SIDBI with Haryana govt organises Outreach programme for strengthening MSMEs

Karnal, Jan 1 (KNN) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in collaboration with Haryana Development Commissioner - Ministry of MSME organised an Outreach programme for strengthening Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) ecosystem here.

The main objective of the outreach programme was to promote activities for the benefit of MSMEs and knowledge dissemination on digital platforms.

The programme witnessed good participation from various stakeholders including senior officials of Govt of Haryana, Directorate of Industries, District Industries Centres, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Banks, MSME development organisations, Industry Associations and MSMEs.

Speaking, the occasion, Mohammad Mustafa, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI, said, “This initiative is a part of our SIDBI Vision 2.0 under which Mission Swavalamban is our umbrella initiative. The prime objective of the initiative is to gauge the expectation of MSME stakeholders, identify the good practices of the State and suggest State-specific schemes.

''We expect greater participation by MSMEs in these programmes and urge them to make best use of these initiatives,'' he added.

The outreach programme is based on recommendation of the expert committee on MSMEs headed by U K Sinha, former chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), for SIDBI to collaborate with State Governments to get MSME units boarded onto digital platforms such as PSBloansIn59minutes, e-commerce platforms, listing on stock exchanges, etc.

Have already organised eight programmes in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Kerala, this was the ninth outreach programme under the initiative.

The target audience for these programs were officials from State Governments, banks, industry associations, Technical Consultancy Organizations (TCOs), MSMEs and other relevant stakeholders.

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