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New Delhi, Dec 14: The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has adopted the cluster development approach as a key strategy for enhancing the productivity and competitiveness as well as capacity building of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and their collectives in the country. Clustering of units also enables providers of various services to them, including banks and credit agencies, to provide their services more economically, thus reducing costs and improving the availability of services for these enterprises.
Objectives of the Scheme:
i.To support the sustainability and growth of MSEs by addressing common issues such as improvement of technology, skills and quality, market access, access to capital, etc.
ii.To build capacity of MSEs for common supportive action through formation of self help groups, consortia, upgradation of associations, etc.
iii.To create/upgrade infrastructural facilities in the new/existing industrial areas/ clusters of MSEs.
iv.To set up common facility centres (for testing, training centre, raw material depot, effluent treatment, complementing production processes, etc).
Cluster Development Programme has facilitated growth and promotion of MSMEs in NER under various trades. A Regional Resource
Centre (RRC) for cluster development has been set up at Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, with 7 Sub-Centres in all the North Eastern States. 4,135 enterprises have been created through clusters, besides scaling up of 1,760 enterprises in developed clusters through efforts of IIE, Guwahati.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/clusters-in-north-eastern-region/
