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Odisha MSME Dept asks DICs to resolve problems of export oriented units

Updated: Sep 19, 2016 07:36:41am
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Odisha MSME Dept asks DICs to resolve problems of export oriented units

Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (KNN) Odisha’s MSME Department has asked the District Industries Centres (DICs) to resolve the problems of export oriented units to boost exports and achieve the export turnover target of Rs.21,550 crore.

Speaking at the two-day conference of Regional Managers and General Managers of DICs here on Saturday, MSME Principal Secretary L N Gupta said, “General managers of all the District Industries Centres (DICs) have been advised to resolve the problems of export oriented units to boost exports and achieve the export turnover target of Rs.21,550 crore."

He said the department has decided to tap funds from various schemes of the Ministry of MSME for the development of MSMEs.

Gupta also said that the department has planned to set up a Groundnut cluster at Jajpur, Coir cluster at Sakhigopal near Puri, Dry Fish cluster at Paradeep, Rice Milling clusters at Kalahandi, Koraput and Balasore, and Engineering clusters at Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Rayagada and Dhenkanal.

The Principal Secretary revealed that the department has set up 13,500 MSME units against the target of promoting 40,000 MSME units during the current year.

He said the MSME units would generate employment for 2 lakh persons.

The government has set a target to generate 0.4 million new jobs by promoting 0.15 million in MSME sector during 2015-19.

In order to sensitise and motivate youths to set up MSME units, it has been decided to organise 180 sensitisation programmes across the state during the remaining period of the current financial year 2016-17, he pointed. (KNN Bureau)

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