By Samachar Vishesh
News
Chandigarh 17th September:- Punjab
is leading the Ease of Logistics charts with second rank in the country. This
was stated by Vini Mahajan,
Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Punjab
while addressing the CII 7th Regional SME Summit held at CII
Northern Region Headquarters, here today.
She mentioned that the contribution
of MSMEs to Punjab's economy & employment is indeed tremendous and that the
government offers its full support and proactive grievance redressal to ensure
sustainability of the sector. Vini Mahajan also shared that Punjab will be the
first State in India to have MSME Facilitation Centers in every district as the
policy makers are keen to gather feedback from the industry stakeholders and
address their grievances. She also urged the MSME manufacturers to make optimum
utilization of the ‘Make in Punjab’ platform. The efforts of the State
government in improving the industrial infrastructure and ensuring quality
skill training & technical education were also highlighted during her
speech.
Rachna
Dikshit, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of
India, Chandigarh also graced the occasion and said that we are working towards
capacity building of the Bankers, esp. the rural banks so that the public money
is used with caution. She shared regulator’s point of view in context of MSME
funding and opined that all the stakeholders should work in tandem to deal with
credit & debt issues.
R K
Parmar, Assistant Director, Ministry of MSME, DI, Ludhiana gave
detailed account about the ‘MSME Sambandh’ portal and how the same can be used
to solve a number of problems for SME sector. He emphasized the need of access
to easy finance for the growing entrepreneurs and mentioned that GoI has a
plethora of schemes for helping them.
Sanjay
Khurana, Chairman, Regional Committee on
SMEs, CII NR & Wholetime Director, Baddi Foils Pvt Ltd. also emphasized on
the importance of the MSME sector in Indian economy and said that a need based
support to MSMEs during the times of delinquency, failure and other challenges
is very essential.
Rajeev
Arora, General Manager, State bank of India while sharing Banker’s
purview in lieu of SME financing, said that bankers need transparency,
commitment from the entrepreneurs, checks & balances and a viable
restricting plan to render best of our services to the industry & the
government.
Jyoti
Prakash Gadia, Co-Chairman, Regional Committee on
SMEs, CII NR and MD, Resurgent India Pvt Ltd also shared his views regarding
SME funding and risk assessment.
Sushil
Aggarwal, Co-Chairman, Regional Committee on
SMEs, CII NR and Chairman Avon Moldplast Limited delivered the formal vote of
thanks and emphasized the need of an enabling eco-system for the growth of MSME
sector in our country and increased sensitivity towards their problems &
obstacles.
The event was well attended by over
100 delegates covering various SME segments.
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