By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, March 7, 2018: The union ministry of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (MSME) has unveiled a plan to set up 8 to 10 technology centers – which will be extension centers of Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC) in Odisha for low cost automation at industrial growth centers, the ministry joint secretary Sudhir Garg said here at a Seminar on “Boosting MSME Business through Zero-Effect-Zero Defect (ZED), Government-e-Market Place (GeM), IPR and Digital Marketing” on the sidelines of the MSME International Trade Fair, 2018.

Garg, however made it clear that the state government would have to provide buildings for setting up such centers, which will help in making available necessary technical knowhow and upgrade technology needed by the MSMEs in the changing times.

He also declared that CTTC, Bhubaneswar is a Lean Certifying Centre, which will take up the awareness and training of MSMEs on Lean manufacturing in districts. He agreed to extend all support to MSMEs for organizing training on Zero-Effect-Zero Defect (ZED), Lean and Government-e-Market Place (GeM) at District Industries Centre (DIC) level in all the 30 districts.

Chairing the seminar, additional chief secretary, MSME, L.N. Gupta, declared that the awareness-cum-registration camps for ZED, GeM and Lean manufacturing will be started at DIC level in April and will be held in all the 30 districts.

So far, 484 projects involving project cost of Rs.1796 crore and employment to over 19000 persons have been cleared by the District Level Single Window Clearance Committees since April, 2015, Gupta said adding that subsidy of over Rs 95 crore has been released to various MSMEs under different policies of the State Government.