March 26, 2019
Bangla No. 1 in MSME sector
Bangla ranks number one in India in micro, small and medium enterprises
- 1.36 crore people being employed by 90 lakh MSME units
- Bangla contributes 14 per cent to the country’s total income in the MSME sector
- Over 6 lakh people employed directly in 471 new MSME and textile clusters
- Lakhs of handloom weavers trained and given loom for free to make them self-sufficient
- Number of handloom cooperatives increased by six times
- Biswa Bangla store has become a formidable brand, taking traditional handicrafts of the State to international markets
- Number of muslin artistes engaged in muslin production increased from nearly zero to 7,000
- Number of handicraft entrepreneurs increased twofold to reach 6 lakh
- Turnover of silk sector increased by over two times
- 10 Rural Craft Hubs set up in conjunction with UNESCO for the welfare of craft-makers
- Tantuja and Manjusha became profit-making bodies, their turnover increasing about five times since 2011
- Tribal and Sabar artisans of Jangalmahal being specially trained and their products marketed all over
- Biswa Bangla Shilpi Haats functional in Durgapur, Santiniketan, Siliguri and Rajarhat
- ‘Taant Haats’ set up in Purbasthali, Dhatrigram and Udaynarayanpur to promote marketing of handloom products
- For any help, log in to https://myenterprisewb.in and http://www.silpasathi.in, or download the ‘Shilpa Sathi’ mobile app.
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