MSME secretary asks entrepreneurs to focus on food processing sector

Advises MSMEs to expand business on food processing which will supplement the agriculture sector

A seminar on "Niryat Bandhu & Export Awareness Programme" was conducted by Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Union ministry of commerce & industry, The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), Bhubaneswar chapter, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd (ECGC ), Bhubaneswar and Orissa Young Entrepreneurs Association jointly (OYEA) at Cuttack.

Panchanan Dash,secretary, MSME department inaugurated the seminar. He highlighted the role of MSME in the state and country which is the highest employment generating sector next to agriculture.

He also advised the MSMEs to expand their business on food processing which will supplement the agriculture sector.

On exports, he encouraged the MSMEs to avail the Centre's beneficiary scheme of DGFT and MSME department and the benefits under Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) of the state government.