Uttarakhand
to create landbanks for MSMEs : SSI Minister, Uttarakhand
CII
Industrial Expo 2014 to further boost
Manufacturing
and enterprise in the State
Large and
Small industry from across the country to meet over four days, explore business
partnerships & transact business
Uttarakhand offers conducive industrial environment said Shri Harish Durgapal, Hon’ble Minister
SSI, Uttarakhand during the Inaugural Session of the Industrial Expo 2014. The
Expo, which has entered its 3rdedition this year is a B2B (Business
to Business) Show with special focus on MSMEs and Buyer Seller Meets. The event
is organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) jointly with the
Department of MSME, Government of Uttarakhand. This is a four day event
concluding on Sunday, 9 November
2014.
Congratulating CII for organising an MSME focussed pan India event
in the industrial town of Haridwar, Hon’ble Minister said that MSMEs are the
backbone of the State’s economy and the State Government would create landbank
for MSMEs, wherein they can get land at competitive rates. Large industry and
MSMEs are interdependent and hence an event like Industrial Expo organised by
CII brings these two together.
Government of Uttarakhand is keen to promote further
industrialisation in the state and at the same time is also committed to
development of the hills said Hon’ble Minister. He sought industry’s help in
creating entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities in the state.
Hon’ble Minister said that handloom and handicrafts will be promoted in a big
way to generate self-employment to address the issue of unemployment.
Journey of industrialisation of Uttarakhand has been spectacular
said Mr S C Nautiyal,
Additional Director Industries, Government of Uttarakhand. He emphasised
on the need for industry connect with the people and Industrial Expo is an
important step in this direction. He also stressed on the need for the industry
to be globally competitive for it to be able to thrive.
Sharing the key highlights of the event Mr Manu Kochhar, Chairman CII
Uttarakhand State Council said that the 3rd edition of Industrial Expo spread over
more than 6000 square meters has attracted over 150 participants from
Uttarakhand as well as 10 other States. He added that in order to help link
MSMEs with the larger corporates, 7 Buyer Seller Meets would be organised
including those by Railways, Leading PSUs – like BHEL, Auto majors like TATA
Motors and Maruti Suzuki India and many more. Participating companies would be
sharing their purchase requirements and processes at these meets, which will
help MSMEs explore new business opportunities.
Proposing a formal Vote of Thanks, Mr Prashant Mahadik,
Vice Chairman, CII Uttarakhand State Council said that the through events like
Industrial Expo, CII aims to broad base the industrial development of the
state, foster partnerships and promote sharing of best practices.
The session was also addressed by the Mr Alok Kumar Singh, Plant Head
TATA Motors Panatnagar and Mr
Mukesh Goyal, Plant Head, Hero MotoCorp, Haridwar who appreciated the
catalytic role of Industrial Expo in promoting local enterprise as well as in
showcasing world class industrial destination of Haridwar.
Various sectoral / industry associations partnering Industrial
Expo 2014 are Asian Professional Security Association (APSA) New Delhi, Western
UP Chamber of Commerce and Industry Meerut, SIDCUL Entrepreneur Welfare
Society (SEWS) Pantnagar, SIDCUL Entrepreneurs Welfare Association (SEWA)
Haridwar, Uttarakhand Productivity Council (UPC) Dehradun, Hardwar Management
Association (HMA), Himachal Chamber of Commerce & Industry Paonta Sahib
& BBN Industries Association Baddi.
Earlier
during the day, Shri Harish Durgapal, Hon’ble Minister SSI, Government of
Uttarakhand inaugurated the Industrial Expo.