Hyderabad; The Dalit Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) will start Business facilitation Centres across India in all State Headquarters said
Mr. Ravi Kumar Narra the newly elected National Working President for DICCI. Speaking about the future course of action progamme and the progress made by DICCI so far which was set up in 2015 Mr. Ravi Kumar Narra said that presently DICCI has 7 Business facilitation centres and this will be scaled upto 30 by April 14, 2021 on the Birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
Mr. Ravi Kumar said that DICCI has 30 chapters all over the country including Jammu and Kashmir and North East with 10000 member
entrepreneurs He said DIIC today has emerged as the active player in national and state level industrial policy making bodies.
With a tag line of “Be Job Givers” DICCI wants to motivate SC ST youth to enter the business and industry sector as entrepreneurs and to carve their own niche towards this DICCI has entered in an MOU with IIM Shillong aimed at developing students to adopt entrepreneurship . DICCI will not only train these young minds but will mentor them too ,Mr. Ravi Kumar said. He said
that DICCI will conduct awareness and educational programs for these youth on opportunities available to entrepreneurs.
It will also enter an MOU with other IITs, IIMs and Universities across the country for conduct of awareness programs and
opportunities available for Dalit youths in entrepreneurship. Mr. Ravi Kumar said that on the occasion of April 14 which
is also the Foundation day of DICCI they will come out with a program to develop 5000 young entrepreneurs below the age of 35 years .These young entrepreneurs with ideas of new start up are being identified presently These entrepreneurs on selection will be given
Rs. 30 lakhs each for their ideas and funding will be provided for their proposed entrepreneurship.
Likewise on March 8 women entrepreneurs will be identified and given opportunities . On the same day existing women entrepreneurs will be honoured. On August 9 on the occasion of International Tribals day DICCI plans to develop atleast 5000 entrepreneurs among the Tribals. . Speaking about problems being faced by DICCI entrepreneurs for land allotments and collateral’s he said that although the Government was very forthcoming banks were a problem for collateral and now the DICCI will be approaching the Government to ease out these issues. In so far as Land is concerned Telangana Government has been forthcoming and have offered subsidies land and other reservations . DICCI will request other State Governments to bring out exclusive policies for investment subsidies for Dalith in other States. DICCI will soon have a non banking finance Corporation to fund entrepreneurs . He said that so far DICCI has funded 10000 entrepreneurs and they have a minimum turnover of Rs. 50 lakhs average each he added. He said Government of India has also been forthcoming to increase the credit limit , margin money support and Mudra 2.0 to support credit facilities (eom )
