Workshop on ‘Various Schemes for MSME & Start ups’ held

HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Oct 13: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India under its Committee of MSME and Startup, and the Committee for Development of International Trade, Services & WTO has taken a unique initiative called ‘MSME Yatra’, wherein a bus has started a tour from Mumbai in Maharashtra on August 18, 2022. The bus will visit and demonstrate in 75 different cities all over India spanning 22 states.
The bus arrived in Guwahati on Wednesday and was received by the Guwahati branch of EIRC of ICAI and stationed at NEDFi House, Opp. Guwahati Tea Auction Centre.
Jogen Mohan, minister of Revenue and Disaster Management, Hills Area Development, Government of Assam flagged off the bus from Guwahati in the presence of the managing committee of the Guwahati branch headed by its chairman, CA Gaurab Garodia, CA Ashok Kumar Mour, co-opted member of the committee of MSME & Startup alongwith the other members of the Guwahati branch.
As a part of this iconic event, a helpdesk for the businessman and the general public for registration, support and awareness of medium and small enterprises was set up for half a day. This help desk provided Udyam Registration services and related advisory free of cost to the small and medium businesses. This unique initiative of ICAI was also supported by the State Bank of India, NSIC Limited, SIDBI, India EXIM Bank, Invoicemart, and NEDFi and all these institutions also set up their helpdesk for support and awareness of MSME. Laghu Udyog Bharti was also an associate of ICAI for this event.
The branch also organised a two-hour workshop for awareness and information on ‘Various Schemes for MSME and Start ups’ from 4:30 pm, at NEDFi Convention Centre, where representatives of various MSME catalyst organizations like NSIC, SBI, SIDBI, NEDFi, Invoicemart, India EXIM Bank informed the participants about the major schemes offered for financing and growth of MSME’s and Start-ups. MSME Financing was counselled by the finance professionals / banks / financial institutions present at the meeting.
The meeting was initiated by CPE Committee chairman CA Jay Prakash Gupta. Branch chairman CA Gaurab Garodia welcomed the delegates and informed them about various activities of the Institutes with regard to assistance to the MSME and Start-Ups.
The program ended with a formal vote of thanks by branch treasurer CA Raginee Goyal. The program was attended by more than 100 participants.