Lok Sabha Question No. 3872 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: CII Partnership Summit
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3872. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 19 TH  MARCH, 2018.

## CII PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT

## 3872.  DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्री

- (a) whether the Government has organised a partnership summit in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Visakhapatnam recently;
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof including its theme, participants, suggestions made, issues discussed and outcome thereof;
- (c) whether there is a need to adopt proactive and partnership approach with the CII on various National and International issues concerning Indian economy;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the initiatives taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e) whether there is a need to identify and address the special needs of the small sector to make it more competitive and to work towards the globalisation of Indian industry and integration into the world economy; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्रालयमेंराज् यम त्री(श्री सी.आर.चौधरी) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Yes, Madam; This was organised in partnership with State Government of Andhra Pradesh & Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
- (b): The  Partnership  Summit  2018,  was  organised  at  Visakhapatnam  from 24 th to  26 th February,  2018.  The  theme  for  this  year's  Summit  was 'Charting  New India's  Global  Integration  Strategy'. Partnership  Summit 2018  witnessed  the  convergence  of  over  4000  delegates  from  40 countries comprising Ministers, Government officials, Industry associations, Industrialists and  other  stakeholders.  The  partnership summit  witnessed  intensive  interaction  and  bilateral  and  multilateral discussions on Multilateral Trade, Global Value Chains, Ease of Doing Business,  Industry 4.0, Infrastructure Development,  Startups,  Skills Development, Green Solutions etc. The summit also provided opportunities  for  variuos  stakeholders  to  connect  with  each  other, understand  each  other's perspectives and  expectations,  and  work towards mutually beneficial goals.
- (c) & (d): Yes, Madam; Government of India is working with Industry Associations on various National and International issues concerning Indian economy. For  the  purpose  of  developing  sectoral  strategies,  regular  stakeholder meetings are organized to seek feedback from industry associations on national and international issued relating to each of the sectors. Further, such meetings also provide platform for dialogue and engagement with industry leaders in order to collaborate and build new bridges to foster balanced and equitable growth.
- (e) & (f): Yes,  Madam;  In  order  to  increase  the  competitiveness  of  Micro  Small and Medium Enterprises,  the Government is running various Schemes and Programmes as listed below:
-  Credit  Guarantee  Fund  Scheme  to  make  available  timely  and collateral free credit to MSEs
-  Credit  Linked  Capital  Subsidy  Scheme  and  National  Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme to improve the technology and production process
-  Micro  &  Small  Enterprises-Cluster  Development  Programme  for easing the infrastructure bottleneck
-  Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme to handhold the start ups
-  Marketing Development Assistance Scheme to help in the marketing segment

Furthermore, to enhance the ease of doing business the M/o MSME has started simplified costless online registration process for existing MSMEs and  a  MSME-SAMADHAN portal for  online  registration  of  the  delayed payments problem faced by the MSEs.

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