Imphal, April 9: Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra laid the foundation stones for setting up of Industrial Estates for three hill districts of Manipur— Ukhrul, Chandel and Churachandpur on Saturday during the ongoing 1st Manipur Industrial Expo, Lamboi Khongnangkhong on Saturday.
The Union minister also laid the foundation stone for setting of Livelihood Business Incubation Centers for nine district of Manipur and the function was held in presence of CM O Ibobi and state Commerce and Industries minister Govindas Konthoujam at the Industrial Park located at Imphal West district of Manipur.
Various schemes and programs has been implementing in the state to enable self-employment of unemployed youth by MSME and project ASPIRE, PMEGP, SFURTI are few of them which have helped uncountable youth income-generation, Kalraj Mishra stated during the function.
He added that the central government will give unceasing efforts to bridge any developments gaps of NE Region with other states of India.