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Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India (GoI) has adopted the Cluster Development approach as a key strategy for enhancing the productivity and competitiveness as well as capacity building of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and their collectives in the country. A cluster is a group of enterprises located within an identifiable and as far as practicable, contiguous area or a value chain that goes beyond a geographical area and producing same/similar products/complementary products/services, which can be linked together by common physical infrastructure facilities that help address their common challenges.
- To support the sustainability and growth of MSEs by addressing common issues such as improvement of technology, skills & quality, market access, etc.
- To build capacity of MSEs for common supportive action through formation of self help groups, consortia, upgradation of associations, etc.
- To create/upgrade infrastructural facilities in the new/existing Industrial Areas/ Clusters of MSEs.
- To set up Common Facility Centres (for testing, training, raw material depot, effluent treatment, complementing production processes, etc.).