Mumbai, June 30 -- Former Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has said that India can become self-reliant in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

He said this while speaking at the Virtual Entrepreneur Dialogue organised on Sunday by the Maharashtra branch of the BJP Udyog Aghadi adding, ''the entrepreneurs in small and medium industries should work together to make Marathwada and Vidarbha prosperous.''

''In the past, the Indian economy was operating on a cluster approach, which led to prosperity in various sectors. When an industry starts, prosperity comes to the country and the State,'' he asserted.

He further lauded the entrepreneurs in Vidarbha and Marathwada and said they have potential.

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