On the face of it, the MSME Ministry may have lost some clout in the new look Modi Cabinet. This, if one, were to purely go by the number of ministers attached to the ministry. The new look Cabinet has witnessed one MoS being elevated with an Independent charge while another MoS has moved out to greener pastures. Yes, the man leading the ministry so far has also moved out, possibly to embrace a post retirement assignment.
A dispassionate analysis beyond pure play ministerial number attached to the MSME Ministry shows that a focused Key Responsibility Area (KRA) approach is set to draw better dividends.
Look at the ministers who have been elevated today: majority of them had performed well in the role of an Independent Charge of their respective ministries. Be it Piyush Goyal or Dharmendra Pradhan, both, achieved a stupendous performance in view of the independence they enjoyed administering their portfolios.
In the new scheme of things, therefore, Giriraj Singh, as responsible minister with an independent charge is bound to bring about a decisive momentum to the ministry.
#CabinetReshuffle: Ministers of State given Independent Charge pic.twitter.com/pt1BbPP7q4
— PIB India (@PIB_India) September 3, 2017
Singh has the good fortune of leveraging continuity and drawing on the overall vision for the ministry drawn by Kalraj Mishra. Mishra, a long time Hindi heartland strong man for BJP, ran the core economic ministry with all the humility and adaptability to make a difference. His virtue being his political economy experience.
But his overall stint witnessed a sharp decline in small business fortunes given the stress on raising finance, a legacy challenge for the sector.
The twin momentous decisions of Modi government – Demonetization and GST – took MSME sector by shock increasing stress manifold. Both these big ticket decisions though are bound to bring about medium and long term benefits to the sector. It is in the interim that there is need for a positive stroke to the MSME sector.
मैं प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी और हमारे राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @AmitShah जी का आभारी हूं जिन्होंने हमारे ऊपर दुबारा विश्वास किया है। pic.twitter.com/hFdYvGmt5M
— Giriraj Singh (@girirajsinghbjp) September 3, 2017
Singh, who served as junior to Mishra, is fully integrated into the overall vision. He has shown steely resolve both as a Parliamentarian as also as MoS to showcase grass root execution as his strength.
Singh has now to lead from the front and galvanise the sector. The Prime Minister has lost no opportunity to reaffirm faith in the small and medium sector business potential to pitch fork the India economic growth story.
आदरणीय गिरिराज जी आपको सूक्ष्म, लघु एवं मध्यम उद्योग मंत्रालय का स्वतंत्र प्रभार मिलने पर हार्दिक बधाई।@girirajsinghbjp @minmsme 1/n
— Kalraj Mishra (@KalrajMishra) September 3, 2017
Giving him (Singh) support are two key macro economy ministers, both, for continuity and growth. With Finance minister on one side and Commerce and Industry minister Suresh Prabhu on the other driving the overall India economic story, Singh and his MSME Ministry is set to play a pivotal role in reimagining business (Small and big) in India.
