SME Times News Bureau | 27 Oct, 2021
Union
Minister of MSME Narayan Rane has called for engagement of the
youth in promoting entrepreneurship leading to the economic development
of the country.
Launching “SAMBHAV”, a National Level Awareness
Programme-2021 being organised by Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises, in New Delhi on Wednesday, he emphasized that
new products and services created by budding entrepreneurs can give a
cascading effect, for stimulating related businesses or sectors.
The
Minister was accompanied by Minister of State Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh
Verma and Secretary MSME Shri BB Swain.
Speaking
on the occasion, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma stressed upon enhancing
the GDP contribution from present 30 per cent to 50 per cent, and
employment generation in MSME sector from 11 crore to 15 crore.
He
expressed hope that India will be the top economy of the world in
future.
The
mass outreach program will be a one-month long initiative under the
Ministry of MSME in which students from different colleges/ITIs from all
parts of the country will be encouraged by 130 field offices of the
Ministry to take up entrepreneurship.
During the campaign the college
students will be made aware of the various schemes being implemented by
the Ministry of MSME through Audio/Video film presentations.
Awareness
programs will be conducted in more than 1,300 colleges across the
country in which 1,50,000 students are expected to participate.