State MSME Minister seeks financial aid for clusters in UP

Lucknow, Apr 17 (KNN) Uttar Pradesh's MSME minister Sidharthnath Singh has sought financial aid from the centre for setting up a glass beads cluster in Varanasi.

While interacting with Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday virtually, Singh informed Gadkari about the financial aid and also sought final clearance for a brassware utensils cluster and terracotta and pottery cluster in Gorakhpur.

He also discussed the implementation of the Centre’s Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development or MSECDP scheme in UP.

Singh also apprised Gadkari of the other clusters which the state government can develop with assistance from the Centre such as leather footwear in Saharanpur, wooden processing carving in Sambhal and Moradabad, sheet metal in Lakhimpur, Chikankari in Barabanki, etc.

''A toy cluster has to be developed in Jhansi, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Chitrakoot and a DPR would be presented to the Centre at the earliest,'' he added.

Eventually, he also requested Gadkari to simplify the process of giving clearances under the MSECDP scheme.