Saurabh Gupta | 04 Sep, 2013
To counter current account deficit (CAD), manufacturing sector needs to be supported and so the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on manufacturing has proposes new easier rules for eatery and exit of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
"We are finalising our report on improving manufacturing in the Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector which will soon be submitted to the
Cabinet Secretary for his consideration," Secretary, Ministry of MSME,
Madhav Lal told media after the MoU signing ceremony of NSIC and Mauritius's
SMEDA in New Delhi on Monday.
The government had set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), headed by
Madhav Lal, Secretary, MSME, to address the issues of MSME sector and suggest
ways to boost the manufacturing in the sector.
"The panel will submit its recommendations soon," said Lal.
Along with Chairman of Committee, Madhav Lal other members are Saurabh Chandra,
Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Dr. M Sarangi,
Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Rakesh Kacker, Secretary, Ministry of Food
Processing Industries, Zohra Chatterji, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles.
Currently it is very difficult for a SME to start a unit and even more
difficult to exit from the same.
In the report, the panel is believed to have suggested simplification of rules
for entry of small units along with creating an efficient framework for exit of
sick units.
"We are looking at the entire issue from the perspective of the life cycle
of MSMEs like what kind of assistance they require at the stage of the start-up
and what is that they require for doing business or expanding it," Lal
added.