e-News Letter Of Office Of Development Commissioner

A Newsletter for Indian Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises

         
Monday, September 03, 2007 Issue No. XIX  

In This Issue

IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES



1. SSIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES OF OFFICE OF DC(MSME) DURING JULY, 2007

(i) Minutes of the 1st Meeting of National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NB-MSME) were circulated among members on 4 July 2007.

(ii) The 9th Meeting of NMCC was held on 26 July 2007, where the main issue of discussion was implementation of NMCP. Secretary (MSME) attended this meeting.

(iii) A meeting to review the (a) Implementation of Package for Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises (b) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP) and (c) Implementation of schemes in the current year was held on 26 July 2007 under the Chairmanship of AS&DC (MSME).

(iv) A presentation was made before Member Secretary, Planning Commission by a team of officer’s lead by Secretary (MSME) in connection with new schemes, NMCP and merger of REGP/PMRY on 27.7.2007.

(v) Comments were forwarded to Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, M/o Commerce & Industry on the Draft Cabinet note for CCEA on Manufacturing Investment Regions (MIRs)


2. IIMPORTANT ACTIVITIES

A meeting of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry was held on 18th July 2007 in Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi regarding ‘New Items and New Suppliers to Indian Railways from SME Sector’. The meeting was attended by Secretary (MSME) and other senior officers of the Ministry.

3. SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

(i) 53 Skill Development Programmes, 27 Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, 45 Motivational Campaigns and 11 Management Development Programmes were conducted by field institutions and autonomous bodies in which 8184 persons including 13 overseas participants were trained.

(ii) An Memorandum of Agreement has been signed by Secretary (MSME) and Secretary (Overseas Indian Affairs) for conducting Skill Development Programmes for emigrant Indian workers by MSME-Development Institutes


4. TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION

(i) Autonomous bodies working under MSME-DO provided assistance in designing and manufacturing tools, metrology and inspection services to 36 small enterprises.

(ii) 261 samples of essential oils were analyzed by Flavour & Fragrance Development Centre (FFDC), Kannauj


5. EXPORT ASSISTANCE TO MEDIUM AND SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

(i) Four Micro Small Enterprises (MSEs) from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattishgarh participated in the 22nd International Exhibition for Machine Tools & Machinery (EMAQH) Fair at Buenos Aires from 13-18 July 2007. They attracted 29 trade enquiries of the value of 11.6 USD million.
(ii) Seven Micro Small Enterprises (MSEs) from Maharashtra, Rajastahn, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Kerala participated in the South Africa’s Big Seven Exhibition at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Johannesburg from 15-17 July 2007. They attracted 32 trade enquiries of the value of 1,15,000 USD.

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