The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will launch the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Support and Outreach Programme tomorrow, Friday, 2nd November, 2018 at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi in the august presence of the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley and the Union Minister of State (I/C) for MSME, Shri Giriraj Singh among other dignitaries.

Various announcements and deliverables focused on access to credit, access to market, hand holding and facilitation support measures etc. for MSME Sector are likely to be announced on this occasion.

MSME Outreach Programme will run for 100 days covering 100 Districts throughout the country. Various Central Ministers are likely to visit these districts in order to apprise the entrepreneurs about various facilities being extended to MSME Sector by the Government and financial institutions and to come forward and make best use of these facilities including access to credit and market, etc.

In short, it is expected that this Outreach Programme will help in further boosting the MSME sector since this sector is one of the major generator of employment opportunities and making a significant contribution to the overall growth of the economy.

MSME outreach programme expands access to credit and markets through a concentrated district outreach campaign with ministerial visits. Launch of the MSME Support and Outreach Programme to strengthen MSMEs by improving access to credit, expanding market access, and providing hand holding and facilitation support. The Programme is a time bound outreach campaign covering one hundred districts over one hundred days, with central ministers visiting districts to brief entrepreneurs on government and financial institution facilities and encourage utilisation of these support measures.