TN CM launches initiatives of MSME, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today launched a series of initiatives of MSME, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries departments.

She laid the foundation stone for Industrial Centres and other office buildings at a proposed Rs 39 crore in different parts of the state through video conferencing.

Further, implementing her government's NEEDS (New Entrepreneur-cum-Enterprise Development Scheme], wherein government will train and encourage first generation entrepreneurs by giving them subsidised loans upto Rs one crore to start business, she gave away orders to seven beneficiaries, a state government press release here said.

She inaugurated Veterinary Training and Research Centres at Villupuram, Krishnagiri and Tiruvannamalai districts through video conferencing.

She also launched two fisheries technology facilities at Nagapattinam and Ponnerui (Tiruvallur dt.) which have been established by the newly formed Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, the release said.