Guwahati, Sep 23 (KNN) To set up a tool room and training centre at Quality Control building at Borguri in Tinsukia under the special scheme ‘Promotion of MSME in NE Region and Sikkim’, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the Tool Room & Training Centre, Guwahati.

Commissioner and secretary of Assam’s Industries and Commerce Department, S S Meenakshi Sundaram signed the MoU with the project manager, Kajal Kumar Saha, Tool Room & Training Centre, Guwahati.

The Tool Room will be set up under the special scheme ‘Promotion of MSME in NE Region and Sikkim’.

The MoU was signed in the presence of state industries and commerce minister, Chandra Mohan Patowary.

The estimated project cost of the Tool Room is Rs 11.33 crore, out of which Government of India’s grant is Rs 5.80 crores and state share is Rs 5.53 crores.

The Tool Room and Training Centre will develop production facilities of moulds, jigs, fixtures and other sophisticated tools preferable for MSMEs.

It will also train manpower in the field of industrial engineering and other allied engineering trades both for the freshers and for personnel already engaged in the field.

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