(MENAFN- KNN India) Centre to launch ODOP scheme in Odisha
New Delhi, Sept 1 (KNN) ‘One District One Product' (ODOP) scheme will soon be launched in Odisha to provide market link to farmers and make small industries successful in state.
This was said by Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of State for MSME at the inaugural function of the SC-ST State Conclave cum Exhibition under National SC-ST Hub and inauguration of NSICs Dharmapada Bhawan.
In this regard, he asked the Union MSMEs secretary Arun Panda to conduct a survey of districts in Odisha on the potentials of starting new MSME units in aromatic, agro, marine food processing, organic food marketing, turmeric and ginger processing and other section.
Further, he said that the farmers of Kandhamal district will be taken to Maharashtra for a field visit to witness agro clusters in that state and 50,000 agro entrepreneurs will be imparted training in Odisha.
Besides, Centre has a plan to create 18 lakh new youth entrepreneurs in the coming days to promote entrepreneurship, Singh added.
He said mobile vans will be moving in rural areas of the state to provide basic skill training by the Ministry of MSME.
Addressing the meeting, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan said that National SC-ST hub launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become a mass movement in MSME sector.
Calling it a unique program of grooming the SC-ST entrepreneurs, he said these entrepreneurs will create flood of opportunities for the youths in state.
The Micro, Small and Medium enterprise sector has been recognized globally as a major contributor to GDP and stimulator for economic growth. There have been continuous efforts to include all relevant stakeholders including states, industry associations, incubators, banks, CPSEs to identify synergies and work collaboratively and cohesively towards a shared goal, Pradhan added.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Jual Oram said that the MoU signed between NSIC and SAP would provide designed module to SC-ST entrepreneurs through advanced software.
He advised young entrepreneurs to start new ventures to sell minor forest produces and organic agriculture products available in tribal dominated districts.
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