The National MSME Expedition Team covered five states in the first phase of its 12-day expedition
The National MSME Expedition Team comprising of Deputy Director Publicity and Chief Editor, Laghu Udyog Samachar Harendera Pratap Singh, Assistant Director Dr Harish Yadav, Media Innovators Manjari Kumari and Uma Yadav reached Delhi from Sambhal District of UP on December 8. Union Minister of MSME Narayan Rane flagged off the National MSME Expedition on November 27.
The team led by Pratap Singh travelled more than 3,500 kms distance by road during 12 day expedition.
The National MSME Expedition Team covered five states in the first phase of the Expedition. The team organised 75 MSME sabhas in rural and urban areas to propagate the MSME schemes on occasion of Azadi Amrit Mahotsav being celebrated from March 12, 2021 to August 15, 2023 in the country.
The team travelled via Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Palval, Agra, Firozabad, Fatehpur, Kanpur, Allahabad, Rewa, Varanasi, Buxar, Ara, Patna, Chhapra, Champaran, Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sultanpur, Kannauj, Lucknow, Anupshahar and Sambhal.
In Patna, Saiyed Shahnawaz Hussain, Minister of Industries, Government of Bihar flagged off the expedition for onward journey.
In Lucknow, Siddharth Nath Singh, Minister of MSME, Government of Uttar Pradesh flagged off on December 7. In Sambhal District, Gulabo Devi, State Minister of Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh flagged off the expedition team for Delhi.
During the entire course of journey, the team spreaded awareness about MSME schemes among thousands of people directly and millions of people indirectly.
In Champaran, noted freedom fighter and ex-minister of Bihar Brajkishore Singh handed over National flag to the team. Amit Azad, the grandson of the great revolutionary of the freedom struggle Chandrashekhar Azad handed over National flag to the team in Lucknow.
The team succeeded in dissemination of the information about the MSME schemes in an infotainment manner.