It will be the priority of the government to open more skill development centres in Eastern UP (Poorvanchal) and Bundelkhand and establish industries according to the availability of raw material there.
Eastern UP (Poorvanchal) and Bundelkhand are comparatively lagging behind on the graph of industrial development so it is needed to pay attention towards these areas.This was stated by the Union Minister Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra is a press conference in the state capital on Monday.
“Journey from unemployment to self-employment’ is our slogan. Our main emphasis is to promot self-employment among the masses. We will provide all the needed facilities and a single window system will be executed so that we can encourage people about self-employment,” he said.
He said that MSME were playing a pivotal role in the growth of the nation. More improvement was needed in MSMEs and programmes dedicated for the skill development of the youths should be strengthened further.It is the target that public partnership should be increased in the small and micro industries to propel the nation on the path of progress.
Enumerating the priorities of the MSME department Mishra said that the government was dedicated for the betterment of the poor people and youths so an effort would be made to provide employment to the youths and people living in remote rural areas of the country. To provide this project a real shape skill development centres would be open.
“Incubation centres will be opened in the rural areas so that high school pass and other people could get technological training and get employment or become the entrepreneurs. The number of incubation centres will raised to 500 from existing 56 centres. We will try to open these incubation centres in every district of the country so that micro, small and medium industries could flourish. It is our aim to develop small industries in the rural areas and Zila Udhyog Kendra will have to play an important role in this achieving this target,” he said.
In the incubation centres the people will be given two kind of trainings including direct training on machines and small maintenace training.Providing the factual data he said tha in total there were 3.60 crore industries in which 8 crore people were employed. These industries contribute 8 per cent in the GDP, 45 per cent in construction sector and 40 per cent in export sector.
He said that in UP industries were doing good. The number of industries and their targets should also be raised. National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) is in good profit. Incubation centres would be set up with the help of NSIC.
He also accepted that there were several problems the persons willing to set up small industries has to face including the bank loan, environment clearance certificate and no objection certificate from the state government. He said that to reduce the number of problems a single window system will be introduced shortly.
He accepted that due to these problems the number of unorganised (unregistered) MSME has increased.“I am taking this issue seriously. We are trying to build a single window system to make the things simple and transparent,” he added.