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June 29, 2025: On the occasion of World MSME Day , PHDCCI organized a Conference on ‘Connecting MSMEs with Stakeholders for Growth and Sustainability’ at PHD House, New Delhi .The objective of the Conference was to apprise the MSMEs of various support services being provided by different institutions in the country.

Shri Ajit B. Chavan , Additional CEO, Government e Marketplace (GeM) was the Guest of Honour and in his address, he apprised the participants that GeM platform is a window for the MSMEs for supplying to Government departments. He shared about the transparency of the GeM portal and opportunity it offers to the MSMEs for supplying goods to various Government Departments. He also mentioned that over 10 lakh Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) have joined the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal in India and total transaction value on GeM has reached around Rs. 5.40 lac cr. during FY 2024-25. He further highlighted about the GeM Sahay, which brings a complete financing solution for small businesses on GeM. The app assists in availing instant financing to serve the Government orders without any hassle.

Dr. Jatinder Singh , Deputy Secretary General, PHDCCI gave the concluding remarks and extended a formal vote of thanks to all the distinguished speakers and participants for joining the session to celebrate the World MSME Day together.

The Inaugural Session was followed by a Technical Session which was chaired by Dr. H P Kumar , Former CMD, NSIC and Advisor, PHDCCI and the panelists comprising of Dr. Suman Mazumdar , Scientist E, DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Ms. Nidhi Maheshwari , Senior Manager, NSE India, Dr. D. Usha Rao , Deputy Controller, O/o CGPDTM, Shri Anurag Awasthi , Chief Manager, Social Impact and Inclusive Seller Growth, Government e Marketplace (GeM), Shri Vivek Anand , RBL – Commercial Banking, YES Bank and Shri Gaurav Gogia , Principal Associate, United and United participated in the panel discussion which was both informative and interactive.

The Conference was supported by YES Bank , United and United and India Business House (IBH) .

The session was followed by open floor discussion and the conference was moderated by Ms. Kanchan Zutshi , Director, PHDCCI. The session was attended by officials from international agency, MSMEs, Start-ups, women entrepreneurs and other stakeholders.