CII plans to mentor local entrepreneurs

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has decided to encourage and mentor local entrepreneurship to check urban migration for more balanced growth.

“Boosting entrepreneurship at the local level along with big industry initiatives in urban centres is one of our themes for the current financial year,” CII Northern Region Deputy Chairman and NIIT CEO Vijay Thadani told Business Standard here.

He noted that boosting local entrepreneurship will lead to better utilisation of local talent and workforce.

“We will be pursuing our themes of education, employability, inclusivity and entrepreneurship in all the states, including Uttar Pradesh, which cannot be ignored if India has to advance,” Thandani said.

“UP is our first port of call as it accounts for one-sixth of India’s population and has a major share in the country’s GDP,” he added.

Meanwhile, CII today held a meeting with all major stakeholders, including senior government officials, in the state and discussed matters related to UP industry and impediments to growth. “We are also keen to increase our membership in UP from 311 to 400 during the current fiscal,” CII UP State Council chairman Jayant Krishna said.

He stressed that the state government needed to pass the Industry Facilitation Bill for a comprehensive single-window system in the state.