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Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, will launch the “Business Partnership Programme for Promoting Competitiveness”, here tomorrow. The programme is being jointly organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) and Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
Mr. Carlos Alfredo Magarinos, Director General, UNIDO, will give the keynote address and Mr. Ashok Jha, Secretary, DIPP, will share his perspective on the Business Partnership Programme.
The government is laying a lot of emphasis on promoting competitiveness, particularly growth of the manufacturing sector. Setting up of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) was a major initiative in this context. At the first meeting of the NMCC held on 6th January, 2005, reduction of cost of manufacture, encouraging innovations, adopting the best management practices, supporting Small Scale Industries Sector to achieve standardization etc., were identified as some of the major areas for policy interventions. Textiles, leather, chemicals, gems & jewellery etc., were identified as thrust sectors.
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