UUddyyaammii BBaannggllaa MSME-Development Institute Kolkata 2nd Year, Vol: IX, August 2020 Udyami Bangla 2nd Year, Vol: IX, August 2020 This page is left blank intentionally 2 Udyami Bangla 2nd Year, Vol: IX, August 2020 From the Desk of Director In-Charge: From a complete standstill situation, economy started moving forward slowly in the unlock phases. Situation of the economy is very critical. According to some estimates, India’s economy may have contracted by as much as a fourth in the June quarter because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown that ensued. The government has taken several measures to revive the Indian economy. It is expected that the economy will return to high growth trajectory soon. While the countrywide lockdown brought most economic activities to a grinding halt in urban areas, rural India continued to be normal in view of exemptions from restrictions allowed to farmers to conduct farming operations. These exemptions helped to maintain continuity in the supply chain. Food Corporation of India and State Governments carried out massive procurement of rabi crops, mainly wheat. A vibrant agricultural sector is a guarantee for meeting the primary needs of the poor, vis-à-vis the rural demand may be maintained. Low crude oil price is also a boon for Indian economy which is largely dependent on oil imports. Covid-related crash in crude oil prices has proved to be a windfall for India. Import bill has reduced, making the current account deficit in the balance of payments more manageable. India is enjoying enormous benefits as a result of the current low prices of crude oil. The recent global political scenario is also helpful for reviving the Indian economy as India has become a preferred destination for foreign investment. The Government also insisting on a import substitution drive through the slogan raised by the Hon’ble PM, ‘Vocal for Local’. Though we are in a very dark state of affair presently, but the silver line is already showing and we have to fight hard to overcome this dark state to wake up to a new morning. Krishnadas Bhattacharjee Content A. Director’s Message 03 B. Editorial 04 C. AV Space 05 D. From the Districts 06 E. Focus District – Birbhum 09 F. News & Views 24 G. Special Feature 29 3 Udyami Bangla 2nd Year, Vol: IX, August 2020 Editorial: The covid-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses like never before, but it has also created an opportunity to invest in digital solutions that will build resilience in the long-term. The demand for digital solutions across cloud services, consumer-facing businesses, and education, among others, has gone up significantly during the pandemic. However, businesses are first and foremost investing on keeping track of their workforce and operations functional. Traditionally, sectors outside of new age businesses, banking and financial services, have not turned wholeheartedly towards automation solutions yet. The lockdown has clearly demonstrated how technologically-enabled businesses have thrived during the crisis, but many businesses are still figuring out where they want to start their digital journey in the new normal. The entire focus of enterprises during the lockdown has gone from digitalisation for cost optimization to business continuity. The pandemic has of course increased the level of automation. Sectors such as retail and industrial manufacturing are still catching up to these solutions, but others such as financial services are ahead of the curve. However, the challenge is to ensure a non-disruptive supply chain to channel the demand effectively. The state of digitalisation in India today is not the highest. In the 7 crore MSMEs in the country, contributing to approximately one-third of the gross domestic product, the level of digitalisation is not very high as compared to other countries even as we crossed 73 years of our Independence in this month. Definitely, automation and digital methods can help SMEs ride this crisis and come out stronger than how they entered it. Covid-19 has accelerated digital transformation of three years within three months with massive adoption of digital solutions for supply chain management and remote collaboration among other areas. However, access to relevant data sets for firms to start their journey across sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and healthcare is still a stumbling block. As businesses started moving to the unlock phase in addition to workforce safety, they wanted to know how they could engage with employees, customers and partners better through digital solutions.Smaller companies are much more agile in the context of such change and are taking the leap in such engagements, be it in terms of creating apps for their sales teams or to track employee distribution for better visibility of how their resources are being used. In this edition we are sharing our thoughts on Digital MSME. Regular features are obviously less in contents but rich in deliverables. Hope the shared information will help you to stride to expand your vision further. Debabrata Mitra Editor : Sri Debabrata Mitra, Deputy Director (G&C) Sub Editor : Sri Chitresh Biswas, Asstt. Director (Stat) Cover : Theme - Digital Platform Back Cover : Report on CHAMPIONS Control Room of WB published in Bartaman 4 Udyami Bangla 2nd Year, Vol: IX, August 2020 AV SPACE What is & How to register Udyam Registration: New process for registration of MSME as Udyam has begun on 1 July 2020. It will be fully online, paperless and based on self-declaration. No documents or proof are required to be uploaded for registering an MSME. Adhaar Number will be required for registration. The new portal for Udyam Registration is www.udyamregistration.gov.in. WHAT IS UDYAM REGISTRATION Udyam Registration, the newly launched process for registration of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) began on 1 July 2020. Since then entrepreneurs are asking about the new process. Please follow the following link to know about the process of registration. HOW TO REGISTER UDYAM REGISTRATION AGRICULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND The role of infrastructure is crucial for agriculture development and for taking the production dynamics to the next level. The Hon’ble Finance Minister announced on 15.05.2020 Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers. Financing facility of Rs.1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding Agriculture Infrastructure Projects at farm-gate & aggregation points. Hon’ble PM on Agricultural Infrastructure Fund New India Samachar: A monthly PDF flipbook is being published by DAVP for better understanding of the Government policies and schemes. The name of the e-magazine is ‘New India Samachar’. It is being published in 13 different Indian languages. Please click the following link for a detail reading of the great initiative of the Government for better public connect. Click here to read New India Samachar in Bengali GeM – Some explanation: The following links may benefit the viewer about adding new product over GeM for selling the product to GeM. Not only that, sometimes seller needs to participate in bid process. That is also given here for our reader. Adding New Product GeM Bidding Process SOME IMPORTANT WEBLINKS: EEPC INDIA MAGAZINE TReDS Platforms Invoicemart M1Xchange RXIL 5 Udyami Bangla 2nd Year, Vol: IX, August 2020 FROM THE DISTRICT Kolkata Webinar through CISCO for Atmanirvar Bharat Newly launched Udyam Registration A webinar on Atmanirvar Bharat Newly launched Udyam Registration and other schemes of Ministry of MSME for MSME Sectors was organized by MSME-DI, Kolkata in association with District Industries Centre, Bankura & Purulia , FASII ER , District Chamber of Commerce, Bankura and Federation of Medium & Small Industries, Purulia on 12.08.2020 where around 37 participants from Kolkata and other District of West Bengal were present. The Welcome address has been given by Shri Debdutta Banerjee, Hony. Regional Secretary, ER, FASII. During his inaugural address he highlighted about the importance of the schemes of Atmanirvar Bharat and requested to all stakeholders of FASII and other District Association to take the facilities of the said schemes. The address has given by Shri Prabir Sarkar, Jt. Secretary, Bankura Chamber of Commerce and Shri Monoj Kumar Fogla, General Secretary, FMSI, Purulia, they encouraged all members of District Association for improvements of their units in present scenario. During the address by Guest of Honour, Shri Samir Kumar Panda, General Manager, DIC, Bankura and Shri Prabir Kumar Roy, General Manager, DIC, Purulia expressed the present State Govt. schemes and policy of MSMEs and encouraged all members of Association has present over there. During the address by Guest of Honour Shri Ramesh Prased, LDM, UBI, Bankura and Shri Sourav Saha, LDM, UBI, Purulia expressed the present Central Govt. Atmanirvar schemes and policy of MSMEs and encouraged to take the financial facilities from Banking sector to all participants has present over there. During key note address Shri P. K. Das, Dy. Director, MSME-DI, Kolkata highlighted initiatives taken by Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India for development of improvements of MSMEs with ZED certification, Lean technique, MSE-CDP, SFURTI etc. including newly launched Udyam Registration and took the entire session of this webinar. During special address Shri D Mitra, Dy. Director, MSME-DI, Kolkata highlighted Champions portal to facilitate MSMEs evolving and coordinating policies and programmes for development of MSMEs as ancillaries to large industries took the session of the said webinar. A detailed question answer session was also conducted. During Technical session Shri Amitav Lohariwal, Indrajit Dutt, Dhananjay Daha asked regarding the registration procedure of Udyam Registration and other schemes guideline like MSME-CDP, SFURTI, ZED, LMCS etc., Shri P. K. Das , Dy. Director, MSME-DI, Kolkata brief about the Udyam Registration , revised ZED and LMCS schemes step by step and requested all the participants for joining the mission of Ministry of MSME, Govt.