Focus on environment as well: MSME secretary
PrincipalSecretary of the Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) ofGovernment of Odisha Nikunja Sundaray has suggested the industrial units tofocus not just on the productivity and profitability but also to theenvironmental aspects of the industries.
Speakingat a seminar 'PlastMart' organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) in partnership with IDCO and IPICOL, he said the Plastic Cluster comingup in the outskirts of Balasore will also have to work on creating positiveawareness on the advantages of using plastics against the age old belief ofplastic being a non-degradebale substance.
Healso ensured full support to all Small Scale Industries (SSIs) and welcomed allplastic industries from the eastern region to be a part of the Balasore clusterand make optimum use of the facilities being built in there.
Sundarayemphasized on the benefits of the plastic industry, which has zero pollution,minimum power consumption and can be started with the minimum amount ofinvestment.
CII-NorthOdisha Zonal Council Chairman SP Patnaik said IDCO and Team Orissa hasinitiated the plastic cluster for MSME units, where IDCO will look after theinfrastructure and Team Orissa will act as the facilitator for investors.
“CIIis working on the growth and development of the MSMEs through clusterdevelopment, IP, technology and design intervention. Through consensusmeetings, CII has also started exploring possibilities of undertaking newcluster interventions in the state,” he said.
Duringthe programme, it was announced that the CII would create a help desk inBalasore to address the concerns and queries of the MSMEs in the region.Enhancing competitiveness of the MSMEs and the manufacturing sector throughquality and innovation, developing clusters, creating awareness, enhancingknowledge and capacity building would be the focus area.
Amongothers, Director of MSME-DI Alok Ray, district collector Ranjit Mohanty,Regional Director of CII-Eastern Region Saugat Mukherjee, former CII-NorthOdisha Zonal Council Chairman Amit Behera, NOCCI president Devashish Mohantyand Vice Chairman of North Odisha Zonal Council Ashish Agarwal also spoke.
Latera technical session on investment opportunities and improving market linkagefor plastic industry was also organized. The session was attended by RegionalManager of Reliance Industry Rajat Chakraborty, Business Development GroupSenior Manager of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd Suhan Ghosh, AGM-SME of State Bankof India JP Sen, IDCO consultant Ananga Das, Secretary of Indian PlasticsFederation Pradip Nayar, CEO of Jagdamba Polymers Pvt Ltd CP Bhartia, BalasoreGM-DIC S Nayak, Associate Professor and In-Charge (HLC) of CIPET Dr SN Yadavand Officer-Credit of Bank of Baroda Ram Prasad.