On completion of two years of NDA government in office, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra interacted with public on May 26 from 4-5 pm via twitter #AskKalraj. MSME Secretary, KK Jalan was also the part of this interaction. This is part of #TransformingIndia initiative under which one is witnessing a series of talks by Union Ministers to share the impact of their ministry’s key initiatives.
While answering questions over Twitter, he said that top three priorities of MSME Ministry are rejuvenating enterprises, creating employment & giving impetus to agro industries through ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Entrepreneurship).
Mishra said his government is trying to enhance the competitiveness of MSME among traditional Industries. During 2015-16 under SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) Yojna, 30,438 artisans in 32 clusters has been assisted.
For productivity improvement, he said 199 awareness programme on Lean Manufacturing was organized during 2015-16 and 627 since inception, he added.
Schemes like PMEGP (Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme) and Credit Linked Subsidy is working towards fostering entrepreneurship. 92,508 units has been established to provide job opportunity for 9,90,864 during 2014-16 and Rs 2142 crores of margin money has been provided. He further said that 875 MSMEs participated in 55 international events during 2015-16.
Skill mapping for almost all the districts has been completed and is now available on website www.dcmsme.gov.in
Other key initiatives included E-office in Ministry-wide application, Committee to frame MSME Policy, Framework for Rehabilitation and Revival, Ease of doing Business, Udhyog Aadhaar, Khadi-Fabric of Nation to Fabric of Fashion.
He also referred to Coir Export exceeding Rs. 1500 crores and MoU with Samsung and Social Security for Khadi artisans & Coir workers. Apart from this the ministry also conducted regional conclaves for participatory development and have come Laghu Udhyog Samachaar magazine.
Forthcoming initiatives include DataBank and MyMsmE mobile app and leveraging the power of Digital & Social Media for awareness generation and feedback.
Excerpts of a Twitter interaction by SMEpost.com with #AskKalraj
#AskKalraj – What is ministry doing for #SMEs reach to #rural areas?
@SMEpost beside other measures @minmsme has launched scheme #ASPIRE & signed MOU with #RSETI to reach youth at rural recently.
#AskKalraj – Ministry has done a lot of work to promote #Khadi. Brief us about the Khadi success & progress.
@SMEpost Khadi has seen tremendous growth in last two years especially after PM @narendramodi ji’s appeal to buy #Khadi. Khadi is becoming popular in youth,we have launched Khadi mobile bus to increase its reach to remote places also
#AskKalraj – How ministry is helping #MSMEs in their products selling strategies through E-commerce etc?
@SMEpost Ministry has launched B2B and B2C portals in this regard anyone can register and sell their products.
