Women entrepreneurs should take benefit of CMEGP: Muddamwar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lady Entrepreneurs Wing of Vidarbha Industries Association (VIA LEW ) conducted a session on “Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs with the support of Government Schemes” on Thursday at VIA Auditorium in Civil Lines.

Shivkumar Muddamwar, General Manager of District Industries Centre, Nagpur appreciated the efforts taken by VIALEW to educate the lady entrepreneurs/startups about the financial support available from Government under CMEGP, PMEGP, Package Scheme of Incentives (PSI), Cluster Development Scheme, Women Policy by Government of Maharashtra, etc.

 

The Chief Minister Employment Generation Programme (CMEGP) has been approved by GoM which is a new credit-linked subsidy programme. It is implemented and monitored by Govt of Maharashtra under the Directorate of Industries. The objectives of CMEGP Scheme are to establish 100,000 MSE within the coming five years also to create employment opportunities, providing a substantial boost to job prospects.

 

He urged the women entrepreneurs to take benefit of CMEGP and highlighted that the maximum funding for the manufacturing sector is around Rs 50 lakh and the maximum cost of the project unit admissible under service is around Rs 10 lakh. Earlier, Past Chairperson of VIALEW, Poonam Lala in her welcome address briefed about the activities conducted by the wing. Project Director, Reeta Lanjewar introduced the guest speaker. VIA LEW Secretary, Yogita Deshmukh proposed a formal vote of thanks. Dr Anita Rao, Past Chairperson of the wing also shared the dais. Manisha Bawankar, Poonam Gupta, Indu Kshirsagar along with lady entrepreneurs, starts-up were present on the occasion.