SRINAGAR, June 11: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today had an overview of the prospective plans for large scale promotion of Handicrafts and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with the World Bank.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Finance; Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce; Secretary, Revenue; MD, JKTPO; Director Handloom and Handicrafts, Jammu and Kashmir; MD, SIDCO and other concerned officers.
The Chief Secretary had a detailed review of broad counters of the proposals prepared by the concerned department in this regard while reflecting certain observations regarding each component proposed in these plans.
Dulloo asked for further fine tuning of these plans in light of the feedback given by the participants during the meeting. He called for conducting micro-analysis of each proposed activity for enhancing its efficacy and acceptability as per international standards.
He further asked for carrying out consultations with other genuine stakeholders to add more perspectives into the plan. He stressed on laying focus on introduction of modern technology, new designs, skill upgradation, credit linkages, marketing interventions while formulating their plans.
Moreover, he asked for making economy, ecology and equity the hallmarks of such proposals to elevate their approval rates for one and all.
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