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News Background: issue necessary instructions to resolve the issues. The portal will greatly facilitate the monitoring of The Portal will give information about the the delayed payment in a more effective manner. pending payment of MSEs with individual CPSEs The information on the portal will be available in / Central Ministries, State Governments, etc. The public domain, thus exerting moral pressure on CEO of PSEs and the Secretary of the Ministries the defaulting organisations. The MSEs will also be concerned will also be able to monitor the cases empowered to access the portal and monitor their of delayed payment under their jurisdiction and cases. n Vice President Inaugurates National Sc/ST Hub (NSSH) confluence MOUs with 3 Sector Skill Councils to provide skill development trainings to SC/ST Entrepreneurs he Vice President, Shri Venkaiah Naidu be developed when the downtrodden and under- was the Chief Guest of National SC ST Hub privileged sections are uplifted. He further said that T(NSSH) Confluence organized by Ministry of we need to have an integrated, multi-dimensional Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and developmental agenda for the development of the also released first ever radio jingle for National SC country. ST Hub. Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Tribal Affairs The Vice President said that setting up of Shri Jual Oram, Minister of State (Independent Industries is important for the development of Charge), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium our country and it will solve the unemployment Enterprises Shri Giriraj Singh, Minister of State, problem and increase the income. He further said Ministry of Finance Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, were that industry and agriculture are two important also present to grace the occasion. factors for the overall development of the country. The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah The Vice President while referring to the Naidu has said that a collective, coordinated national discourse today, Stand-up, Start-up, action is needed to strengthen the eco-system for Incubation, Innovation said that this should get promoting SC & ST Entrepreneurs in the country. further momentum and tempo. He further said He was addressing the National SC-ST Hub that Make in India, Skill India, Digital India, Confluence organized by the Union Ministry Clean India – all these programmes should reach of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, on 20 th every section and everybody must get their due. September, 2017. The Union Minister for Social Capacity building is important; credit availability Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawar Chand is important, technology up-gradation is also Gehlot, the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri important, he added. Jual Oram, the Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (I/C), Shri Giriraj Singh, The Vice President said that the Micro, Small the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Shiv Pratap and Medium Enterprise Sector (MSME) is the Shukla and other dignitaries were present on the bulwark of the Indian economy and one of the occasion. largest employers after agriculture. He further said that it is also one of the major contributors to the The Vice President said that the country will country’s GDP. With Make in India envisaging to 58 Laghu Udyog Samachar