21-12-22 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Friday said that 10 NABL-accredited labs and quality marking centres will be set up to test the quality of the products across the states. He directed the officers to prepare a proposal in this regard.

Presiding over the review meeting of the Industries and Commerce Department, Chautala directed the officers to implement the policies of Industries and Commerce Department related to rural areas on priority basis. He said that farmers should be given detailed information about <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture & agro-based industries and businesses so that they can benefit by adding value to their products.

Chautala reviewed in detail the ‘Haryana Enterprises and EMPLOYMENT Policy 2020′, ‘, Warehousing and Retail Policy 2019′, ‘Electric Vehicle Policy 2022’ and ‘Haryana Enterprises Promotion Centre’ of the department. He asked the officers to speed up the work in the year 2023.

While reviewing the progress regarding various schemes of MSME, he said that the small industries being set up under the said schemes should be given complete support as per the rules so that the employment opportunities for the youth can be increased in the state.

The Deputy Chief Minister was informed that at present there are more than 9.70 lakhs MSMEs in the state, out of which 9.53 lakhs are micro units. More than 19.06 lakhs employment opportunities have been created under MSME in the state, which is a matter of pride for the state.

However, states can add more blocks to the programme later.

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