Kolkata, Feb 15 (KNN) West Bengal Finance and Industries Minister Amit Mitra has urged Rotarians from the state to engage with Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to scale up their operations.

Lauding MSMEs, he said asserted that this sector provide maximum employment in the state with the bank lending of almost Rs 70,000 crore to the sector in the current financial year.

Addressing the Rotary India Centennial Summit 2020 here on Friday, the minister said, "The MSMEs do not know how to scale up their operations and climb up the entire value chain. I urge the Rotarians staying here to create a special cell to train the entrepreneurs".

He further said the Rotarians, who are working at the grassroots in various fields like education and healthcare, can help the MSMEs to scale up their operations.

"It is important to engage the Rotarians for helping the MSME sector in the state as it is the highest employment generator", he added.

Reportedly, as many as 4,100 delegates from 40 countries have participated in this Rotary conference.

Mitra later added that Rotary has agreed to provide e-learning software and systems to 20,000 school across the state adding that ''they can help the MSMEs to access export markets and bank lending.''

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