Simplified policies set to be growth poles for micro sector
These targets of PURA are achieved by providing facilities such as roads, power, markets, education and water to small and micro units.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: IN an attempt to streamline the policies and procedures guiding the management of small and micro enterprises, the government is planning to form ‘growth poles’ by integrating a number of clusters of small and micro enterprises engaged in similar activities across the country. The simplified policies would expedite the process of providing incentives and amenities to such enterprises, thereby facilitating their expansion. The ministry of small scale industries has already received proposals to form growth poles from the governments of Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, West Bengal and Assam.
The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS), which has come up with the suggestion of growth poles, has proposed that entities engaged in manufacturing services and non-farm activities across the country should be the included in the ‘growth poles’.
These ‘poles’ would also incorporate the concept of the scheme of Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), which is aimed at bridging the rural-urban divide and achieving balanced socio-economic development.
These targets of PURA are achieved by providing facilities such as roads, power, markets, education and water to small and micro units.
NCEUS, under the chairmanship of Arjun Sengupta, was constituted to examine the problems of the unorganised sector and suggest measures to overcome them. Other measures being introduced by the government for comprehensive and faster development of SME clusters include a comprehensive review of the existing guidelines of the small industries cluster development programme. The government is also introducing a slew of measures to support technology and quality upgradation in the clusters such as setting up training-cum-product development centres.
The policy measures aimed at the development of SME clusters are in tandem with the National Strategy for Manufacturing. The strategy states that the small-scale sector should be encouraged as breeding grounds for innovation and technology development to create a demonstration effect across the manufacturing sector.
The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS), which has come up with the suggestion of growth poles, has proposed that entities engaged in manufacturing services and non-farm activities across the country should be the included in the ‘growth poles’.
These ‘poles’ would also incorporate the concept of the scheme of Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA), which is aimed at bridging the rural-urban divide and achieving balanced socio-economic development.
These targets of PURA are achieved by providing facilities such as roads, power, markets, education and water to small and micro units.
NCEUS, under the chairmanship of Arjun Sengupta, was constituted to examine the problems of the unorganised sector and suggest measures to overcome them. Other measures being introduced by the government for comprehensive and faster development of SME clusters include a comprehensive review of the existing guidelines of the small industries cluster development programme. The government is also introducing a slew of measures to support technology and quality upgradation in the clusters such as setting up training-cum-product development centres.
The policy measures aimed at the development of SME clusters are in tandem with the National Strategy for Manufacturing. The strategy states that the small-scale sector should be encouraged as breeding grounds for innovation and technology development to create a demonstration effect across the manufacturing sector.
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