Cottage and Small Scale Industries Association (CSSIA) of South 24-parganas district in association with the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and South 24-parganas Zila Parishad will host the second Silpa Banijya Mela with the theme 'Self employment', Sujan Chakraborty, member of Parliament and chief patron of the fair, announced here today. |
"The fair will provide a platform for entrepreneurs in the small and medium enterprises (SME) and give very small players unprecedented exposure," said Chakraborty. |
The fair expects to have around 150 stalls and 125 pavilions. |
The fair would have workshops on areas like pisciulture, food processing and surgical industry running in parallel. |
To push self-employment, he said SBI, UBI, Peerless and BNCCI would have stalls to provide information on all aspects of starting of a small scale business. |
Other banks like UTI Bank, NABARD and Canara Bank will be present as well, claimed Soumen Niyogi, joint secretary of the Silpa Banijya Mela committee. |
The organisers aim to act as facilitators for potential small entrepreneurs, said Chakr- aborty. |
"Since 2001-02 more than 500 SSI units have been set up in the region," claimed Chakraborty. |
Last year, the fair helped 50-plus entrepreneurs get loans to the tune of Rs 18 lakh, and this year the number could go up to 100, Niyogi went on to claim. |