MSME Summit cum Expo 2013 held

‘Positive mindset towards MSME sector needed’

BHUBANESWAR: “Positive mindset towards the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is needed for its development in the State,” said MSME Minister Damodar Rout while inaugurating the ‘MSME Summit cum Expo 2013’ here on Friday.

Rout said the companies import several materials and necessary equipments from outside though it is available in the local market. The outside small scale industries get benefit out of it, but the local industries could not grow due to lack of marketing facilities. So the attitude of the companies and the people who import materials from outside should change towards local markets so that the small scale industries could grow, he added.      

Food processing units, ancillary industries and other small scale industries are coming up in the State which is a good sign for the MSME sector. The mega industries always provide platform for the small scale and micro level industries, said the Minister.

MSME department secretary Panchanan Dash said the growth of entrepreneur rate has been increased after introduction of online registration as the manual system was taking time and not so friendly for the new entrepreneurs. “Odisha MSME is growing faster and faster than the national level and we are doing well,” said Dash.

Among others, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Odisha Committee executive member ND Rao, Regional Head NSIC Odisha and Chattishgarh PC Nayak, Gupta Power Infrastructure Ltd managing director MK Gupta, Mesco Steel CMD Rita Singh, Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) managing director PK Mishra, State MSME department secretary Panchanan Dash, ICC Odisha Expert Committee JB Pany and entrepreneurs across the State were present.