Kolkata, Jan 11 (KNN) Sharing West Bengal’s achievement in the Micro and Small Scale Industries (MSME) sector, on a social network site,  state chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that West Bengal has become the leading state in India in terms of credit flow to the MSME sector.

 “We are No. 1 in credit flow to the MSME sector in the country. During the period April-September 2012, the credit flow from banks to MSME sector in Bengal was the highest at Rs 4,331 crore,” Banerjee said on Facebook.

She further said that the state was also leading during April-September 2013, with the highest credit flow of Rs 8,900 crore to the MSME sector.

“This is more than 105 per cent increase on year-to-year basis,” Banerjee added.

“This has been possible due to the persistent follow-up of the West Bengal Government in providing entrepreneurs all necessary assistance for setting up and running businesses successfully,” she said.

The West Bengal Chief Minister pointed out that a few other states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have recorded an average growth below 50 per cent.   (KNN Bureau/SD)