together to promote self-employment among the people of rural areas on large scale. He also said that the marked barren lands of the rural areas would be provided for establishing small scale industries by the district industrial centers. The State Government is providing all kind of assistance for the promotion of small scale industries at rural areas.
If utilized properly these Government schemes would surely help in strengthening the economy of the rural areas of the hilly regions. Highlighting the economy of the Uttarakhand State, Financial Advisor of the Chief Minister, Indu Kumar Pande said that, the State’s economical growth is directly linked to the economical growth of the nation and nation’s economic development is directly linked to world.
In nutshell entire world economy is associated with each other. In the past two years the economical growth of the State was recorded as 12 percent, which was higher than the economical growth of the nation, he added. He also stated that unemployment is the basic problem all over the country and the establishment of the small scale industry at rural areas would definitely act as a better solution to it.
General Manger of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), RK Sharma, said that banks should also understand their responsibility in promoting self employment at rural area and should come forward to extend their all possible support to the applicants in terms of financial help. By doing this bank can bring phenomenal change in the life of common man.