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News push contribution of the manufacturing sector to platform. A brief presentation was given by Joint 25 per cent of the GDP by 2022, the MSME sector Secretary, SME, on the initiatives undertaken by the will be required to play a critical role in achieving hub, highlighting the progress till date. the goal, he added. The confluence brought various insights from The Vice President said that skill up gradation Industry Association and Incubators to understand is one area that requires top attention for the the gaps in realizing the mandate of Public overall development of SC/ST entrepreneurs. He Procurement Policy and put forth innovative congratulated the National SC/ST Hub for signing strategies for holistic development of MSEs owned MoUs with Sector Skill Councils to skill over 2,000 by SC/ST Entrepreneurs. The discussion held was entrepreneurs and said that the associations and extremely fruitful and intend to go a long way in incubators have a huge role to play in supporting the meeting the objectives of the National SC ST Hub. objectives of National SC/ST Hub. Each association must extend support in building capacities and Interactive session was held with over mentoring entrepreneurs in its respective sector, he 150 industry associations and incubators with added. representation of over 400 participants, focussing on collaboration with NSSH, to augment the Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for capabilities of existing SC/ST entrepreneurs. Ministry of Finance, mentioned that Sabka Saath, Several excellent suggestions were made with Sabka Vikas is the genesis of the idea of inclusivity. respect to market access; capacity building, He also promised his Ministry’s full support to tender challenges, technology upgradation, etc. the Ministry of MSME to enable entrepreneurism were made. The session also focused on future amongst the SC ST community. action plan along with role to be played by each stakeholder to achieve the objectives of the hub. Shri Jual Oram, Minister of Tribal Affairs stated that he was glad that the Government has taken In addition, MOUs were signed with 3 an initiative as unique as NSSH to uplift the ST Sector Skill Councils to provide skill development community of the country. trainings of SC-ST Entrepreneurs under capacity building initiatives of NSSH. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment mentioned that all MSMEs Background: face challenges in marketing their products due to competition from large enterprises which is why The Government of India formulated the the Public Procurement Policy is a welcome step. Public Procurement Policy, 2012 which states that 20% of total procurement of goods and services by Shri. Giriraj Singh, Minister of State Central Ministries, Departments and CPSEs shall be (Independent Charge), Ministry of MSME thanked made from MSEs and 20% of such procurement everyone for their presence and mentioned (4% of total) shall be from SC & ST owned MSEs. that if SC ST entrepreneurs can get orders worth Rs. 5,000 crores, it will go a long way in helping NSSH is a unique initiative launched by Prime such entrepreneurs. He mentioned that the day the Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 18 October 2016. th job seeker becomes a job giver, dreams of everyone This initiative is aimed empowering SC ST owned shall be accomplished. MSEs in order to achieve the 4% mandate of the Public Procurement Policy. Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary, Ministry of MSME highlighted that the programme was a In view of the above, the NSSH initiative has medium to build bridges therefore connecting the potential to work on ground and have an impact everyone and bringing everyone on a common till the last mile. Due to the social and economic June-November, 2017 59