Parliamentary panel recommends setting up marketing fund to support MSMEs

04 May 2012 Evaluate

A Parliamentary panel has recommended that a marketing fund be set up to support the efforts of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. It is of the opinion that a corpus of at least Rs 1,000 crore should be set up to subsidise the marketing efforts of these companies.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce headed by Shanta Kumar has also demanded that the 2% interest subsidy given to handicraft, handloom, carpet and SME sector which has ended on March 31 be extended.

It is also of the opinion that maximum investment limit in plant and machinery of MSME units should be increased from Rs 10 crore to Rs 25 crore so that the export units can increase their competitiveness in the global market.

The MSME sector offers a substantial share of 40% in India's exports but suffers due to lack of infrastructure, marketing and technology. Hence it is important that these companies be supported if India wants to achieve the target of doubling its share in world trade by 2020.

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