A Special Vendor Development Program for SC/ST entrepreneur was organized by the NSIC, BRANCH OFFICE, AGRA in association with “AGRA JUTA UTPADAN SAMITI”, AGRA FOOTWEAR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY and “ BHEEM YUVA VAYAPAR MANDAL, AGRA” on 12.12.2016. <br/> Shri Jasbir Singh, Zonal Head, North-I, NSIC and Shri Sanjay Yadav, Senior Branch Manager, Agra, NSIC conveyed about the benefits being given to the special Category entrepreneurs through the National SC/ST Hub and also discussed the facilities being given to the SME sector in terms of Financial Support, Marketing Support, Raw Material Support and Technical Support. <br/> Shri Nitin Yadav, Sr. Procurement Officer and Scientist of the ADRDE discussed about the procurement procedure of ADRDE and product being procured. Sh. Anup Seth, DGSND explained about the procedure and articles procured various department of the Home Ministry especially Para military. 155 Participants were attended the program and among them 127 were belongs to SC/Micro special categories