STEERING COMMITTEE ON SSI
LOK SABHA
A Steering Committee
on Villages and Small Industries & Food Processing Industries
was set up under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.P. Gupta in February,
2001. The Steering Committee was to, inter-alia, deliberate on
the basic aspects of the approach to the Tenth Five Year Plan
relating to development and growth of the Village and Small Industrial
and Food Processing Industries sectors. It also focussed attention
on conceptual issues, keeping in view the on-going process of
economic liberalisation. The Committee consisted of both the official
and the non-official members, and had submitted its report in
March, 2002. The recommendations of the Committee, cover the areas
of marketing, technology upgradation including micro financing
credit, infrastructure, human resource development, exports, etc.
in the Village and Small Industries & Food Processing Industries.
This information
was given by Shri Tapan Sikdar, Minister of State for Small Scale
Industries and Development of North Eastern Region in a written
reply to a question by Shri Lakshman Singh in Lok Sabha today.
