The Union Ministry of MSME is extending major financial support for setting up of technology centres and clusters for development of micro, small and village industries in Odisha.
Odisha has been sanctioned three Technology Extension Centres with an investment of Rs 60 crore for enhancing the outreach of technology and skilled manpower required for the MSME sector.
Secondly, the MSME Ministry has also sanctioned 34 Clusters for various products to promote traditional industries in the State.
Under both the programmes, the State will be getting an investment of over Rs 120 crore from the Ministry of MSME.
Union Secretary MSME Ministry, Arun Kumar Panda has been instrumental for the massive support for the State.
Dr Panda was pursuing the proposals sent by the Government of Odisha and these Centres will come up in Brahmapur, Bhawanipatna and Keonjhar.
Additional Development Commissioner MSME Piyush Srivastava has informed the State Government in this regard.
He has urged the State Government to operationalize the Centres during 2019-20 in a time bound manner.
In fact, Odisha is in the priority list of the MSME Ministry with the presence of Minister of State, MSME, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Union Secretary Panda.
The MSME Ministry is following up the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for establishment of Technology Centres and Extensions Centres in the country for providing state of the art technology to the States.
The Government of India is setting up 20 Technology Centres and 100 Extension Centres with an estimated cost of Rs 6,000 Crore. While the competent authority has approved 20 Centres for the country, Odisha has got three Technology Centres, which will significantly enhance the outreach of technology needed for MSME sector.
Similarly, these centres will provide scope for skill development. Looking at the requirement, Prime Minister Modi harped on setting up of Technology Extension Centres in the country.
MSME Technology Centres will be given support from Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC), which is functioning in Bhubaneswar.
In order to promote traditional industries and create employment in rural areas, the MSME Ministry has sanctioned 34 Clusters in the State.
On an average, each cluster will come up with a cost of Rs 2 crore, so Odisha will get an investment of over Rs 60 crore in this regard.
These Clusters are sanctioned under the Scheme of Fund for Generation of Traditional Industries (SFURTI).
The clusters will be set up in Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Jajpur, Bhadrakh, Puri, Cuttack, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under MSME Ministry will be coordinating these clusters, which will promote traditional industries like bell metal, handicraft, saal leaf and plate, agarbatti, coir, handloom, bee wax, bamboo craft, jute craft and mahua, etc.
Published On : 05-10-2019
Source : Daily Pioneer
