Leather Sector Should Create More Jobs To Achieve Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Gadkari

“The MSME is the backbone of Indian economy. Without MSME, we cannot achieve the goal of Atmanirhbar Bharat, which is the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME.

The MSME Ministry in the next five years plans to increase the sector’s contribution to GDP from 30 to 40 per cent and exports to 60 per cent from 48 per cent. It plans to increase the number of jobs generated in the sector by another 5 crore from 11 crore now, he said here.

Gadkari was addressing a gathering at CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, after virtually inaugurating the additional capacity of one million litre a day and Zero Liquid Discharge system of the Common Effluent Treatment Plant at Ranipet Tannery Effluent Treatment Company Ltd (RANITEC), in Ranipet.

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

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