New Delhi: On the occasion of National Small Industries Day, Union Minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane said that 16 lakh youth have been trained through 18 tool rooms and technology centres run by the Ministry of MSME across the country in the last nine years. The training has benefited over 3 lakh MSME units.
Rane said that the tool rooms and technology centres are making a significant contribution to realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of a self-reliant India. He said that the centres are providing step-by-step support in manufacturing state-of-the-art products.
The minister said that the tool rooms design and manufacture medium- and small-size equipment as per international standards. These are being used in industries related to sports goods, plastic, automobiles, footwear, glass, perfume, foundries and forging, electronics, and the space sector.
Rane said that the Bhubaneswar Tool Room manufactured around 54,000 aerospace components of 437 types for the recently launched Chandrayaan-3 mission. He added that the tool rooms have also played an important role in fulfilling the domestic needs of PPE kits, sanitizer machines, and oxygen concentrators, as well as in their exports to foreign countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The minister informed me that 15 more technology centres are being set up to further strengthen the MSME units of the country.
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