MSME Prerana
- October 7, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Economy
Context :
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched ‘MSME Prerana’, an online business mentoring programme for MSMEs by state-run Indian Bank
Concept:
- Objective : The programme, to be made available in local languages, is aimed at empowering entrepreneurs through skill development and capacity building workshops through Indian bank branches.
- The initiative is in collaboration with Poornatha & Co, a firm that designs entrepreneurial development programs in vernacular languages using online web-based interactive sessions and case studies.
- Spread over 12 sessions, the program enables MSME entrepreneurs to acquire expertise in handling finance and managerial skills, capacity to handle crises in business, understand the dynamics of credit rating and risk management. The first two programs will be in Tamil for the Coimbatore clusters of Indian Bank. It will then be scaled up across the country in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Gujarati.
ABOUT MSME’s:
Government schemes to promote MSMEs
- Udyami Mitra Portal: launched by SIDBI to improve accessibility of credit and handholding services to MSMEs
- MSME Sambandh: To monitor the implementation of the public procurement from MSMEs by Central Public Sector Enterprises.
- MSME Samadhaan-MSME Delayed Payment Portal –– will empower Micro and Small entrepreneurs across the country to directly register their cases relating to delayed payments by Central Ministries / Departments / CPSEs / State Governments.
- Digital MSME Scheme: It involves usage of Cloud Computing where MSMEs use the internet to access common as well as tailor-made IT infrastructure
- Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme: It is a credit linked subsidy program under Ministry of MSME.
- Revamped Scheme of Fund for Regeneration Of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) : organizes traditional industries and artisans into clusters and make them competitive by enhancing their marketability & equipping them with improved skills.
- A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) : creates new jobs & reduce unemployment, promotes entrepreneurship culture, facilitates innovative business solution etc.