Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the SC/ST hub in Ludhiana to provide support to entrepreneurs from the community. , P.M. vision was that Dalit brothers and sisters should not stand in queue to seek jobs, instead they should give jobs to others . He said while participating in national MSME award distribution function at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana.The SC/ST hub aims to facilitate technology know how to reserved categories and increasing procurement by public and government units from SC/ST industrial units from existing 0.4 per cent to 4 per cent, said P.M. . While Narender Modi said that India can play a major role in providing strength to global economy that is facing slowdown, Modi also launched the Zero Effect Zero Defect (ZED) certification scheme.Exhorting small businesses to make products with “zero defect” and “zero effect” on environment so as to improve the brand image of the country, he said India should make quality control at par with Japan.“Your product should have zero defect and zero effect on environment because in another decade environment will also become an issue while importing and exporting products. So be prepared now .

Manoranjan Kalia M.L.A.
Former Minister , Punjab 
Date 19 th Oct 2016