ANNUAL REPORT - Dc Msme

management etc. are given priority
for ESDPs. 33 programmes are
likely to be conducted during the
current financial year, 2010-11, to
provide training to 825 persons.
4.14.2
Workshop:
WTO Sensitization
A separate WTO Cell had been
created in 1999 for co-ordinating
the latest developments in
regard to its different Agreements
affecting the functioning of MSEs.
The broad objectives of the Cell,
inter-alia, include:-
i. To keep abreast with the
recent
WTO;
developments in
ii. to disseminate information
to MSME Associations and
MSMEs units about the
various
WTO;
provisions of the
iii. to coordinate with other
Ministries and Departments
of the GoI on issues pertaining
to the likely impact of WTO
for the MSE sector;
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iv. to fine-tune the existing
policy and programmes for
MSMEs in line with the WTO
Agreements; and
v. to organize WTO awareness/
workshops/ seminars for
MSMEs.
4.14.3 As part of the Inter-
Ministerial consultation process,
inputs to Ministry of Commerce and
Industry were provided in regard to
negotiations also on various Trade
Agreements for exchange of tariff
concessions.
4.14.4 With a view to creating
awareness among the MSMEs,
MSME Associations and other
stakeholders, on WTO Agreements
and its implications for them,
Ministry of MSME is organizing
One day Sensitization workshops/
seminars all over the country since
the year 2000. 77 such workshops/
seminars have been organized.
As part of this endeavor, Nine
WTO awareness workshops
were organized benefiting 665
entrepreneurs and incurred an
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Annual Report
2010-11