National MSME awards Announced!
SRK Exports bags Award!
Shree Ramkrishna (SRK) Exports Pvt Ltd, Surat announced the First Prize of National MSME Awards in the Small Enterprises (Manufacturing) Category. The known diamantaire won the award for its’ manufacturing activities at Surat Special Economic Zone, Sur-Sez, Sachin.
Recently Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Road Transport & Highways have stated that Government of India is working on reducing restrictions in order to increase ease of doing business in MSME Sector.
Praising the contribution of MSME industries in the economic development of the country, Shri Gadkari said that there is a huge potential in the sector for creating more jobs, contributing to more export earnings by the sector.
Shri Gadkari was speaking at a function after giving away awards to MSMEs for excellent performance in various areas yesterday in New Delhi. He said that excellence shown by awardees will motivate entrepreneurs all over the country to strive for higher standards of performance and will be emulated by many more entrepreneurs.
Shri Gadkari said, “Considering the importance of your contribution to the economy, exports and employment, I believe that the wellbeing of the country can be secured through the wellbeing of the MSMEs. It is in this light that I have asked my officers to design the Schemes and initiatives to be growth oriented, inclusive and environment friendly”.
He added that “we are in the process of redirecting our schemes towards empowerment of MSMEs through creation of infrastructure, enabling access to finance, technology, market and skilling. All this has to be done in an atmosphere conducive to ease of doing business”.
He called upon the winners to motivate more people to turn into employers and create more valuation in the MSME sector. Referring to the significant role of MSME sector in the exports from India, he called for greater direct exports by the MSME enterprises.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary, MSME stated that the Government is working on facilitating the MSME sector in the country. He informed that GST is leading to maximum formalization of the economy and the biggest chunk in this regard is coming from MSMEs. He informed that a single portal in 22 languages is being developed which will provide information to all schemes for MSMEs at a single platform. A global market intelligence system is also being developed which will provide information related to exports to the MSME sector industries.
So far, since 1983, 24 number of National MSME Award function have been organized and awardees have been conferred awards. The Winners of the National Award have the privilege of using the symbol of the Award in their respective letter heads and their employees can wear labels, pins, ties or other distinctive badges with Award symbol.
During the event, 46 awardees were conferred awards under various categories and 4 awards were given to different States and UTs for Outstanding Performance.
