India, UNIDO sign $42 m programme
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20/05/2008
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Hindu (New Delhi)
India has signed $42 million "Country Programme India 2008-2012' with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to strengthen the competitiveness and productivity of its industrial enterprises, with a special focus on employment generation and the greening of industry. The five-year flagship programme, signed by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Secretary, Ajay Shankar, and UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, in Vienna on May 16, will focus on key manufacturing sectors, especially small and medium enterprise (SMEs) clusters, in order to enhance employment generation and to ensure a more balanced and inclusive pattern of growth.