SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES
The small-scale industrial sector will be equipped to cope with global competition by suitable upgradation of technology, cost reduction techniques and sound management. For this, the Department of Industries and Commerce is to be re-engineered into a competent and professional support agency for the SSI sector. The personnel of this ISO 9002 certified Department will be trained appropriately and sector-specific cells created which will interact with expert consultants to formulate profiles of projects viable for Kerala, after conducting potential / demand surveys. The existing industrial co-operative societies will be modernised and new ones promoted under the Self-reliant Co-operatives legislation. Sector specific clusters of industrial units will be promoted with the assistance of financial institutions and skill development facilitated through common facility centres and training institutions.
Private participation will be encouraged for the development of infrastructure including new industrial estates and plots, with the Government acquiring suitable land for entrepreneurs, identified by them. Household units, especially to generate employment among women, will be promoted both in the production and service sectors. The intensive industrialization programme will be used to improve the documentation, technical knowledge and management facilities with increased emphasis on technology upgradation for small-scale industry and dissemination of information using digital technology and networking. SIDCO will be moulded into an efficient, professional agency for marketing of SSI products with common branding and publicity as well as for other self-sustainable lines of business.
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