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India, Mauritius sign 2 MoUs at committee meeting on SME cooperation

26 Aug '22
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Union minister of MSME Narayan Rane and Mauritian minister of industrial development, SMEs, and cooperatives Soomilduth Bholah at the 3rd Joint Committee Meeting on SME cooperation. Pic: PIB
Union minister of MSME Narayan Rane and Mauritian minister of industrial development, SMEs, and cooperatives Soomilduth Bholah at the 3rd Joint Committee Meeting on SME cooperation. Pic: PIB

India and Mauritius have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) on cooperation at the recently held third Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) between the ministry of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) and ministry of business, enterprises, and cooperatives of Mauritius.

While the first MoU was signed between SME Mauritius Ltd. and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)-Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad, the second one was inked between SME Mauritius Ltd. and the National Institute for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (Ni-msme), an institute under the Ministry of MSME in New Delhi, according to a press release by India's ministry of micro, small, and medium enterprises.

In the JCM, both sides reviewed the present engagement between India and Mauritius in the field of MSMEs, and discussed potential areas of cooperation in various areas including exchange of best practices and experiences in development of the MSME sector; holding of physical/virtual exhibitions/fairs; technological cooperation; encouraging B2B collaboration/tie ups through B2B meets; entrepreneurship development and training programmes; and collaboration in various sectors such as aromatherapy, food processing, and eco-friendly businesses, added the release.

In the said meeting, the Indian side was led by Narayan Rane, union minister for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), and Mauritius was represented by Soomilduth Bholah, union minister of industrial development, SMES, and cooperatives. The minister of state for MSME, secretary (MSME), and other senior dignitaries also participated in the meeting.

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