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The ‘One man Committee’ headed by former Jharkhand Governor Prabhat Kumar which was formed to formulate the MSME policy would finalize all the recommendations by October 31, 2016, Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra said in a response to question from KNN. Mishra stated that the ‘One Man Committee’ has been provided a formal office which he was inaugurating and it is expected that the Committee will be able to finalise all the recommendations by 31st October, 2016. Mishra said this while inter-acting with the media on the achievements of the Ministry in the last two years. He said that one of the main changes which has been brought by him in the Ministry is the transparency and accountability in implementation of Schemes. Almost every Scheme of the Ministry has been put on the web. Grievances are also being monitored through the web. Efforts are being made to bring even the MSME Census online. While talking of the Schemes such as SFURTI and ASPIRE, the Minister stated that the work on 38 SFURTI clusters was going on, out of which 20 will be completed by September, 2016. Further, out of 25 Livelihood Business Incubators under ASPIRE, 15 will be set up by 30th June, 2016 and 2 Technology Business Incubators will also be complete by June end. Union Ministers also stated that the various components of National Manufacturing Competitive Programmes such as Lean Manufacturing, Technology and Quality Upgradation, Design Clinic etc. are even being made mobile friendly by launching ‘MyMSME’. Increased funds have been allocated even during the year 2016-17 for giving a fillip to all the programmes. A record of Rs.200 crores have been allocated for Performance and credit Rating Scheme which is expected to help more than 10,000 units. It was also stated that the Ministry was in advance state for finalizing the modalities of National Hub for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. The Minister also approved a special scheme for ensuring that every North-Eastern State including Sikkim has a Technology Centre.