Artisans, SMEs to get a boost with 21 common facility centres in UP

Artisans, small and micro entrepreneurs will get a shot in the arm as the Yogi government will make 21 common facility centres (CFCs) functional this month. The CFCs will provide state of art machines, testing facility and finishing equipment for the artisans and SMEs.

Established under the one district one product (ODOP) scheme of UP government, each of these CFCs cost Rs 15 crore and house imported machines and various other facilities. According to the Principal Secretary MSME, Khadi and Village Industries, Navneet Sehgal, till now the buttons prepared from bones by artisans of Sambhal, UP are being finished in