Dimapur, May 14 (EMN): Officials of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Guwahati branch, conducted a meeting to discuss issues related to micro, small and medium enterprises on May 11 in Mokokchung.
The meeting was chaired by Aridaman Kumar, Deputy General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Guwahati, and Sushil Kumar Patel, Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, was the chief guest of the event.
Deputy Director MSME-DI, Nagaland; General Manager DICC, Mokokchung; and AGM of Canara Bank also graced the occasion. Other dignitaries present included officials from NABARD, SIDBI and branch head of the banks functioning in Mokokchung and representatives from Industry Associations.
Two presentations were made during the course of the meeting. The first one was on the findings of survey that was conducted amongst the entrepreneurs in Mokokchung and its adjoining areas prior to the Town Hall meeting with a view to understand the issues and difficulties faced by them. Another presentation on the framework for the revival and rehabilitation of MSMEs was made for the benefit of the bankers and the entrepreneurs.
An interactive session was also held for the benefit of participants. A few queries relating to banking services/ infrastructure etc. were responded to by the concerned stakeholders. During the meeting, banks assured that they would contribute their best towards increasing the flow of credit to this sector.
As part of the credit linkage, a few loan sanction letters were handed over to MSE borrowers during the concluding part of the event.
The meeting was attended by about 150 participants which included entrepreneurs, women Self Help Groups amongst others.
