The Festive month is at the door steps of Bengal to bolster
community bonding and cultural preservation. Let’s go along
with the mood of festive celebration to appreciate our good
fortune, and let us come altogether to promote harmony, brotherhood
& togetherness.

The State MSME and Textiles Department, Govt. of West Bengal
during the observance of MSME Month in August’23 based on
the theme ‘ShilperSamadhane’set an objective to connect with
entrepreneurs in order to encourage them to support various
beneficiary schemes run by the variety of State Government
Departments.. The initiative received an overwhelming response and
Industry Associations extended its full support to materialise the
purpose of the scheme. FOSMI teamed up with DIC Hooghly to host
a special camp for Udyam Registration and in this occasion, good
numbers of units were brought under Udyam Registration, also on
this occasion, another program on Export Facilitation for MSMEs
of the State was organised by FOSMI in association with WBIDCL
on 8th August’23 at Calcutta Club Ltd. This program proved to be a
great help to MSMEs who are already engaged in the export business
as well as the aspiring entrepreneurs who intend to export.

PM Vishwakarma Yojana, also known as PM Vishwakarma Kaushal
Samman Yojana or PM VIKAS Yojana, was officially launched on
September 17, 2023. PM VishwakarmaYojana 2023 is a centrally
sponsored initiative with a substantial financial allocation of Rs.
13,000 crore. Under this scheme Government will provide skill
development, entrepreneurship development and financial assistance
to artisans and craftsmen. It is designed to operate over a five-year
period, covering FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28. PM VishwakarmaYojana
is indeed a significant initiative.

In my last message, I have informed about FOSMI’s joining hands
with Aston University, UK & Jadavpur University, Kolkata for
Going Global Partnership Industry Academia Collaborative Grant
Project titled Circular Economy, funded by British Council, UK. To
this direction, FOSMI nominated its Representative to the Special
Training program held at Kolkata during September 19th to 21st
2023 under the project and FOSMI’s representative will present
its paper in the Dissemination workshop of the project to be held
during November 28th to December 2nd 2023 at Mumbai, where
participants across the country engaged with this project will
participate and will present their papers and share experiences. Also
foreign delegates from different countries are expected to participate.
FOSMI’s presence in this platform will give a credible recognition to
FOSMI in the international arena of academia.

In our regular interaction with our MSME members, we have found
that there is a high level of necessity to get them updated with
information concerning to the latest changes in the cutting edge
happening in the industry and also the incentives and concessions
that are available to them from various schemes of both State and
Centres, FOSMI has been regularly holding awareness programmes/
seminars/workshops to bridge this knowledge gap of our members
on various subjects.

FOSMI renders its very useful services towards the delayed payment
and many of our members have extremely benefitted by using this
platform of FOSMI. Members are requested to use this platform of
FOSMI for requisite support against their delayed payment.
My Best wishes onthe occasion of Durga Puja, Diwali and Merry
Christmas to all.. Stay safe.