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MSME Min Giriraj Singh inaugurates National SC-ST Hub State conclave in Nagpur

Updated: Feb 17, 2018 09:36:26am
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MSME Min Giriraj Singh inaugurates National SC-ST Hub State conclave in Nagpur

New Delhi, Feb 17 (KNN) In an attempt to encourage the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) belonging to members of the SC-ST community, Minister of State (I/C) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Giriraj Singh inaugurated the National SC-ST hub conclave in Nagpur.

Giriraj Singh informed about the inaugural in a tweet from his official twitter handle.

The program is expected facilitate a common platform for the different stakeholders including CPSEs, Industry Associations and State Government. The participants would deliberate upon steps to be taken to fulfil Public Procurement Policy mandate for SC-ST entrepreneurs.

The programme aims at coalescing efforts taken by all the stakeholders towards creating a supportive ecosystem for inclusive growth of SC-ST Entrepreneurs. The programme also aims to hold interactions with industry associations and incubators to understand their expectations about NSSH programme while also on-boarding them to play a larger role.

The event is being organized along the lines of the Public Procurement Policy, 2012 that mandated 4 per cent of total procurement of goods and services made by Central Ministries and CPSEs to be from Micro and Small Enterprises owned by SC & ST entrepreneurs.

National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) was launched by Prime Minister Modi with an aim to achieve the mandate under the Public Procurement Policy. (KNN/DA)

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