On the 5th day of Odisha MSME International Trade Fair, PSUs in the state urged to procure MSME products upto 20% as per MSME Development Policy by Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India.

 Summing up the session held on buyer seller meet & ancillary development Secretary MSME P Dash said, Govt. of India has formulated MSME Development Policy which has made it mandatory for the PSUs to procure MSME products upto 20%. In the session Mr. Dash urged the PSUs like MCL, IOCL in the state to follow the guideline and also asserted that PSUs should come forward and extend technical support to the MSME entrepreneurs for meeting the quality standards.

In the seminar held on buyer seller meet & ancillary development was attended by J C Patra from MCL, S.K Mishra from East Coast Railway, B C Das from IOCL and A Jain from Tata Steel. The representatives from these PSUs said that they are ready to procure various spares, components, hospital equipments, electrical items, mechanical equipments and services from MSME sector. Maintaining quality standards and delivery schedule are also important, said the representatives present in the seminar held today.

J C Patra, GM, E&A, MCL saying on the efforts taken by MCL informed that MCL has started e-procurement facility. The PSU has also made automatic tender evaluation process for the entrepreneurs which will be benefited for them and assured the suppliers that ancillary development will be benefited both for PSUs and MSME entrepreneurs.

Dy. ZGM NSIC P C Nayak, N. Pallai, IAS, Director of Industries, Govt. of Odisha attending the seminar, highlighted the facilities for entrepreneurs like no tender fee and free emd and security deposit if registered under MSME and NSIC single point registration.

Officials emphasized on Plant Level Ancillary Committee (PLAC) meeting to address the issues of MSME entrepreneurs in ancillary development programme.  

Earlier in the morning experts and officials attending the seminar held on National Manufacturing Competitive Programme emphasized to maintain quality and productivity to create a huge market for MSME products. Because quality is not everything but without quality everything is nothing, experts said. To create more space for SME products in Global market productivity and quality are dependable on each other. We should follow the strategy of Japan for improvement of quality, said Dr. R K Padhy, State-in-charge, National Productivity Council. Adding on the importance of quality he said, identifying the basic causes for the defect like routing error, machine sketch error, taper error, tooling and layout errors and analyzing the problems we should workout to minimize the errors to ensure proper quality.

Experts stressed on scale, cost, quality and speed as basic things for entrepreneurs. Lean thinking is a significant aspect as it identifies the value, eliminates wastages and reduces cost of production. Cost cutting and time consuming are the main factors to be remembered while manufacturing the products, experts said.

P K Gupta, Director (I/C), MSME-DI said the entrepreneurs are allowed to hire consultants for quality management and it will be paid by Government. MSME entrepreneurs are now following bar coding, ISO and others systems to ensure the quality.

The fair, which is aimed at giving boost to the MSME sector in the State, is being jointly organized by MSME Department and National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC). Around 270 industries have put up their stalls in the fair ground. - See more at: http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=47017#sthash.K7bR55ve.dpuf