ENA State 2020-07-08 07:27:28 <p><strong>Chandigarh, July 8 (KNN)</strong> Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has assured all support and cooperation to young entrepreneurs for setting up Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) units in the state.</p> <p>He said this while interacting with the beneficiaries of Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) during a webinar here, on Tuesday, organized by the Department of MSMEs, Haryana.</p> <p>''The state government has identified 56 clusters of various categories to be set up in all 22 districts, which would benefit about 70,000 MSMEs in the state,'' he added.</p> <p>Commenting on the COVID-19 crisis, Khattar said the government would ensure that the functioning of existing MSMEs in the state is not affected due this pandemic.</p> <p>Online clearances pertaining to 17 different departments are provided through the Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre in just 45 days, he said.</p> <p>''Besides, the facility of deemed clearances has also been made available for the benefit of entrepreneurs,'' he added.</p> <p>He asserted that Haryana has made a huge progress in terms of registrations for 'StartUp India' and 'Stand-Up India' programmes.</p> <p>''More than 8,000 registrations, including 4,194 under StartUp India and 4,119 under Stand-Up India have so far been made in the state, which is much more than the registrations in neighbouring Punjab,'' an official statement said.</p> <p>Apart from this, loans amounting to Rs 868 crore have been provided for the Stand-Up India scheme in the state, the statement quoted the chief minister as saying.</p> <p>Speaking on unlocking the economy after the COVID-19-induced lockdown, Khattar said industrial operations have resumed, and as many as 38.13 lakh workers have returned to work in 56,000 industrial units of the state.</p> <p>He further said that the Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM) which was launched to bring all types of enterprises registered in the state on a single platform, will provide a unique identification number to all enterprises -- shops, MSMEs, large and mega industries -- to enable permissions and services from the government to be provided in an integrated manner.</p> <p>''The benefit of any commercial or industrial policy in the future would be given on the basis of the HUM number,'' he added.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" id="mgiframe" src="//mg.mgid.com/mghtml/framehtml/c/k/n/knnindia.co.in.338951.html" width="100%"></iframe></p> 25393 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/state/haryana-cm-assures-all-support-to-entrepreneurs-for-setting-up-msme-units 2020-07-08 07:27:28 knnindia.co.in