National Small
Industries Corporation Ltd., (NSIC), a public sector undertaking under this
Ministry has set up three projects in South Africa during the last three
years. The details of project set up by NSIC in South Africa are as under:
|
Year
|
Description of goods/projects
|
Year of Installation &
Commissioning
|
|
2008-09
|
Toilet Role Making Plant
(with M/s. SEDA, South
Africa)
|
January 2009
|
|
Exercise Note Book
Manufacturing Plants (with M/s. KZN-DED,
South Africa)
|
March 2009
|
|
2009-10
|
Plastic Injection Moulding
Machine (with M/s. SMTDC, South
Africa)
|
July 2009
|
In order to
strengthen the NSIC and to make it an apex organization for coordination of
marketing support programmes for MSMEs, the Government has decided to provide
an equity support of Rs. 300 crore to NSIC in three years, as under:
Year Amount
2011-12 Rs. 155 crore
(provided in BE 2011-12)
2012-13 Rs.
75 crore
2013-14 Rs.
70 crore
This information
was given by the Union Cabinet Minister for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises, Shri Virbhadra Singh in a written reply to a question in the Lok
Sabha today.
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