Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (KNN) Centre is planning to set up 15 new micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) technology centres in the country for skill development of youths, said Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra.

He was addressing students on the occasion of silver jubilee celebration of the Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC) here on Sunday.

Mishra said the country has already 18 MSME technology centres  and out of all the centres, Bhubaneswar is outstanding and number one among others.

CTTC Official told KNN that these centres will be handy for the industrial sectors.

“These tech centres will work as common platform for MSMEs. These centres will promote skill development and at the same time it will work as Common Facility Centre (CFC) for MSMEs,” said L.Rajashekhar Deputy General Manager, CTTC.

He said every centre under the cluster has been placed in the different areas in order to spread technological interests.

“We have identifying clusters and specific centres have been set up in the different locations,” said Rajashekhar.

According to him there are already as many as 18 MSME CTTCs across country and now government has introduced new centres without repeating same technology.

During the course of event, MSME state secretary LN Gupta urged Mishra to set up two CTTC like technology centres at Berhampur and Sambalpur.

According to LN Gupta Bhubaneswar centre provides training to 32,000 students every year. The annual turnover of the centre is 47 crore with a profit of Rs 17 crore. (KNN)