Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that Chhattisgarh’s industrial development can be speeded up if the small scale units operating in the State start satisfying material input requirements of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
He was delivering the inaugural address at the two-day Second National Vendor Development Programme and Industrial Development Exhibition organised at Central College of Engineering and Technology campus in Kabeer Nagar in Raipur on Friday.The event was organised by Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in association with Chhattisgarh Government’s Industry Department.Singh said that micro, small and medium industries have made significant contribution in the country’s economy.
He said that though these industries are small in terms of capital investment but they offer more scope of employment than large industries.Keeping this in view, Chhattisgarh Government is making every possible effort to promote micro, small, and medium industries, he said.From time-to-time, we have included attractive provisions in our industrial policies. During industrial policy 2009-14, more than 5000 micro, small, and medium industries were established in the State, on which capital investment of Rs3673 crores was done and 52000 people were employed, Singh said.
He said that presently, Chhattisgarh has 18,000 registered micro, small and medium industrial units, which provided direct employment to nearly 2 lakh youth.The Chief Minister said that as per an estimate of the Central Government, 358 commodities produced by MSME industries can be used as input to public sector units as well as other large units.
Another provision states that the major industries should procure at least 20 per cent of their requirements from micro, small, and medium industries, he said.Singh said that no industry can operate solely on government subsidy. The industrial units should maintain the quality of their products so that they may successfully reap profit from it.
He appealed to the public undertakings of the State to deliberate in the direction.Singh said that this industrial camp is an initiative to bring together representatives of both small and big industries under one roof so as to solve their queries.He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the slogan of ‘Make in India’ for industrial development of the country. Efforts at all levels are required to realise his vision.
The Chief Minister said that State’s better industrial policy is attracting new entrepreneurs. Support and guidance of bankers is also necessary for this purpose.On the occasion, Chief Minister had a passing look at the exhibition, where about 150 stalls of private and public undertakings were put up.Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Aman Kumar Singh said in his address that small industries contribute 8 per cent of the GDP.After agriculture, small industries have the maximum contribution in GDP.
Singh said that the suggestions received in this programme will be deliberated upon by state government.Director, MSME, AR Gokhe informed in the programme that the Central Government has categorized the industries with investment limit of Rs25 lakh as micro, those with investment limit of Rs25 lakh to Rs5 crores as small and the industries with investment limit of Rs5 crore to 10 crore has been categorised as medium.
Also present in the programme were Chhattisgarh Small and Medium Industry Assistant Association President Harish Kediya and Urla Industry Association Raipur President SK Jain and representatives of various industries were also present.The programme was also addressed by Medium Industry Assistant Association President Harish Kediya and Urla Industry Association Raipur President SK Jain.