Pudukottai industrialists to form granite clusters
M. Balaganessin
Unveil action plan for giving impetus to growth in district
MOTIVATING: S. Kandaswamy, centre, General Manager, District Industries Centre, Pudukottai, releasing guidelines of National Small Industries Corporation to S. Rajakumar, left, president of Small Scale Industrialsts’ Association in Pudukottai on Wednesday. V. Sivanandam, right, NSIC Branch Manager, is seen.
PUDUKOTTAI: With a view to stepping up the income for the workers and the entrepreneurs, the Small Scale Industrialists’ Association of Pudukottai District has chalked out a programme to take advantage of the Centrally-sponsored programme for floating clusters of various trades.
They underlined the need for tapping the resources, particularly granite, available abundantly in several parts of the district.
A seminar on the ‘schemes of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and performance and credit rating for marginal and small enterprises’ organised jointly by the Madurai branch of the NSIC and the Association here on Wednesday, unveiled an action plan for giving an impetus to industrial growth in small and medium sectors in the district.
Association president S. Rajakumar pointed out that there was a strong case for stepping up industrial growth in the district. He said that granite resources should be tapped to the advantage of industrial development.
Referring to the Centrally-sponsored ‘cluster development concept’ being implemented by through agencies, he said that the possibility of forming granite clusters would be immediately explored.
The industrialists were encouraged on coming to know about various concessions and funding programmes for cluster development.
They were also responsive to the consultancy services from NSIC Madurai Branch Manager V.Sivanandam who explained the credit rating and other procedures to be followed by the medium and small enterprises.
Mr. Sivanandam also suggested that periodical interaction between the NSIC and the Association would go a long way in developing the industrial scenario in the district.
The General Manager of the District Industries Centre, Pudukottai, S. Kandaswamy, appealed to the industrialists to motivate the unemployed youths to take to entrepreneurship. The implementation of the Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) scheme would be toned up shortly to generate self-employment opportunities to the youths.
Steps would also be taken to explore the possibility of setting up apparel clusters in the district on the lines of the one to be implemented in Tiruchi.
He also released the guidelines of NSIC to the industrialists on the occasion.
Association vice-president Charles Raja and its director P. Muralidaran spoke.
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