Thursday, May 29, 2014: Kalraj Mishra, took over as the Union Minister of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME). Interacting with the media the minister highlighted the importance of the Ministry of MSME in creating jobs for youth and opportunities for educated unemployed persons in backward regions. He further added that the objective of the Ministry is to make the common man self-dependent. Optimum utilization of human resources and establishing a framework for this purpose is the need of the hour and this ministry will work towards that goal.
Later the minister was briefed on the key initiatives and policy frame work of the Ministry by Madhav Lal, secretary, MSME. Also present on the occasion were Amarendra Sinha, AS&DC, Udai Pratap Singh, CEO, KVIC, HP Kumar, CMD, NSIC, Arun Kumar Jha, director general, NIESBUD and other senior officials.
