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Biswajit seeks more projects for State
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, April 29 2017:
Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industries Thongam Biswajit Singh drew the attention of Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra for initiating more schemes and projects in the State in order to solve unemployment issue.
He was speaking at the meeting of Ministers and Principal Secretaries (MSME/Khadi/Coir) of all States and Union Territories under the Chairmanship of Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for MSME, Government of India, held in New Delhi yesterday.
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, Minister of State for MSME, Government of India, and senior officers of the Ministry were also present at the meeting.
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Prof Jagdish Mukhi, Lt Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Rohit Bhai Patel, Minister from Gujarat, Vipul Goyal, Minister from Haryana, Th Biswajit Singh, Minister from Manipur, H Rohluna, Minister from Mizoram, Jogendra Behera, Minister from Odisha, Satyadev Pachauri, Minister from Uttar Pradesh and Madan Kaushik, Minister from Uttarakhand participated and presented views on their respective UT/ States.
Th Biswajit Singh also stressed the importance of Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) which was a credit-linked programme launched by the Ministry of MSME for creation of employment in both rural and urban areas of the country.
He urged the Ministry for creation of more employment in Manipur under the scheme.
Union Minister for MSME Kalraj Mishra said, "The coordination between Centre and State is necessary for overall development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector".
He also pointed out that the present Government wanted more people to be self-employed so that the number of job-seekers would come down.
In the meeting, the Union Ministry informed again to all the States to create a separate Department or at least a separate Directorate for the development and growth of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) .
The Ministry also asked every State to come up with MSME policy in their States.
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