Govt identifies location for 12 three-dimensional tool rooms

Aiming to give a fillip to micro, small and medium enterprises, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is done with the finalisation of location and land acquisition for 12 new three-dimension technology tool rooms out of targeted 15.

The states where new tool rooms would come up include Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Karnataka, Manipur, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, UP and Uttarakhand.

“All formalities have been completed from both the sides – Centre and state. We are now finalising dates for laying the foundation stone. As soon as we get a <g data-gr-id="25">go ahead</g> from Chief Ministers of each state, work will start,” said a senior official in the Ministry on the sidelines of a press meet organised to launch Udyog Aadhar Memorandum (UAM), which aims to simplify registration process for entrepreneurs of MSME sector.

“Hopefully, we are sure that the <g data-gr-id="21">foundation laying</g> work will get completed by December-end. The remaining three states that have not yet identified their location have been told to fast-track the process,” he said, adding that the Centre has already established 18 tool rooms. Notably, the Centre has a budget of Rs 2,000 for setting up tool rooms across the country to promote MSME sector.

Spelling out the features of UAM, Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for MSME, said: “It is a one-page simplified registration form in self-declaration format to create a <g data-gr-id="22">businessfriendly</g> environment with easy entry and exit procedures to encourage entrepreneurial activities.”

“The decision of rolling out UAM is in the line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement with regard to dispensing with <g data-gr-id="32">requirement</g> of attestation of documents to be replaced with self-attestation of <g data-gr-id="33">document</g>,” he said. 

“The UAM would help in seamless registration of a new enterprise as it has been found that there are several unregistered units in the country,” the minister said, adding that a person running an MSME unit will have to just need Aadhaar number to get registration done.