Nitin Gadkari takes charge as Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Minister; Pratap Chandra Sarangi as Minister for State

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME),Nitin Gadkari assumed charge of the Ministry in New Delhi today.nnPratap Chandra Sarangi, Union Minister for State of MSME also took charge in the Ministry along with Gadkari.nnWhile assuming office the Minister said that the most important work to be done is boosting economic development of the country by employment generation and the MSME Ministry is a core Ministry which can create jobs in rural, semi-urban and urban areas of the country.nnNitin Gadkari further said that import substitution is the need of the hour and the SME industries of the country can contribute hugely to the products that need to be manufactured domestically in order to restrict imports.nnBoth Ministers were welcomed by Secretary MSME, Dr. Arun Kumar Panda and KVIC Chairman, Vinay Kumar Saxena and other senior officers of the Ministry, KVIC and Coir Board.