Lucknow, June 27,2023: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises department should develop MSME clusters by identifying land on Purvanchal, Bundelkhand and Ganga Expressway and take forward the process of setting up of Unity Malls in Lucknow, Varanasi and Agra.
While participating in the loan distribution programme organised by the banks at Lok Bhawan on the occasion of International International MSME Day, Yogi emphasised that the MSME units in UP are the source of livelihood for crores of people in the state.
“Jobs will be provided to 7.5 youths through the PM and CM Internship Programmes that are running in the state and for this our entrepreneurs will have to come forward. The entrepreneurs of the MSME sector should be provided facilities as per their requirement,” he said.
A total of Rs 20 ,000 crore was disbursed simultaneously to 3.41 lakh MSME entrepreneurs for the overall development of the sector on the occasion.
The CM said, “Under the loan distribution programme, loans are being simultaneously distributed to 3.41 lakh MSME entrepreneurs in the state. This sector is going to provide maximum employment after agriculture. The entrepreneurs of the MSME sector have given a new identity to UP by infusing new life in this sector.”
He said, “UP is the first state in the country to implement the ‘One District One Product’ (ODOP) scheme to keep the MSME sector alive, which has now become a brand within the country. Whenever MSME and ODOP are mentioned in the country today, the name of UP comes first on people’s lips.”
Praising the ODOP scheme in the state, the CM mentioned that UP is one of the leading states in the country to receive a GI tag for 52 of its products.
“Varanasi alone has obtained GI tags for 23 products. We have 75 districts, and in the coming time, many other products of UP will get a GI tag. The day is not far when the traditional products of UP will be known both within the country and across the world,” he said.
The Minister of MSME Rakesh Sachan, Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Commerce Amitabh Kumar, Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, GI expert Padma Shri Awardee Rajnikanth and other officials and MSME department staff were present at the event.
