New Delhi, April 30, 2017: A meeting of Ministers and Principal Secretaries (MSME/Khadi/Coir) of all States/ UTs under the Chairmanship of Shri Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for MSME, Government of India was held here today.
Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, Minister of State for MSME, Government of India, and senior officers of the Ministry were also present on this august occasion. From the States/ UTs, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi. Lt. Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri Rohit Bhai Patel, Minister from Gujarat, Shri Vipul Goyal, Minister from Haryana, Shri TH. Biswajit Singh, Minister from Manipur, Shri H. Rohluna, Minister from Mizoram, Shri Jogendra Behera, Minister from Odisha, Shri Satyadev Pachauri, Minister from Uttar Pradesh and Shri Madan Kaushik, Minister from Uttarakhand, participated and presented views of their respective UT/ States. Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Coir Board, and Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, KVIC, were also present.
It is a unique effort of the Government in line with its emphasis on the spirit of the cooperative federalism and discussions with the States/UTs. Shri Kalraj Mishra, speaking on the occasion, said that, for overall development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Sector, the coordination between Centre and State is an essential ingredient. This meeting is one such effort in this regard. There are numerous areas in which the effort of Centre can be, and need to be, complemented by the State and vice-versa.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for MSME stated that India could become the manufacturing hub of the world if both Centre and States work in tandem. It may also benefit all the stakeholders. He also stressed on the huge potential of the MSME Sector in the matter of providing employment. He also pointed out that the present Government wants more people to be self-employed so that the number of job-seekers comes down.
Lt. Governor and Ministers from States spoke about the problems faced by their respective UT/ States and gave valuable suggestions.
The issues discussed in the meeting are listed below:
1. Development and Growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), issues of separate MSME Department and MSME policies in the State and regulatory issues hampering the growth of MSMEs:
(iv) It has also been noticed that the major problem areas for the MSMEs are lack of availability of credit facilities, technology advancements, availability of skilled man-power, availability of infrastructure and also a prevalence of higher cost on regulatory compliances. All the State Governments have again been requested to work in all these areas, especially after the ease-of-doing business campaign. It is heartening to note that various States have simplified their processes and it would be appropriate that these processes are further rationalised, especially for MSMEs.
2. Review of implementation of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
3. NIMSME, training of DIC staff and introduction of Udyog Bandhu: In the changed policy scenario, the District Industries Centres should be redeveloped as Udyam/Udyog Bandhus with the necessary infrastructure for providing counselling, mentoring and handholding services. A specialized cadre of trained officials employed by the Udyam/Udyog Bandhus need to work with local partners to counsel, mentor and to train small entrepreneurs. These Udyam/Udyog Bandhus can comprise of “Facilitator Business Development Cell as one stop services” to give counselling, mentoring and handholding towards complying rules required for setting up services or manufacturing enterprises.
4. Promotion of Khadi and the various schemes of KVIC
5. Implementation of Technology Centres System Programme and Review of Working of Existing Technology Centres
6. Review of various schemes of the Ministry namely, SFURTI, ASPIRE, MATU, MAS, IC and PCRS
7. Discussion regarding One-Man Committee’s recommendations on MSME.
8. Implementation of National SC/ST Hub (NSSH)
9. Progress on Micro & Small Enterprises – Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP)
10. Best Practices of various States for growth of SMEs:
a. Automaticity of Statutory Clearances for starting a business in Telangana
b. The ‘Clearing House Model’ for Statutory Clearances in Gujarat
c. Capital Investment Subsidy, Interest Subsidy and Benefits under the Purchase Policy by Govt. of Gujarat.
d. Consolidation of unused Government plots by Madhya Pradesh
e. Efforts taken by Maharashtra for quick disposal of Delayed Payments cases
f. Trade Facilitation Centre at DICs in West Bengal
The concerned States were commended for adopting such practices and today’s deliberations documented the outlines of these practices so that other States, too, could adopt such best practices.
