03/15/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/15/2024 00:29
Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma laid the foundation stone and performed bhumipooja to open Coir Showroom at Konch, Jalaun District in Uttar Pradesh on 14 March, 2024. Shri Verma said that Coir Board expects to promote diversified products and its various applications in Uttar Pradesh and also provide new employment opportunities in this area. He said, as per the vision of the Prime Minister of Shri Narendra Modi and as per the directives of the Minister for MSME, Shri Narayan Raneji, Coir Board proposes to develop coir industry in Non-conventional areas.
Shri Verma informed that Coir Board has 4 Showrooms in Uttar Pradesh viz. Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi. There is a lot of market potential in Uttar Pradesh. Coir Board has actively participated in the Kashi-Tamil Sangamam held in the year 2022 & 2023 and a lot of exhibitions in Uttar Pradesh.
The Minister said, as part of the Board's efforts to develop the domestic market new Showrooms/Sales outlets are proposed to be opened in untapped markets. MSMEs plays a vital role in generating employment opportunities and contributes a lot for the socio-economic development of the country. Coir industry is opening up new avenues in the application of its products and is moving to Pan India with the popularisation of the schemes and services for providing employment opportunities, he added.
Coir Board was set up under the Coir Industry Act, 1953 by the Government of India for the overall sustainable development of coir industry in the Country. The functions of the Board as laid down under the Act include undertaking, assisting and encouraging scientific, technological and economic research, modernization, quality improvement, human resource development, market promotion and welfare of all those who are engaged in this industry. Coir Board is come under the Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India. The Head Quarters of the Board is located at Coir House, M.G. Road, Kochi, Kerala and is running 48 establishments including 28 marketing outlets across the country. For the last 70 years Coir Board is steering the industry and the industry today plays a vital role in the economic development of rural areas of the country. Coir industry was concentrated in the State of Kerala, which has now been proliferated to other parts of the country also, with the efforts taken by the Board.
The functions mandated under the Coir Industry Act are carried out by Coir Board under the various Schemes/Programmes, including research and development activities, training programmes, extending financial support for setting up of coir units, domestic as well as export market development, welfare measures to the workers etc.
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