Collector R Nanthagopal while inaugurating a 25-day training programme for a group of entrepreneurs, who have been selected to receive financial assistance under the New Entrepreneur-Cum-Enterprise Development Scheme (NEEDS) launched by the State, on Wednesday at the VIT university campus urged the beneficiaries to emerge as job givers and not job seekers. The training programme was jointly organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute(EDI) Chennai and the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development and Research Studies attached to the VIT Business School and sponsored by the Department of Industries and Commerce.

The Collector said noted that Vellore being a backward district, the entrepreneurial activities would boost the rural economy. “There are many farm hands and you can employ them and contribute towards the welfare of society,” he said. He  also urged the participants to make use of the resources provided by the State. “Translate your ideas into projects under this scheme which is also a dream project of the TN Chief Minister,” he said.

The EDI coordinator R V Subramanian spoke on  the salient features of the NEEDS, the subsidy and components besides talking about bank loans and other incentives of the scheme.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service – Vellore / November 07th, 2013