Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 8: Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Kalraj Mishra today urged banking sector to create entrepreneurship culture by providing hassle-free services to start-ups.
Speaking at a daylong workshop on Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mishra said banks should be customer friendly by providing hassle free services to them on priority basis.
“Banks shouldn’t add to their (entrepreneurs) worries. They should be given free hand in choosing their trades,” Mishra told the gathering. “The financial institutions should professionally perform their job but dispose off cases on priority,” he added.
The function was organized by Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) in collaboration with Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) at Institute of Hotel Management (IHM).
The Minster urged the officials to create networking across all the regions and down at the grassroots. He said that Union Government has created a framework to uplift the small scale and Khadi units across Jammu and Kashmir. He said that his Ministry would give all sorts of help to revive and uplift the small scale industries across J&K. He directed the officials to reach out to the entrepreneurs and provide them all sort of help and assessment.
The Union Minister was accompanied by the Minster for Industries, Chander Prakash Ganga, Union Secretary, MSME, Chairman, KVIC, Secretary, CEO, KIVB, Director EDI, among other senior officials of the State and Centre.
Mishra directed officials to impart them full training of using these newly launched updated e-Charkhas. He informed that the Pashmina, which was out of the ambit of the MSME has been included into the list. “We are doing our every bit to help the small scale unit holders. By reaching out to the entrepreneurs we can make sure more and more people become self-reliant and self sustainable,” Mishra said.
He said that Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), would be a big success if more avenues are created for entrepreneurs.
“We have set a target of training 1.5 crore youth by 2022. The 18 tool rooms and technology development centres under the ministry are providing both long- and short-term training to more than one lakh youth at present,” he added.
He said that his ministry was implementing a number of schemes and programmes for the benefit of the MSME sector and facilitating the promotion and development by giving access to credit, infrastructure development and technology up gradation, etc.
Chander Prakash told the entrepreneurs to come forward to seek further help and assistance.
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