New Delhi, Nov 5 (KNN) The Office of Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises wants to rope in a Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) for establishment of technology centers across India.

DC MSME is planning to establish as many as 20 TCs across India at an approximate cost of Rs 3600 crores.

In this context, Office of Development Commissioner (MSME), Ministry of MSME, Government of India intends to engage the services of a CPSE as Project Management Consultant (PMC) for planning, design & monitoring of civil infrastructure, procurement of machines, contract management and providing implementation & monitoring support in establishment of 20 Technology Centres across India.

Currently there are 18 operational Technology Centres. 10 are for the tooling industry and 8 are for other industries such as ESDM (electronics system design and manufacturing), glass, footwear, and fragrance and flavour and sports.

The Ministry of MSME established 18 Technology Centres (TCs) earlier known as Tool Rooms (10 Nos) and Technology Development Centres (8 Nos) spread across the country.

TCs’ primary focus is to support industries particularly MSMEs in the country through - Access to advanced manufacturing technologies; Skilling manpower by offering opportunities for technical skill development to the youth at varying levels ranging from school dropouts to graduate engineers and Providing technical and business advisory support to MSME entrepreneurs. 

Published On : 05-11-2019

Source : KNN India