Question : CII Partnership Summit

(a) whether the Government has organised a partnership summit in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Visakhapatnam recently;

(b) if so, the details thereof including its theme, participants, suggestions made, issues discussed and outcome thereof;

(c) whether there is a need to adopt proactive and partnership approach with the CII on various National and International issues concerning Indian economy;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the initiatives taken by the Government in this regard;

(e) whether there is a need to identify and address the special needs of the small sector to make it more competitive and to work towards the globalisation of Indian industry and integration into the world economy; and

(f) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

(a): Yes, Madam; This was organised in partnership with State Government of Andhra Pradesh & Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

(b): The Partnership Summit 2018, was organised at Visakhapatnam from 24th to 26th February, 2018. The theme for this year’s Summit was “Charting New India’s Global Integration Strategy”. Partnership Summit 2018 witnessed the convergence of over 4000 delegates from 40 countries comprising Ministers, Government officials, Industry associations, Industrialists and other stakeholders. The partnership summit witnessed intensive interaction and bilateral and multilateral discussions on Multilateral Trade, Global Value Chains, Ease of Doing Business, Industry 4.0, Infrastructure Development, Startups, Skills Development, Green Solutions etc. The summit also provided opportunities for variuos stakeholders to connect with each other, understand each other’s perspectives and expectations, and work towards mutually beneficial goals.

(c) & (d): Yes, Madam; Government of India is working with Industry Associations on various National and International issues concerning Indian economy. For the purpose of developing sectoral strategies, regular stakeholder meetings are organized to seek feedback from industry associations on national and international issued relating to each of the sectors. Further, such meetings also provide platform for dialogue and engagement with industry leaders in order to collaborate and build new bridges to foster balanced and equitable growth.
(e) & (f): Yes, Madam; In order to increase the competitiveness of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, the Government is running various Schemes and Programmes as listed below:
• Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme to make available timely and collateral free credit to MSEs
• Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme and National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme to improve the technology and production process
• Micro & Small Enterprises-Cluster Development Programme for easing the infrastructure bottleneck
• Prime Minister''s Employment Generation Programme to handhold the start ups
• Marketing Development Assistance Scheme to help in the marketing segment
Furthermore, to enhance the ease of doing business the M/o MSME has started simplified costless online registration process for existing MSMEs and a MSME-SAMADHAN portal for online registration of the delayed payments problem faced by the MSEs.

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