ENA MSME 2021-11-02 10:07:26 <p><strong>New Delhi, 2 Nov (KNN)</strong> For the development of the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan, the government has constituted a 20 member empowered group of secretaries (EGoS).</p> <p>The INR 100 lakh crore project has been conceived for building holistic infrastructure in India which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this year on the 75th anniversary of Independence.</p> <p>The chairperson of the EGoS will be the Cabinet Secretary and other members will be secretaries from various departments.</p> <p>Reacting to the development, Federation of Indian Micro and Small &amp; Medium Enterprises (FISME)- the apex body of MSMEs, has requested that Secretary MSME may be coopted to ensure that MSEs get their due in the contracts wherein 25% procurement from MSEs is mandatory.</p> <p>The Gati-shakti is a huge initiative and will give a gati ( a momentum) to MSMEs, FISME added.</p> <p>The EGoS can include any other secretary for as per need and requirement for the master plan.</p> <p>It will include the chairman of the Railway Board and secretaries from various ministries, including Road, Transport &amp; Highways, Ports, Shipping &amp; Waterways, Civil Aviation, Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas, Power, Telecommunications, Coal, Mines, Chemicals &amp; Petro-Chemicals, Fertilizers, Steel, Expenditure, Food and Public Distribution, Agriculture &amp; Farmers Welfare, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Tourism and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).</p> 27603 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/msme/include-msme-secretary-in-empowered-group-for-gati-shakti-project-fisme 2021-11-02 10:07:26 knnindia.co.in