A policy aimed at empowering small and medium enterprises (SME) to embrace and adopt digitisation is currently in the works, says Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo.
He said it is currently in the discussion phase as SMEs fall under the Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Ministry.
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He said it is currently in the discussion phase as SMEs fall under the Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Ministry.
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00:00You mentioned about the SME policy, can you give us some details about that?
00:09The question that was raised is related to how the Minister of Digital can provide support to SME in the digitalization process.
00:19We know that we are still in the process of discussing how we can create a new policy to help SME.
00:34As everyone knows, SME is under the leadership of Minister Kuskok.
00:38We are in the process of discussing with Kuskok to create initiatives.
00:45There are two things that we are looking at.
00:47First, how we can ensure that SME can adopt the technology.
00:57Second, how we can create a more cost-effective environment for them to use the new technology.
01:12This is one of the things that we are discussing.
01:14A week ago, we had a meeting where he was brought in.
01:18I will submit a proposal to Kuskok and we will bring it forward for the creation of a new policy.
01:28When can you clarify?
01:30This year.
01:31I am in the process of discussing with several parties related to this aspect.
01:37I hope that this discussion can be concluded in November.
01:44By the end of the year, we can make a decision on the next steps in terms of policy and so on.