New Delhi, June 22 (KNN) Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today inaugurated the fifth India International MSME Start-up Expo 2018 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi today.

The three-day event will end on June 24. The expo envisages boosting  MSMEs, Startups and budding young entrepreneurs by providing a platform for networking by Indian as well as buyers and sellers from different countries.

Minister of State- PMO DONER Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma, Minister of Industrial Development in the Uttar Pradesh Government Satish Mahana and envoys of Thailand, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are reportedly also to attend the event.

The agenda of the exposition is to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment to generate maximum job opportunities.

It will also provide a one-stop global platform to connect, network, partner and share information with Domestic & International SMEs to find new business opportunities in either country.

The event is likely to witness more than 20,000 visitors, 250 exhibitors, 100 B2G/B2B Meetings, 50 Embassies and Global Participants, 30 banks and investors, 15 PSUs-Government Departments and 10 concurrent summits.