Focus on environment as well: MSME secretary

Principal

Secretary of the Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) of

Government of Odisha Nikunja Sundaray has suggested the industrial units to

focus not just on the productivity and profitability but also to the

environmental aspects of the industries. Speaking

at a seminar 'PlastMart' organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry

(CII) in partnership with IDCO and IPICOL, he said the Plastic Cluster coming

up in the outskirts of Balasore will also have to work on creating positive

awareness on the advantages of using plastics against the age old belief of

plastic being a non-degradebale substance. He

also ensured full support to all Small Scale Industries (SSIs) and welcomed all

plastic industries from the eastern region to be a part of the Balasore cluster

and make optimum use of the facilities being built in there. Sundaray

emphasized on the benefits of the plastic industry, which has zero pollution,

minimum power consumption and can be started with the minimum amount of

investment.CII-North

Odisha Zonal Council Chairman SP Patnaik said IDCO and Team Orissa has

initiated the plastic cluster for MSME units, where IDCO will look after the

infrastructure and Team Orissa will act as the facilitator for investors. “CII

is working on the growth and development of the MSMEs through cluster

development, IP, technology and design intervention. Through consensus

meetings, CII has also started exploring possibilities of undertaking new

cluster interventions in the state,” he said.During

the programme, it was announced that the CII would create a help desk in

Balasore to address the concerns and queries of the MSMEs in the region.

Enhancing competitiveness of the MSMEs and the manufacturing sector through

quality and innovation, developing clusters, creating awareness, enhancing

knowledge and capacity building would be the focus area.Among

others, Director of MSME-DI Alok Ray, district collector Ranjit Mohanty,

Regional Director of CII-Eastern Region Saugat Mukherjee, former CII-North

Odisha Zonal Council Chairman Amit Behera, NOCCI president Devashish Mohanty

and Vice Chairman of North Odisha Zonal Council Ashish Agarwal also spoke.Later

a technical session on investment opportunities and improving market linkage

for plastic industry was also organized. The session was attended by Regional

Manager of Reliance Industry Rajat Chakraborty, Business Development Group

Senior Manager of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd Suhan Ghosh, AGM-SME of State Bank

of India JP Sen, IDCO consultant Ananga Das, Secretary of Indian Plastics

Federation Pradip Nayar, CEO of Jagdamba Polymers Pvt Ltd CP Bhartia, Balasore

GM-DIC S Nayak, Associate Professor and In-Charge (HLC) of CIPET Dr SN Yadav

and Officer-Credit of Bank of Baroda Ram Prasad.