Industrialists meet Rajya Sabha MP for their demands

LUDHIANA: Rajya Sabha MP and member of parliamentary standing committee on industry, Shwait Malik, held a meeting with industrialists of the state at micro small and medium enterprises development institute (MSME-DI), Ludhiana. During the programme. industrialists shared various problems faced by them from various departments and also gave their suggestions for amending industrial policies.Malik, while assuring all help to industrialists, highlighted steps being taken by the Centre for development of industry and economy in the country. While assuring all possible help to businessmen from both Centre and the state governments, Malik urged them to use technology to progress further in the field of business.
Addressing industrialists, Malik said, "Modi government is working day and night to change industrial scenario in our country and it is no wonder that we are moving towards becoming one of the strongest economy in the world due to the best governance and industry friendly policies of our government" Malik also stressed upon the urgent need for skill development in the country and said, "We are lacking in terms of skill development as compared to other countries of the world as only 2.3% of our youth is skilled, while in developed countries, the percentage is manifold as compared to India." Speaking on the issue of lack of industrial infrastructure and delay in implementation of central government policies for industry in the state, Malik said "Definitely, there are some problems and a lot of work needs to be done for progress and development of the industry. Our government is committed to take every necessary step for making doing business in India easier."
Others present in the programme included director of the MSME-DI Vijay Kumar, deputy director Kamal Singh, assistant directors Kamal Singh, Manoj Sharma, Ankur Pathak, Neeraj Arora and R K Parmar. Meanwhile, zonal head of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) Rajesh Jain, general manager of district industries centre Mahesh Khanna and industrialists Upkar Singh Ahuja, Kulwant Singh, G S Kahlon, Avtar Singh, Gurmeet Kular, Jaswinder Thukral were also present in the meeting.