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MSME-Development Institute

Kolkata

2nd Year, Vol: X, September 2020

Udyami Bangla 2nd Year, Vol: X, September 2020

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From the Desk of Director In-Charge:

Economy has started rolling at last. The Industrial Production figures are

still negative compared with the same category and month in the last

year, but it is getting better towards the positive one. The pandemic

situation is also getting better as number of active cases are going

down consistently. Ministry of MSME also planning to take up new

guards to boost up the MSME Sector of India in Post-Covid era.

The exodus of migrant workers from cities and towns has become a

worrying scenario for small manufacturing units, as workers are key to

their survival. Steps need to be taken urgently to counter the reverse

migration trend. Assurance shall be given to laborers that if they fall ill, their

hospitalisation costs would be covered or subsidised, through Ayushman Bharat

hospital insurance cards, if needed. This will go a long way in restoring confidence

among them about returning to work.

We have several new challenges. Marketting is one of the biggest concern among

them all. Trade Fairs will not be possible in near future. Hence, holistic e-marketplaces

will become an important way for MSME manufacturers to reach out to potential

customers, suppliers and lenders to grow their ecosystem and business. Digitisation is no

longer optional; it has become a critical need in a scenario where physical interactions

will continue to be extremely limited and remote access to everything will be the order

of the day. We need to change our views in the changed situation. The fast we may

adopt the change, the more suitable we will be to flourish in the new normal situation.

We hope that we will face the challenges successfully and stand up once again.

Krishnadas Bhattacharya

Content A. Director’s Message 03

B. Editorial 04

C. AV Space 05

D. From the Districts 06

E. Focus District – Jalpaiguri 08

F. News & Views 21

G. Special Feature 27


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Editorial:

Irish Poet and Playright, Oscar Wilde once said and I quote, “What seem to

us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”. The purpose behind

mentioning these words is because they seem much befitting to our current

scenario. The months of June to September are so far construed as vital

months for all of us to roll on vigorously for target implementation and

making pathways for work schedules for the entire financial year .October

is better known for the celebration of a host of events specially for Bengal

with Durgapuja, Deepavali and other festivals. . The celebrations are held

at a pan-India level also serving as perfect moments of connecting with

people,, gaining wisdom and knowledge and sharing opportunities of professional

enhancement as well as skill upgradation. While the Pandemic and the lockdown have

come across as bitter trials, yet neither can growth and development be brought to a

complete halt nor can celebrations be. It is with this thought, that the efforts are on to

celebrate the ensuing days with caution but still keeping the age old legacy intact.

As the old proverb goes “Little by little, little becomes a lot”; the same seems to be the

thought of the Hon’ble Prime Minister when he set in motion reforms for MSMEs under the

Aatmanirbhar Bharat project. Though there are positive speculations, it is high time for all of

us to evolve a proactive and scientific strategy to harness the opportunities and strengthen

the economy of the country. At MSME-DI, Kolkata we utilised this hours of crisis by way of

effectively utilizing the virtual platform. This organization had organized a series of webinars

both with our Higher ups as well as with other stakeholders in accordance with the needs of

entrepreneurs, startups and associations. Our officers are available at Champions Control

room to get your voice heard and pains minimised. And we are still not failing to publish

monthly bulletins in time with latest informations, activities and development policies .

We all, both as individual and together as an Institute have always committed ourselves to

stand shoulder to shoulder with the Authorities and contribute ourselves wholeheartedly with

all the hopes and aspirations pinned on us. We, as always, make ourselves, committed for our

roles and responsibilities that we are expected to dispense with in the upcoming journey of a

New India. Hope the shared information will help you to stride to expand your vision further.

Debabrata Mitra

Editor : Sri Debabrata Mitra, Deputy Director (G&C)

Sub Editor : Sri Chitresh Biswas, Asstt. Director (Stat)

Cover : Sanitization Tunnel at MSME-DI, Kolkata

Back Cover : DGTR Advertisement


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Training Session on MSME Schemes and Policies:

Virtual Training Session on MSME Schemes and Policies: Your Roadmap to become Self-

Reliant – an Atmanirbhar Bharat in the Making” organised jointly by MSME-DI, KOLKATA &

BCC&I, KOLKATA

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Udyam Registration

Udyam Registration, the newly launched process for registration of micro, small and medium

enterprises (MSMEs) began on 1 July 2020. Since then entrepreneurs are asking about the

new process. Please follow the following link to know about the process of registration.

RA Participation Services GeM

The e-Bidding / RA module of GeM is a tool provided to the Buyer(s) for organizing bidding /

RA from GeM Sellers of the particular product category for a pre-defined requirement i.e.

quantity, technical parameters for Goods/ Services of the particular product category

required for one or more Buyers / Consignees. The following link will explain the process in

detalil

ZeD learning 5S TRAINING:

The ZED Scheme is an extensive drive of the Government of India to enhance global

competitiveness of MSMEs by providing them financial support in assessment, rating and

handholding of its manufacturing processes on Quality and Environment aspects. The

following video will explore about the 5S Training.

Atmanirbhar- strong and self reliant:

India has faced the COVID-19 situation with fortitude and a spirit of self-reliance, which is

evident in the fact that from zero production of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) before

March 2020, India today has created a capacity of producing 2 lakh PPE kits daily, which is

also growing steadily.

Additionally, India has demonstrated how it rises up to challenges and uncovers

opportunities therein, as manifested in the re-purposing of various automobile sector

industries to collaborate in the making of life-saving ventilators. The clarion call given by the

Hon'ble PM to use these trying times to become Atmanirbhar (self-reliant) has been very well

received to enable the resurgence of the Indian economy. Unlock 2 Guidelines have been

issued to enable resumption of economic activities while maintaining abundant caution thus

allowing graded easing of restrictions.

AV SPACE

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Coochbihar & Alipurduar

Webinar on Atmanirvar Bharat, Newly launched Udyam Registration and other

schemes of Ministry of MSME

A webinar on Atmanirvar Bharat, Newly launched Udyam Registration and other schemes

of Ministry of MSME meant for MSME Sectors was organized by MSME-DI, Kolkata in

association with District Industries Centre, Coochbihar & Aliporeduar on 08.09.2020 where

around 30 participants from Kolkata and other District of West Bengal were present. The

Welcome address has been given by Shri Nirmal Chowdhury, Asistant Director, MSME- DI,

Kolkata.

Shri P. K. Das, Dy. Director MSME-DI,

Kolkata deliberate his lecture about

the programme and highlighted

about the importance of the

schemes of Atmanirvar Bharat.

Shri Tapas Kumar Roy, GM, DIC,

Coochbihar addressed elaborately

about the present State Govt.

schemes and policy of MSMEs and

encouraged all MSMEs, members

of Association to come forward

and utilized the State Govt. Scheme. He also highlighted that there is a huge scope and

potential to setup the agricultural processing Industry as both the district is mainly depends

upon the agricultural activities. State Govt. may arrange the vacant land if fruitful proposal

comes, he added. District Association may leads a big role for improvements of their units in

present scenario.

During the address by Shri P K Ganguly , LDM, Coochbihar and Shri Prakash Barua, LDM,

Alipurduar expressed the present Central Govt. Atmanirvar schemes and policy of MSMEs

and encouraged to take the financial facilities from Banking sector to all participants has

present over there.

During key note address, Shri K D Bhattacharya, Director I/C, MSME-DI, Kolkata highlighted

initiatives taken by Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India for development of improvements of

MSMEs with ZED certification, Lean technique, MSE-CDP, SFURTI etc. including newly

launched Udyam Registration. He also emphasized on the manufacturing of Import

substitute items to achieve the trade balance. He also requested the GM, DIC to take

initiative for MSE-CDP and SFURTI Schemes for the SHG and Individual entrepreneurs of the

district.

Shri K D Bhattacharya, Director I/C, MSME-DI, Kolkata also highlighted about the Champions

portal to facilitate MSMEs evolving and coordinating policies and programmes for

development of MSMEs as ancillaries to large industries took the session of the said webinar.

A detailed question answer session was also conducted. Participants asked question

regarding the registration procedure of Udyam Registration and other schemes guideline

like MSME-CDP, SFURTI, ZED, LMCS etc., Shri P K Das, Dy. Director, MSME-DI, Kolkata has

briefly answered about the Udyam Registration, revised ZED and LMCS schemes step by

step.

The meeting was ended by vote of thanks by Shri Tapas Roy, Investigator, MSME-DI, Kolkata.

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Kolkata

Webinar through CISCO WEBEX for Export procedure and Facility, Atmanirbhar

Bharat and Manufacturing of Import Substitution items.

A webinar on Export procedure and Facility, Atmanirbhar Bharat and Manufacturing of

Import Substitution items was held on 14.09.2020 in association with CAPEXIL, FOSMI, District

Industries Centre ( Kolkata, 24 Pgs South & Paschim Bardhaman ), Howrah Jewelry Traders

Welfare Association for MSME Sectors was organized by MSME-DI, Kolkata. Around 50

participants from Kolkata and other District of West Bengal were present. The Welcome

address was given by Shri Nirmal Chowdhury, Asistant Director, MSME- DI, Kolkata.

Shri P K Das, Dy Director MSME-

DI, Kolkata detailed about the

programme and highlighted

about the importance of the

schemes of Atmanirvar Bharat.

He requested all MSME

stakeholders of the said district

and Association to take the

facilities of the said schemes.

Shri Avijit Bandopadhya, GM,

DIC, Kolkata elaborated

about the State Govt.

schemes and newly launched

Banglashree Scheme and

policy of MSMEs and encouraged all MSMEs, members & Association to come forward and

utilize the State Govt. Scheme. Sri Debashis Lahiri, IDO, DIC, Kolkata also elaborately explain

the procedure to avail the Newly launched Scheme of Govt. of West Bengal. District

Association also requires playing a big role for improvements of their units in present scenario.

Ms. Priyanka Tarafdar, Dy. Director, CAPEXIL deliberated about the Export procedure, benefit

and incentive offered by the Govt. of India for interested MSMEs to get exposure in the

international Market for Export. She also explained the role of the Export promotional councils

for the MSMEs who are yet to initiate Export business. Shri Kuntal Ghosh Asst. Director, Capexil

delivered his lecture about the annual fees structure of the CAPEXIL for MSMEs and other

aspect like IEC, HSN, do’s and don’ts etc. for the export business.

Shri Sengupta, Secretary, FOSMI disussed about the role of FOSMI for the development of

MSMEs throughout India.

Shri Goutam Poddar, Asst. Director, Export Facilitation Cell, MSME-DI, Kolkata explain why

Trade balance is necessary for ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirvar Bharat’. He also share the

information that Govt. of India has identified 66 Nos. of component with HSN code which

India imported from the different country, but if any MSME unit wish to manufacturing that

items with his present infrastructure or adding some additional machineries for manufacturing

the above items, He may contact Export Facilitation Cell of this office for further line of action

in this regards.

A detailed question answer session was also conducted. During Technical session the

participants asked many Question regarding Udyam registration, Incoterms, IEC etc. which

were ansewered into the forum by the concerned authorities.

The meeting was ended by vote of thanks by Shri Tapas Roy, Investigator, MSME-DI, Kolkata.


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The name Jalpaiguri came from the word “Jalpai” meaning “Olive” which grew in the town

and adjacent areas and were even visible in the 1900. Jalpaiguri district earlier had three sub-

divisions – Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision, Mal subdivision and Alipurduar subdivision.

Alipurduar district was created in June 2014 and Jalpaiguri district was left with two

subdivisions – Jalpaiguri Sadar and Mal.

Introduction: Jalpaiguri district is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated

between 26° 16' and 27° 0' North latitudes and 88° 4' and 89° 53' East longitudes. The district

was established in 1869 in British India.

The headquarters of the district are in the Indian city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional

headquarters of North Bengal.

Brief History of Jalpaiguri:

Before discussing about the history of Jalpaiguri district let us have a few words about its

etymology. The name Jalpaiguri perhaps may have evolved from “JE-LE-PE-GORI” probably

meaning the place to exchange warm clothes, Blankets etc. with other essential

commodities between Bhutan and Jalpaiguri. Again there is another belief that the name of

‘Jalpaiguri’ has been derived from the two Bengali words viz. ‘Jalpai’ which means Olive

trees and ‘guri’ which means a place thereby meaning a place where Olive trees are

available. The name might as well be associated with deity of a temple located in the

Jalpesh village in Maynaguri Police Station in the district, where the local name of the deity is

Jalpeswar resembling Lord Siva of the Hindu mythology. Jalpaiguri is the part of the

geographical region known as ‘Duars’ in the state of West Bengal. The areas east of the main

river ‘Tista’ is called ‘Eastern Duars’ and the western portion is known as ‘Western Duars’.

Some people is of the view that the word ‘Duars’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘Dwar’ which

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means ‘the gateway’ as it is literally the gateway to the hills of Darjiling, Nepal, Sikkim and

Bhutan. The then British Government in 1869 formed Jalpaiguri District.

Ancient History of Jalpaiguri : The people of Jalpaiguri are blessed with a long history. The

area then also included the regions of neighbouring Coochbehar, Assam and the Rangpur

district which is at present in Bangladesh. We can find the mention of Jalpaiguri in the

Mahabharata which occurred during the 10th century B.C. King Bhagadutta, ruler of

Pragjyotish or today’s western Assam, joined the Kaurava side in the epic battle of the

Kurukshetra with his Chinese and Kirat soldiers. It is depicted in the Mahabharat that King

Bhagadutta ruled over vast region stretched from the Brahmaputra River within Assam to

Eastern Nepal along the Himalayan foothills. His daughter Bhanumati was the wife of the

eldest Kaurava, Prince Duryodhana. The Kirats are actually an off-shoot of Tibeto-Burman

speaking Bodo group of tribes originating from Tibeto-Mongoloid races and nowadays called

Meches and the other aboriginal people of the district, like the Rajbanshis and the Koches of

the past. According to Professor Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay, Koches too were one of the

Bodo tribes. The country named Pragjyotish and the Kirat people find mention in many other

ancient texts such as the Ramayan, Harivansha, Brahmandapuran, Raghuvansa etc. and the

Greek work Periplus of the Erythraean Sea of the 1st century AD. But no reference to the land

and people of the present Jalpaiguri is available till about the 7th century AD.

The findings through several rock inscription from different parts of the district shows the

presence of great rulers of India like Shasanka or the ruler of Gauda who was responsible for

unifying Bengal, and Bhaskar Varman who was the best known ruler of Gupta dynasty.

Medieval History of Jalpaiguri : As we know, the medieval period of Bengal starts with

Muhammad Bakhtyar Khilji who after conquering Radh and Varendri started for Tibet in the

winter of AD 1206 and the greater part of his route was along the KaratoyaTista till he

reached the hills and went through the present district of Jalpaiguri. He was back from the

campaign also through the same route. The region was under the control of some feudatory

chiefs during the whole of next century.

As history goes by, when Huien Tsang, the great Chinese scholar visited Assam, a major

portion of today's Jalpaiguri was a part of the kingdom of Kamrupa which then apparently

extended up to river Karatoya in the west. This land, often and commonly designated as

Duars had often been included in the kingdoms of Bhutan and Cooch Behar. The name

‘Duars’ may have evolved from the word ‘Doors’ or passages. There were eighteen such

passages which were used by the Bhutanese people to communicate with the riverine plains

of the south for the cause of trade or barters.

Dooars became a sovereign state from the seventh century. Dooars were the centre of the

medieval Kamata Kingdom. The earliest capital of Kamata Kingdom or Kamatapur was

probably Nalrajar Garh in the Chilapata Forest. Later it was shifted to Maynaguri, and after

that to Prithu Rajar Garh. Again at a later stage the capital was established in Gosanimari,

which was an important port town from the seventh century. After the destruction of

Kamatapur by Hussain Shah of Gaur Kingdom in 1494, the Koch Kingdom emerged in the

Dooars. Vishwa Singha established the earliest Koch capital in Hingulavas situated near

Mahakalguri in the Dooars region. Cooch Behar town became the last prominent capital

under the Koch rulers. In subsequent times, following their internal weaknesses, the Koch

Kingdom were captured by Bhutan.

In the medieval period of Jalpaiguri history, the region had large forest tracts from the eastern

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These forest lands were the home of three primary Mongoloid tribes, the Koch, Tharu and the

Mech.

Modern Period of Jalpaiguri : After the East India Company got Dewani of Bengal, Bihar and

Orissa from Shah Alam-II in 1765, it entered into negotiation with Koch Bihar and Jalpaiguri.

Darpadev, the Raikat of Batrishhazari or Baikunthapur, was virtually reduced into an ordinary

zamindar by the British. His possession was left undisturbed by the company, but heavy

revenue was assessed on his lands. Darpadev protested but the protest goes in vain. This was

also the time of the infamous famine of Chhiyattar (1770).

Famine of 1770 (Chhiyattarer Manwantar) from December 1769 to September 1770 was a

one year famine caused by the insufficient spring harvest in 1769. Before the end of May,

1770, one-third of the population was officially calculated to have disappeared. In the word

of W.W. Hunter, “All through the stifling summer of 1770 the people went on dying. The

husbandmen sold their cattle; they sold their implements of agriculture; they devoured their

seed-grain; they sold their sons and daughters, till at length no buyer of children could be

found; they ate the leaves of trees and grass of the field; and in June 1770 the Resident at the

Durbar affirmed that the living were feeding on the dead”.

Baikunthapur was in the heart of the Sannyasis Revolt and now they joined hands with the

Raja. The Sannyasi Revolt has been made famous by the great Bengali novelist Rishi

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay in his immortal novel ‘Anandamath’. The revolt was

however subdued by Captain Stuart of East India Company on 3rd February, 1773.

“The district of Jalpaiguri as an administrative unit came into being on 1st January, 1869, by

the amalgamation of the Western Duars district with the Jalpaiguri subdivision of Rangpur

(Notification of 8th December, 1868).”

(West Bengal District Gazetteers, Jalpaiguri,, Government of West Bengal, July, 1981, page 62)

The British rulers, under the leadership of Captain Hedayat Ali, annexed the Dooars region in

1865 from the Bhutanese Kingdom. Subsequently, the area was divided into two parts, the

eastern portion was merged with the Goalpara district within Assam and the western part was

turned into a new district called Jalpaiguri. Thus Jalpaiguri came into being for the first time in

1869 as an administrative unit by the amalgamation of western Dooars with the Rangpur sub-

division of Jalpaiguri in present day Bangladesh.

The most prominent historical development after administrative set up of Jalpaiguri district

was the growth of tea industry in these plains. It helped to change the natural as well as the

socio-economic pattern of the Dooars region. Thus what were previously forest tracts, now

shifted to a landscape dotted with villages, tea gardens and markets. When the British

colonial rule ended in India, the region became merged with the Union of India in 1949. Thus

the long history of the Jalpaiguri district has enriched the cultural and socio-economic set up

of the region. It has also led to a plethora of historical monuments which documents the

different dynastic patterns and their inspired architecture.

General Characteristics of the District

The district of Jalpaiguri occupies a prime position in the domain of North Bengal. It stretches

over an area of 3396.91 sq. kms (Year, 2011) and has its headquarters in Jalpaiguri. The

economy is chiefly agrarian although the industrial belt is gradually attempting to expand its

periphery.

The sprawling tea gardens of the Dooars area constitute the chief asset of this district. Other

major agrarian products of the district like jute, paddy, potato, etc. also make a significant


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contribution to the district’s revenue pool. Forest resources of the district constitute another

major resource of the district.

Location & Geographical Area

The district enjoys a strategically important location as it serves as a corridor of trade and

communication with the various north-eastern States of India. It stretches between the

gridlines 27N to 2616’ N latitude and 8953’ E and 8325’ E longitude. It touches the

boundaries of Bhutan and Darjeeling in the north, Assam (Goalpara) in the east, Coochbihar

in the south and Bangladesh in the south-west.

The district topography wears a mixed look – consisting both of hilly areas and undulating

plains coupled with vast flat plains. Three district physiographic units can be identified in the

district (a) the northern hilly terrain which is a part of the sub-Himalayan Ranges, (b) the sub-

montane central tract, locally called Bhaber and (c) the gently sloping alluvial plain in the

south locally called Terai.

Topography

The soil in this region ranges from alluvial soil to sandy and clayey soil.The soil can be broadly

classified under two heads – a) the terai soils covering almost the entire district and b) the

brown forest soil covering the northern foot hills of the district. However, the soil is

predominantly sandy and hence porous with low water holding capacity.

The alluvial soil is fertile enough for crops like paddy, jute and tea to be grown. This kind of soil

is brought down by hilly rivers like Teesta, Torsa and Mahananda. The rivers often overflow

their banks depositing layers of fertile soil on the banks on either side.

In the upper region to the north of the Duars, the soil is mainly hard, black and clayey. This soil

is suitable for growing tea which is a major cash crop of this region. In the lower plain land

the soil consists of a mixture of both clay and sand.

India is said to be a land of rivers and the district of Jalpaiguri bears enough proof of this

statement. There is a network of rivers criss-crossing the entire region. The major ones are

Teesta, , Mahananda, Jaldhaka, Raidak, Korotowa and Sonkos. These are joined by smaller

streams like Galandi, Dudua, Tasati, Mujnai and their likes. The rivers are in full spate during

the monsoon season and navigation along them becomes risky. Agricultural activity in the

district is largely dependent on the various irrigation projects which have been built on these

rivers.

Availability of Minerals

The major mineral of the district was Dolomite. As per the Indian Minerals Yearbook 2015

published by Indian Bureau of Mines, M/o Mines, Govt. of India, the district did not produced

any Dolomite or any other minerals.

Forest

It is believed that the district of Jalpaiguri has derived its name from the ‘Jalpai’ trees (olive

trees) which grow abundantly in the forests covering the northern hilly terrain. The district is

blessed with rich reserves of forest resources. The presence of vast hilly tracts covered with

dense forests with sparkling streams flowing through them has attracted tourists from all over

the world.

The forests, covering 179000 hectares of land which is 27.8% of the total geographical areas,

are home to a fascinating variety of flora and fauna. The vegetation is mostly deciduous

semi-evergreen with sal as the dominant species. The timber produced in these forests is very

valuable and is used for building furniture, doors, windows and other wooden fixtures. Social


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forestry is also becoming popular now-a-days with trees like Eucalyptus, Simul, Krishnachura,

etc. being widely cultivated.

The forested hilly ranges have also given birth to several major Wild Life Reserves – namely

Jaldapara, Buxa Tiger Reserve, Garumara, Chapramari and Hollong. They serve as popular

tourist resorts. The rich bio-diversity in the sanctuaries of Jaldapara and Chapramari is a

striking treat for the eyes. Trekking routes along the Sinchula Range provide magnificent

scenic views of nature in its pristine form. Chotashinchula peak (5695 feet) is the highest point

of the district. These ecologically fragile zones should be preserved and protected from

environmental degradation.

Minor forest produce like bamboo, cane, honey, wax, etc. are also found in the forest areas.

Bamboo and cane furniture is manufactured both in the rural and urban areas. Timber and

fuel are the major forest produce.

Administrative Set up

The administrative set up of Jalpaiguri district consists of two Sub-Divisions viz. Sadar and Mal

with district headquarters at Jalpaiguri. The two sub-Divisions have 9 police stations and

including Siliguri M.C part is 14 and 5 Police Out Posts under their jurisdiction. There are 7

blocks or Panchayat Samities and 3 Municipalities in the district – 4 blocks and 2

Municipalities in Sadar Sub-Division, 3 blocks and 1 Municipality in Mal Sub-Division . Under the

jurisdiction of these blocks, there are 391 inhabited villages with 418 Mouzas governed by 80

Gram Panchayats.

The table below shows the sub-Divisionwise distribution of blocks, villages and Gram

Panchayats (Year – 2016)

Name of the Sub-Division Police Station C. D. Block/M No. of Gram

Panchayats

No. of inhabited

villages

Sadar Sub-Division.

6 4/2 58 231

Rajganj Rajganj 12 26

Bhaktinagar Siliguri (M.C.Part) - -

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri 14 28

Jalpaiguri(M) - -

Maynaguri Maynaguri 16 79

Dhupguri Dhupguri 16 98

Banarhat Dhuipguri (M) - -

Mal Sub-Division

3 3/1 22 160

Mal Mal 12 100

Mal (M) - -

Metiali Metiali 5 27

Nagrakata Nagrakata 5 33

Total : 2 9 7/3 80 391

Source: District Statistical Hand Book, 2016

The administrative structure of the district also rests on the framework provided by the

existence of 3 Municipalities and 1 Municipal Corporation. Part of Siliguri Municipal

Corporation belongs to Jalpaiguri district.

District at a Glance

S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics

1 Geographical features

Geographical Data i) Latitude 27N to 2616’ N latitude

ii) Longitude 8953’ E and 8325’ E

iii) Geographical Area Sq.Km. 3396.31


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2 Administrative Units

i) Sub divisions 2016 2

ii) Police Stations (Including SMC part) “ 14

iii) Inhabited Villages 2011 391

iv) Mouzas 2001 418

v) Municipal Corporations 2016 1(part)

vi)Municipalities “ 3

vii) Blocks “ 7

viii) Panchayat Samities “ 7

xi) Gram Panchayats “ 80

x) Assembly Constituencies “ 7

3 Literacy

i)Literacy Rate 2014 73.25%

ii) Male Literacy Rate “ 79.95%

iii)Female Literacy Rate “ 66.23%

iv)Rural Literacy Rate “ 69.73%

v)Urban Literacy Rate “ 82.39%

4 Population

Total Population 2011 2381596

(A) Sex-wise “

i) Male “ 1983064

ii) Female “ 1889782

(B) i) Rural Population “ 2812495

ii) Urban Population “ 1060351

( C ) % of Rural population to Urban population “ 72.62%

( D) Population density (persons per sq. km) “ 622

5 Agriculture

Land utilization 2013-14

i) Total Area 2015-16 Th.Hectare 339.50

ii) Forest cover “ “ 64.39

iii) Non Agriculture Land “ “ 64.21

iv) Barren uncultivable land “ “ 0.73

v) Current fallow land “ 5.42

vi) Net area sown “ 202.43

Total Irrigated Area 2014-15 87.809

6 Forest

(i) Forest 2015-16 Thousand

Hec.

64.39

7 Agricultural & Horticulture (Production Year 2015-16)

Area ( in Th.

Hectares)

Production ( in Thousand Tonnes)

a) Total cereals 248.6 634

b) Total pulses 8.5 6.4

c) Total oil seeds 14.0 13.6

d) Total Fibres 37.5 487.1

e) Total Miscellaneous Crops 157.3 1992.6

Principal Crops, Fibres and Vegetables 2013-14 Rice, Mustard, Jute, Potato, Tomato, Cabbage, Cauli

flower, Cucurbits, Ladies finger

Major fruits 2013-14 Pine apple, Banana, Papaya, Mango, Jackfruit

8 Tea (Production Year 2015-16)


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No. of Tea gardens Nos. 105

Total land under cultivation Hectares 41457

Iii) No. of persons employed Nos. 106095

Iv) Production Thousand Kg. 86591

9 Livestock & Poultry

A Total Cattle 2012 Nos. 950760

i) Cows (cattle ) “ Nos. 344267

ii) Buffaloes “ Nos. 8827

B. Other livestock

i) Goats 2012 Nos. 561475

ii) Pigs “ Nos. 91992

iii) Sheep “ Nos. 25859

C. Total Poultry 2012 Nos. 2239681

11. Worker & Employment

Total Workers 2011 Nos. 920842

i) Cultivators “ Nos. 129130

ii) Agricultural labourers “ Nos. 203733

iii) Household industry workers “ Nos. 17430

iv) Other workers “ Nos. 570549

i) No. of Main workers 2011 Nos. 712550

ii) No. of Marginal workers “ Nos. 208292

iii) No. of Non- workers “ Nos. 1460754

% to Total Population

i) Main workers 2011 % 29.91

ii)Marginal workers “ % 8.74

iii) Non- workers “ % 61.33

12 Electrification

No. of Electrified Mouzas Upto

31.03.16

Nos. 417

13 Sources of Irrigation

i)Tanks 2014-15 Nos. -

ii) Deep Tubewell “ Nos. 44

iii)Shallow Tubewell “ Nos. 5056

iv)River Lift Irrigation “ Nos. 308

v)Open Dug Well “ Nos. 53

14 Forest Produce

i)Timber 2015-16 Th. mtr3 11.30

ii)Fuel “ Stack 3409

iii)Pole “ Nos. -

18 Railways

i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 456

19 Roads

i) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 305

ii) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 222

iii) Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms 501

iv) Other district & Rural Roads 2010-11 Kms 232

i).Surfaced Roads 2013-14 Kms 4528.70

ii)Unsurfaced Roads 2013-14 Kms 3576.28

Length of Roads maintained by


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i)PWD 2015-16 Kms 308.91

ii)Zilla Parishad “ Kms 1247

iii)Gram Panchayat & Panchayat Samity “ Kms 2791.20

iv)PM Gram Sadak Yojana “ Kms 601.61

20 Communication

No. of Post Offices 2015-16 Nos. 301

No. of registered Motor Vehicles 2015-16 Nos. 104939

21 Public Health

i)Hospitals 2016 Nos. 3

ii)Rural Hospitals “ Nos. 6

iii)Total beds in Hospitals “ Nos. 2646

iv)Other Hospitals(State Govt./Central Govt./Local

Bodies

“ Nos. 6

v)Block Primary Health Centres “ Nos. 1

vi)Primary Health Centres “ Nos. 26

vii)Private Hospitals/Nursing Homes/NGOs “ Nos. 37

22 Banking commercial

i)Commercial Bank Branches 2016 Nos. 105

ii) Average Population per office “ Thousand 15

iii)% of advances to deposits “ % 29.83

23. Ware Houses

i)Number 2013-14 Nos. 19

ii)Capacity “ MT 39920

Cold Storage 2013-14

i)Number “ Nos. 27

ii)Capacity “ MT 376500

25 Education

(a) Primary school 2015-16 Nos. 1205

(b) Middle schools “ Nos. 173

(c) Secondary & High schools “ Nos. 51

(d) Higher Secondary Schools “ Nos. 158

(e) College (Gen.degree) “ Nos. 10

(f) Open University “ Nos. 3

Source:- District Statistical Handbook of BAES & Economic Review,2016,Govt.of W.B

Existing Status of Industrial Areas in Jalpaiguri District

Sl. No.

Name of Ind. Area

Land acquired

(In hectare)

Land developed

(In hectare)

Prevailing Rate Per Sqm

(In Rs.)

No of Plots

No of allotted Plots

No of Vacant

Plots

No. of Units in Produc-

tion

1 Siliguri I.E

21.01 acre 21.01 acre Rs.4.40 lakh per

katha for Plots

( Long Term) &

Rs.5/- per sq.ft

for Plots

( Short term)

103 103 - 103

2 Dabgram I.E

20.78 acre - Rs.1.37 lakh per

katha for plots

under long term

lease

129 129 - 126

3 Raninagar 152.50 acre 127 acre - - - - 25


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4 Fatapukur 105 acre - - - - - -

5 Light Engg.

Park

6.38 acre- - - - - - -

Source:- WBSIDC & WBIIDC

INDUSTRIAL SCENARIO OF JALPAIGURI DISTRICT

Industry at a Glance

Micro & Small Scale Enterprises with Employment in Jalpaiguri District.

Year Units Employment

2013-14 4182 22889

2014-15 5234 27135

2015-16 (upto September before the introduction of Udyog Aadhar) 4812 28864


Total UAM Registration in the district as on 31.03.2019 MICRO SMALL MEDIUM

2119 1785 316 18

DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES (BY INDUSTRY GROUP ) IN JALPAIGURI

DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2011-12

NIC

CODE TYPE OF INDUSTRY

NO. OF

FACTORIES

INVESTMENT

(Lakh Rs.) EMPLOYMENT

10 Manufacture of Food Products 170 79300 17196

11 Manufacture of beverages 2 12603 549 12 Manufacture of Tobacco Products 39 24

13 Manufacture of Textiles 2 1667 517 14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 1 0 6

15 Manufacture of Leather & related Products 2 105 18

16 Manufacture of wood and products of wood & cork except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials

65 3834 727

17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 4 253 63 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 4 681 154

19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 2 9672 126

20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 6 10314 512 22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 6 794 83 23 Manufacture of other non-metalic mineral products 14 20063 803

24 Manufacture of basic metals 4 1039 72

25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products except machinery and equipment

5 1311 283

28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.* 9 34 157 29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 1 26 18

31 Manufacture of furniture 1 25 3

45 Wholesale and Retail Trade and Repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles

3265 371

52 Warehousing and Support activities for Transportation 14 2877 254 58 Publishing activities 2 0 3

95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods 2 55 42



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Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

List of the units in Jalpaiguri & nearby Area

Growth Trend

Industrial projects implemented in the district

Year No. of Units Invt. (In Cr.)

2008 1 0.60

2009 58 99.19

2010 21 92.19

Source: Economic Review, 2011-12, West Bengal

Medium Scale Enterprises

List of the units in jalpaiguri & near By Area

Service Enterprises

Potentials areas for service industry in the district are Cold Storage, Automobile Body Building

& Repairing services relating to transport.

Potential for new MSMEs

Setting up new industrial ventures or optimally exploiting the existing resources depends to a

large extent on the availability of suitable infrastructure, a strong capital base, abundance of

resources like land, labour and entrepreneurship, assured markets for the products and a

multiple other factors. The district of Jalpaiguri cannot boast of being in a very favourable

Sl.No Name of the Unit

1 SAI industries Pvt.Ltd.

2 Tea Gardens-Dooars & Tarai (54 unit)

3 Hidusthan Lever Ltd.

4 Kusum Iron & Steel.

5 Coca – Cola

Sl.No Name of the Unit

1 HSB Agro Indusatries Pvt. Ltd

2 Medow Diary Products Pvt. Ltd.

3 Mansoravar Tea Pvt.Ltd.

4 Raichanga Agro Food Procrssing Industries Pvt. Ltd.(2 units)

5 Kalabari Food Products Pvt. Ltd

6 Maa Nandev Papers Pvt. Ltd.

7 Mahakal Agro Storage & Processing Unit pvt. Ltd

8 Sarat Tubes Ltd.

9 Satyadeep Polypipes Ltd.

10 Kabsons Industries Ltd.

11 Haldia Precision Engineering Co.

12 Perfect Air Products.

13 Changia Food Processing Co.

14 Sunderban Fertilizer Ltd.

15 Siliguri Flour Mills Ltd.

16 Northern Flour Mills Ltd.

17 Falakata Industries Ltd.

18 Tista Fruit & Vegetable Processing.

19 Phyto Chemical Complex

20 Integrated Fire Protection Pvt. Ltd.


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position as far as the aforesaid factors are concerned. Yet its strong agricultural base

prepares the ground for setting up agrarian industries.

Jalpaiguri is undoubtedly an agriculture based economy and with this background in mind

various prospective agro based industries have been suggested below. Significant deposits

of dolomite and other minerals like limestone, coal, stone etc. makes the district prospective

for industrial development. Jalpaiguri also has a rich reserve of forest resources. The

sericulture units in Jalpaiguri Sadar Block and in Alipurduar Block also offer scope for

expansion. The tea industry in the district is a traditional investment which with adequate

modernisation can pave the way to setting up of various ancillary units like those engaged in

pruning knives or in solvent extraction from tea waste etc. Similarly, special mention should

be made about mushroom canning industry. The district is agro climatically suited for

mushroom production and especially “button mushroom” which has tremendous export

potential. Thus, considering the resources, the existing infrastructure and the general

framework of the district, a few candidate industries, both resource based and demand

based have been suggested in this Chapter after detailed discussion with various agencies

like DIC, Bank, various State Govt. Departments and other local bodies.

A) Resource-based Industries

1) Rice mill

2) Solvent extraction from rice bran

3) Rice processing

4) Solvent extraction from tea waste

5) Tomato sauce, chilli sauce

6) Vegetable dehydration

7) Fruit preservation and processing

8) Mushroom canning

9) Jam, jelly from pineapple, orange, lemon

10) Pickles and chutneys from mango

11) Ginger oil and ginger powder

12) Oleo resin

13) Meat processing and for human consumption

14) Tanning of leather

15) Leather processing

16) Animal fat utilisation for production of pork choke and oil

17) Pre-cast building blocks from rich reserves of dolomite, limestone and sand

18) Sericulture units – silk reeling

19) Honey production

20) Spice grinding

21) Processing of pulses

22) Dairy farm

23) Stone crushing

B) Demand-based Industries

1) Manufacturing of agricultural tools and implements

2) Agro service centres

3) Cold storage

4) Bio-fertilizer units

5) Repairing and servicing of diesel pump sets

6) Repairing and servicing of electronic items

7) Bread and biscuit

8) Handicraft products

9) Wooden furniture and fixtures


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10) Cane furniture

11) Handloom products

12) Ceramic novelty items

13) Readymade garments

14) Textile, silk printing

15) Moulded plastic articles

16) Automobile repairing

17) Automobile smoke testing units

18) Paints and varnishes

19) Clay bricks

20) Nuts and bolts

21) Storage battery assembling

22) Cry cell battery

23) Soft drinks

24) Pesticide formulations

25) Terracotta pottery

26) Washing soap and powder

27) Washing soap and powder

28) Mosaic tiles

29) Paper cups and plates

30) Repairing and servicing of bi-cycles and cycle rickshaw

Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprises

1) Name of the cluster: Plastic Processing Cluster

Details for Identified cluster in West Bengal implemented by Directorate of Micro & Small Scale Enterprises

1 Name of the Clusters Plastic Processing

2 Principal Products Manufactured in the Cluster Plastic household products

3 No. of functional units in the clusters 90

4 Turnover of the Clusters Rs. 35 Cr.

5 Employment in Cluster 860

6 Major Issues / requirement Technology up-gradation; availability of moulds; Power supply

7 Thrust Areas Design & mould making; R&D facility; e- marketing

8 Problems & constraints Pollution; low power supply; Finance

9 Testing needs Quality product

2) Name of the cluster: IID Cluster at Dabgram, Jalpaiguri.

A proposal for upgradation of IID centre at Dabgram has been recommended and

sent to O/o DC, MSME but the same has currently been deferred.

SPV coordinator - Managing Director, WBSIDC,

Shilpa Bhawan, 2nd floor,

31, Black Burn Lane, Kolkata-700012

After upgradation of the IID centre 360 people are expected to be benefitted.

Total Project Cost : Rs. 787.27 lakh

GOI Grant : Rs. 472.36 lakh

GOWB Contribution : Rs. 314.92 lakh


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Jalpaiguri district has been an industrially lagging region since the period of Independence.

Industry plays a minor role in economy of the district. The economy is basically agrarian and it

is also underdeveloped. The entire economy of Jalpaiguri is mainly dependent on the Tea

Entrepreneurship. Tea along with Bamboo Crafts and Paper Products are Major Exportable

Items of the district. Nearly 5 lakh people directly or indirectly depend on the tea sector. The

tea industries are facing number of problems such as the lacking of long term development

planning, the problems related to labours, difficulty of maintaining the quality by small tea

growers, continuous drop in the prices of tea along with high production cost, sluggish rate of

increase in household demand and competition from foreign tea producers which are

perturbing the economic status of the district. As a result, they are deprived of the actual

price of the green leaves.

For any queries regarding MSMEs in Jalpaiguri District, feel free to contact:

Shri T.K. Banerjee

District Nodal Officer, Jalpaiguri

Asstt. Director (Mech)

Br. MSME-DI, Siliguri

+91 9064196923;

[email protected]


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On-boarding of MSMEs on TReDS Mechanism made free

MSMEs were supposed to pay on-boarding charge of Rs. 10,000/-. Government has further

extended waiver of the charges for on-boarding TReDS. It is free till March, 2021. MSME family

thanks the Government for this. Most of the CPSEs and a number of private companies are

on TReDS. We request the MSMEs to join TReDS. Or it would be just enough to register as

MSME on the Government’s Udyam Registration Portal

Ministry of MSME encourages the MSMEs to register on the Udyam registration portal. As on

1st September, close to 4.00 lakh registrations have already taken place since the new

system was launched in July 2020. Registration process is going on smoothly.

We also re-iterate, advise and alert the enterprises and entrepreneurs to beware of fake

websites who are charging money in the name of facilitating Udyam/MSME registration. We

request that the registration should be done on and through the Government website only.

AGNIi Introduction: Innovations for addressing technological concerns of

MSMEs

AGNIi (Accelerating Growth of New India’s Innovations) is a flagship initiative under the

Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. It is one of the nine Missions

under the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC)

and executed by Invest India, India’s National Investment Promotion Agency. AGNIi focuses

on supporting innovation commercialization: helping government, enterprise and non-profit

sectors benefit from emerging technology innovations from Indian start-ups and the public

R&D ecosystem.

AGNIi recently collaborated with MSME Development Institute, Thrissur to organise a Digital

Technology Showcase on the 14th of August,2020 for the MSMEs associated with the DI.The

Showcase included pitches by carefully curated startups relevant to the sectors and

preferences of MSMEs associated with them. It had 100+ MSME participants who were keen

to further the engagement with the startups to increase their business prospects in sectors like

Food Processing and Plastics. Building on the efforts, we believe that AGNIi and the MSMEs

associated with various Development Institute can collaborate to leverage technology and

introduce relevant innovations and startups to the ecosystem. AGNIi is willing to assist in

identifying areas/sectors of interest and scouting for relevant innovations.

Pashim Banga Society for Skill Development (PBSSD) requests to share

the detail data of all the organizations under MSME

PBSSD is a registered society under West Bengal Society Act. Department of Technical

Education,Training & Skill Development, Government of West Bengal. It has launched

"Utkarsh Bangla", a flagship scheme on 16th February 2016 under the aegis of the

PBSSD, to run placement linked short-term skill trainings across the State and is committed

towards large scale Skill development for its youth population to improve the scope of

gainful employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The objective of the Department is to

develop a DSDP (District Skill Development Plan) through primary research & stakeholder

consultations to identify specific skill gaps and industry demand across districts. Development

of a befitting DSDP will help in implementing targeted skill training interventions in the district

and to create opportunity for local livelihood interventions. With this purpose, PBSSD is going

to conduct an in-depth interview of the entrepreneurs, to understand the opportunities

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and challenges of the micro entrepreneurs in the districts in order to help

youth of West Bengal who may wish to start entrepreneurship.They are also going to gather

information about the nature of the entrepreneurs’ business, their experiences and the

challenges faced by them. The study objectives are

A. To understand the status and volume of operation and challenges faced in

managing a micro level enterprise

B. To assess the potential to engage skilled workforce from the community.

C. To identify inputs and learning in the process of training, skill development and

supporting micro enterprise development for youth especially women

Post Interview, the valuable inputs received, will help them in developing strategy for skilling,

employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for the youth especially for young girls in the

age group of 16-24 years. For this skill gap analysis, PBSSD request the stakeholders to share

the detail data of all the organizations, under MSME, as per the following format

Sl.

No.

Name of

Entrepreneur Sector

Complete

Address

Contact Detail with

Email Id.

Employee

Strength

Notification of change in Incident Management Policy of GeM

GeM has made few changes in the functioning of the GeM Incident Management System

and IM Policy.Here are few of the changes which are now live:

The incidents would require buyers and sellers to communicate for 7 days to sort out

the issue. During the first 7 days, the incident can only be closed.

The Seller/Buyers to whom the SCN is sent will be Notified / Watch-listed and have to

provide the response within 5 days.

In the case of Non-Responded to SCN and SCN period has expired, the system would

automatically Notified / Watch-listed the user's account.

New penalties would be imposed for any deviation

The 128th Session of Canton Fair scheduled online from October 15th to 24th

The 128th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, will be held online

from October 10th to 24th. Holding the session online will enable the Fair to further play its role

as a platform for all-round opening-up, and promote the stable and healthy development of

foreign trade amid epidemic control while focusing on industrial and supply chains in the

sector. The organizers will strive to provide high-quality and convenient services for exhibitors

and buyers. Businesses from home and abroad are welcome to join and source at the Fair.

Request for Data for Determination of Ceiling Rates Under the schemes for

Remision of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) and Constitution

of RoDTEP Committee

Government has constituted a Committee in the Department of Revenue for determination

of ceiling rates under scheme, namely, Remission of Duties and taxes on Exported Products

(RoDTEP). The RoDTEP scheme seeks to refund currently uri-refunded (a)Duties/taxes/levies at

the Central, State and local level, borne on the exported product, including prior stage

cumulative indirect taxes on goods and services used in the production of the exported

product and (b) such indirect duties/taxes/levies on distribution of exported product. The


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determination of ceiling rates by the committee will be done with suitable representation of

the Department of Commerce /DGFT, line Ministries and experts.In view of above, it is

requested to covey views/suggestions, regarding determination of ceiling rates under the

RoDTEP scheme on export products relating to the MSME Ministry .Also requested to request

trade and industry associations to provide data w.r.t. inputs used in the respective export

products in the specified proforma comprising three parts viz. Proforma-Rl, R2 and R3. For

details and proforma refer letter F. No. 605/22/2020-DBK/862-932 dated 10th August, 2020 of

Drawback Division, Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, Department of Revenue,

Ministry of Finance.

Pradhan Mantri Bharathiya Janaushadhi Kendra (PMBJP) kendras in the

premises of hospital run by PSU/organization/Institutes.

Hon’ble Prime Minister has laid the vision that the poor must have access to affordable

medicines. An easy access to standard health care for citizens is one of the major objectives

of the Government as told by the Hon’ble Minister of State, Shipping (Independent Charge)

and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya in a letter to

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways and MSME, Government

of India. Department of Pharmaceuticals under Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has been

taking several regulatory and fiscal measures to ensure availability of quality medicines at

affordable prices for all, particularly the poor and the disadvantaged.

A countrywide campaign

“Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya

Janaushadhi Pariyojana”

(PMBJP) has been initiated by

the Department of

Pharmaceuticals for ensuring

availability of quality generic

medicines at affordable

prices for all. It envisages key

initiative of opening of

dedicated outlets “Pradhan

Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi

Kendra” (PMBJP Kendra) all

over India where superior quality generic medicines are sold at low prices. Bureau of Pharma

PSUs of India (BPPI) is implementing the scheme. Currently, the PMBJP product basket

comprises of more than 1200 drugs and 200 surgical items. The ministry have adopted best

practices for ensuring quality products like procurement from only WHO-GMP certified

facilities, testing of each batch at NABL accredited independent labs and warehousing and

distribution as per WHO-GMP guidelines.

To make Jan Aushadhi medicines reach everyone, the Government is committed to open

maximum PMBJP Kendra in the nation. As on date, more than 6400 PMBJP Kendra spread are

operational across the country. “Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana” has

marked its presence in almost every district of India by covering in 729 districts of the country.

To achieve this objective, the Hon’ble Minister of State, Shipping (Independent Charge) and

Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya requested all the

ministries to ask the PSUs/Organizations/Institutions under the Ministry/Department to open

PMBJP Kendras in the premises of hospitals run by them.


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KVIC’s Firmness Forces Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal to Remove 160 Fake

Khadi Products Online

Khadi and Village Industries Commission’s (KVIC) firmness has forced e-commerce portals like

Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and others to remove over 160 web links selling products in the

brand name of “Khadi”. KVIC has said that the development comes in wake of KVIC serving

legal notices to over 1000 firms using the brand name “Khadi India” to sell their products and

thus causing damage to its reputation and the loss of work to Khadi artisans. It further said

that after KVIC served legal notice, Khadi Global has also discontinued using its

website www.khadiglobalstore.com and also removed its social media pages on Twitter,

Facebook and Instagram and have sought 10-day time to remove all such contents and

product using the brand name “Khadi”. KVIC action has also resulted in shutting down a

number of stores across the country that were selling fake Khadi products.

These e-commerce portals were selling products like Khadi masks, herbals soaps, shampoos,

cosmetics, herbal mehandi, jackets, kurta and many such products through different sellers

using the brand name “Khadi”. This created a false impression among online buyers that

these commodities were genuine “Khadi” products. It further stated that there has been a

steep rise in violation of Khadi trademark as the popularity of Khadi grew manifold in recent

years after the Prime Minister’s appeal to buy Khadi products. Exploiting this opportunity, a

number of online sellers began selling random products in the name of Khadi. Also hundreds

of stores mushroomed in different cities that were selling fake Khadi products. In recent

months, particularly during the Covid-19 lockdown, there was a huge proliferation of such

fraudulent online sellers. However, to enable online customers to buy genuine Khadi

products, KVIC has launched its e-portal selling a range of 300 products online

at www.kviconline.gov.in/khadimask.

KVIC has put in place a robust online enforcement plan for effective monitoring of “Khadi

India” trademark rights. It has employed a dedicated legal team, a mix of human and

technological tools to ensure a systematic and continuous monitoring and takedown of

unauthorised products being sold in the name of Khadi. KVIC is also educating all registered

Khadi Institutions engaged in manufacturing Khadi products that simply their registration with

KVIC did not authorize them to re-authorize any one to use “Khadi” trademarks or “Khadi

India” logo unless that firm or company obtains proper licence from KVIC for the same.

Ministry of MSME re-activates the micro-industrialization process in Rural India

A few days ago, Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), had announced

expanding and doubling the support to Artisans who might be interested in making

Agarbatti. Taking these efforts further, the Ministry has now come out with new guidelines for

two more schemes which include ‘Pottery Activity’ and ‘Beekeeping Activity'.

These new initiatives of the Ministry with beneficiary oriented Self-Employment schemes, are

aimed at rejuvenating the grass root economy contributing to AtmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

For ‘Pottery Activity’ Government will provide assistance of pottery wheel, Clay Blunger,

Granulator etc. It will also provide Wheel Pottery Training for traditional pottery artisans and

Press Pottery training for pottery as well as non-pottery artisans in Self Help Groups. There is

also provision to provide Jigger-Jolly training programme for pottery as well as non-pottery

artisan in Self Help Groups. In case of the POTTERY improvements in the Scheme are :

I. skill-development training on focused products like garden pots, cooking-wares,

khullad, water bottles, decorator products, mural, etc. to SHGs of pottery-artisans has

been introduced.

http://www.khadiglobalstore.com/

http://www.kviconline.gov.in/khadimask


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II. Focus of the new Scheme is to enhance the production, technical knowhow of

pottery artisans and efficiency of potter energy kilns to reduce cost of production

iii) Efforts will be made to develop necessary market linkages by tying up with exports

and large buying houses. A total of 6075 Traditional and others (non-traditional)

pottery artisans/Rural Un-employed youth/Migrant Labourers will get benefitted from

this Scheme.

III. As Financial support for the year 2020-21, an amount of Rs.19.50 crore will be

expended to support 6075 artisans with a Centre of Excellence, with MGIRI, Wardha,

CGCRI, Khurja, VNIT, Nagpur and suitable IIT/NID/ NIFT etc, for product development,

advance skill programme, and quality standardization of products. Additional

amount of Rs. 50.00 crore has been provisioned for setting up of clusters in Terracotta,

Red clay pottery, with new innovative value added products to build pottery to

crockery/ tile making capabilities, under ' SFURTI' scheme of the Ministry.

In case of the Scheme for ‘Beekeeping Activity’, Government will provide assistance of Bee

boxes, Tool kits etc. Under this scheme, Bee boxes, with Bee colonies, will also be distributed

to Migrant workers in Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan (PMGKRA) districts. A 5

days’ beekeeping training will also be provided to the beneficiaries through various Training

Centres /State Beekeeping Extension Centres/ Master Trainers as per prescribed syllabus.

To begin with, Scheme proposes to cover, during 2020-21, a total of 2050 Beekeepers,

Entrepreneurs, Farmers, Unemployed Youth, Adivasis will get benefitted from these

projects/programme. For this purpose a financial support of Rs.13.00 crore during 2020-21 has

been provisioned to support 2050 artisans ( 1250 people from Self Help Groups and 800

Migrant labourers), with a Centre of Excellence with CSIR/ IIT Or other Top class Institute to

develop honey based new value added products.

Additional amount of Rs. 50.00 crore has also been kept for developing Beekeeping honey

clusters under the ' SFURTI scheme of the Ministry.

Detailed guidelines for these Schemes in English and Hindi have been put on the Ministry's

websites. The same are also being circulated through social media outreach.

Various Steps taken for Revival of MSME Sector due to COVID-19 Pandemic :

Shri Gadkari

The Ministry of MSME implements various schemes and programmes for growth and

development of MSME Sector in the country. These schemes and programmes include Prime

Minister’s Employment Generation programme (PMEGP), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration

of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry &

Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE), Interest Subvention Scheme for Incremental Credit to MSMEs,

Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises, Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster

Development Programme (MSE-CDP), Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology

Upgradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS).

Recently, Post Covid-19, Government has taken a number of initiatives under Aatma Nirbhar

Bharat Abhiyan to support the MSME Sector in the country especially in Covid-19 pandemic.

Some of them are:

i) Rs 20,000 crore Subordinate Debt for MSMEs.

ii) Rs. 3 lakh crores Collateral free Automatic Loans for business, including MSMEs.

iii) Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through MSME Fund of Funds.

iv) New revised criteria for classification of MSMEs.


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v) New Registration of MSMEs through ' Udyam Registration' for Ease of Doing

Business.

vi) No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crores, this will help MSME.

An online Portal “Champions” has been launched on 01.06.2020 by the Prime Minister. This

covers many aspects of e-governance including grievance redressal and handholding of

MSMEs. Through the portal, total 18,723 grievances have been redressed upto 09.09.2020. RBI

has also announced several measures to Reduce Financial Stress of MSMEs.

KVIC's Use of Paper Packaging in Online Sales Earns Public Accolades

Khadi and Village Industries Commission’s (KVIC) venture into the E-Commerce industry just

two months ago is using handmade paper packaging materials from day one to prevent

plastic pollution that is along the Khadi’s principle of “Green Chemistry''.

KVIC is specifically using handmade paper envelopes/packets and handmade carton boxes

for packaging of articles except for liquid materials where plastic wraps are nominally used

to prevent any leakage during transportation. KVIC, which was using plastic for packing face

masks for better hygiene, has also specially designed handmade paper envelopes made of

banana fiber which it will start very soon.

This assumes significance in wake of the directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to

various E-commerce companies for putting a check on excessive use of plastic in packaging

of goods and thus posing grave environmental hazard. The Tribunal has also directed the

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take necessary steps to curb plastic pollution by e-

commerce companies.

By using handmade paper packets and carton boxes, KVIC is serving the dual purpose of

environmental protection and employment creation. KVIC is using the handmade paper

packets manufactured at its Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Jaipur,

which is creating additional employment in manufacturing handmade paper packaging

materials.


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The next age

Public

Procurement

System

GeM is a short form of one stop Government e-Market Place hosted by DGS&D where

common user goods and services can be procured. GeM is dynamic, self sustaining and

user friendly portal for making procurement by Government officers.

Public procurement forms a very important part of Government activity and reform in

Public Procurement is one of the top priorities of the present Government. Government e-

Marketplace (GeM - gem.gov.in) is a very bold step of the Government with the aim to

transform the way in which procurement of goods and services is done by the Govt.

Ministries and Departments, Public Sector Undertakings and other apex autonomous

bodies of the Central Government. Following are the principle feature of GeM:

SERVICES

Provide transparency and ease of buying

Offers rich listing of products for individual category of goods/services

Direct purchase for amounts upto INR 25000

L1 purchase fro amounts greater than INR 25000 and less than INR 5 Lakhs

Proprietary Article Certificate Bid- Procurement of specific product as per

requirement

Price Trends and Price Comparison From Multiple Suppliers

Direct notifications to sellers

Integrated Payment System

Easy to comprehend interface to search, compare, select and buy

User friendly dashboard for monitoring supplies and payments

Online grievance redressal mechanism for quick resolution

Float bid among population of 3 lakhs sellers

Buyers can now select bid duration between 10 & 21 days.

Delivery period upto 180 days

Option to provide multiple consignee locations and quantity

Multiple consignee can be selected for Services

Pin-code based seller selection for Direct Purchase Mode

ATC library available for addition of terms and conditions

Additional Deductions can be applied by buyers at the time of bill generation

Notification to buyers regarding:

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o expiry of DP (Delivery Period) for the contract

o Initiation of cancellation of contract in case of non-delivery by sellers

Buyer during technical evaluation can make a MSE seller eligible or ineligible for MSE

purchase preference.

Now buyers get the option to cancel the Product contract(s) even if the invoice has

been generated by seller provided 15 days have expired from delivery period.

11 Banks have enabled GeM Pool Account


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STATUS REPORT ON

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FACILITATION CENTRE OF

RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF IP LAW OF IIT KHARAGPUR

Executive Summary:

To help MSMEs more fully utilize their IP assets in their business activities, the IP Facilitation Cell

(IPFC) at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT- Kharagpur aims to assist

entrepreneurs, MSME-support institutions, start-ups, innovators and related agencies in

increasing awareness and facilitate the utilization of the IP system among MSMEs. MSME

sector needs support to identify and use appropriate IP tool and complement it with relevant

product differentiation, business and marketing strategies. Failing to improve IPR practices in

MSME industries, will affect their R &D and commercialization. Securing IP is significant for their

development and makes opportunities available at global level.

Uniqueness of this IP facilitation cell

It will be located in West Bengal where MSME sector is higher in number but there is need

to stimulate growth through IP

It will be located inside the innovation ecosystem of the Institute

IIT Kharagpur has a law school, management school, along with expertise in technical

domain. The IP Facilitation Cell for MSME will derive benefit in this ecosystem which is

unparalleled.

Advanced Manufacturing centre is proposed to be established at IIT Kharagpur for the

need of MSME sector. IP facilitation cell may cater the need of that centre.

IIT Kharagpur is already providing technical solutions for some of the MSMEs in West

Bengal.

The proposed activities of the IPFC listed are as below;

Auditing of creative activities within the MSME cluster

Mapping of potential technology, creative work that can be converted to potential IP

Knowledge management, capacity building and knowledge dissemination activities.

Building awareness on importance of IP to get competitive edge

Development of in-house IP registration for the MSME

Service provider for registration and protection of potential IP

Advice on promotion of product by means of proper labelling, packaging and

certification.

It is expected that the IPFC will integrate IP within the activities of the MSME. IP culture is

essential to promote business of MSME.

Project fund received on 12th August 2020. Incubation of the IPFC and current status is given

below

Current activities:

The project for IPFC set up has been sanctioned in July, 2020. As per notification, the pre-

receipt, and necessary documents have been submitted subsequently. We receive the


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proposed first installment in the second week of August, 2020 and the same is being

considered for formally opening the project as per the institute regulation.

In view of the same, the following aspects are being taken up to formally launch the IPFC:

• The formation of steering committee as per rule

• Empanelment of IP attorney following due process

• Creation of Infrastructure

• Creation of website

• Development of IP portal

The above stated activities are being initiated following institute regulation. Further, IPFC has

been planning for joint webinar with IPFC NML Jamshedpur. We are closely working with

STEP, IIT-Kharagpur also to provide training to start-ups and entrepreneurs.


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