Vijayawada, Jan. 9 -- Andhra Pradesh Minister for MSME and NRI Empowerment Kondapalli Srinivas announced on Friday that the state Cabinet has approved the Rs 200 crore AP Cluster Development programme to promote MSMEs.
Addressing a press conference at Secretariat at Amaravati, near here, the Minister said that through this programme, 45 Common Facility Centers (CFCs) would be established across the state in the next five years. These centers would provide technical facilities, packaging units, and job work facilities in sectors like printing, agri-based, gold, and food processing, he said. "These centers will not only increase the capacity of industries, but also directly benefit about 1,840 MSME units. This initiative directly helps to cr...