NSIC, Branch Office, Andheri educated the employees of M/s. VEMB Lifestyle Pvt. Limited, Mumbai for cashless transactions in their day to day life & also sensitized Directors of the company to make and receive all payments through e-transactions only.

An awareness programme on Cashless transactions was organized by NTSC-Howrah on 13-12-2016 in association with the State Bank of India & FASII. Shri S.Karmali General Manager (SG) welcomed the delegates and the participants. There are 30 Nos. of trainees of different trades and different batches were participated in the said event. Shri Uday Kumar Pandey, Sr. Branch Manager, attended on behalf of the SBI. During the said event different modes of cashless payment has been discussed. Shri Pandey made the trainees and entrepreneurs acquainted about Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, POS and Aadhaar based Banking in the programme. On our request, SBI agreed to open the Bank Account of our trainees under the Jandhan Yagona and for normal account. Shri Pandey also agreed in the said programme to provide the Debit Card and Cheque facility to our trainees as per Bank’s different schemes. He also agreed to provide to NTSC-Howrah a POS terminal for the convenience of the trainees and the units associated with this Centre. A list of trainees those who have not yet opened their account with any Bank and interested for the digital transaction shall be provided to the SBI within a week. The Regional Secretary of FASII, Shri Debdutta Bandyopadhyay, has suggested to organize a camp at NTSC Campus for quick processing of application to obtain PAN Card and the said Industrial Association shall also help the beneficiaries. The process of collection of Aadhaar Card, PAN Card readily available with the trainees has already been started by the Centre. Finally, the trainees and the units have been requested to open their account with Banks and also encourage their friends to go for the cashless transaction for payment of training fee through electronic medium.

To make awareness on Cashless Transaction, we have invited the officials from Punjab National Bank, Chandmari Branch, Guwahati for opening of new Bank Accounts in respect of the ongoing Trainees at NSIC Incubation Training Centre, Guwahati. Accordingly, officials from PNB, Chandmari Branch, Guwahati have visited at NSIC Incubation Centre on today i.e. on 15-12-2016 and distributed 50 nos. of Applications among the trainees for opening of new Bank Accounts. 3 nos. of new Bank Accounts (Zero Balance) is opened on 15-12-2016 and remaining and more Bank Accounts will be opened shortly by the Bank Officials in the name of the trainees of our NSIC Incubation Centre which will definitely help them in future in all aspects including using of Cashless Transaction also.

An 18 member delegation of National Conference of Association of Small Business Entrepreneurs (NASE) of Japan visited NSIC on 14th December, 2016 with the objective of exploring possibilities of cooperation in MSME sector through NSIC. Mr. Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC apprised the delegation of NSIC’s activities in promoting MSMEs with in India and in other countries. Delegation was also taken around NSIC’s other facilities for promoting MSMEs through its Technical Service Centre at Okhla and also its program for developing self-employment opportunities for the youth. NASE representative also briefed about the status of SMEs in Japan. <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSICLTD/photos/pcb.1271755309529146/1271753792862631/?type=3&theater" style="float:right" ><font color="#FF6600">Click here to view more images.</font></a>

NSIC, Branch Office, Agra with the support of MSME Development Institute, Agra, Council for Leather Export (CLE) and Centre for Footwear Technology Institute (CFTI) organized a marketing campaign and awareness camp on Udyog Adhar and MSME Databank in Agra on 12.12.2016. <br/> Shri Sanjay Yadav, Senior Branch Manager, NSIC conveyed the importance having Udyog Aadhaar and registration in MSME DataBank. During the event a special camp was set to help MSMEs enrolled in MSME Databank.

NSIC Branch Office Agra organizes a seminar on Cashless Transaction at Agra. Shri Rautan Singh, AGM, Canara bank, Sh. Manish Kumar, Yes Bank and Shri Mohit Rana, Regional Head, Brickwork Rating Agency gave presentations on their respective products and discussed the benefits of doing Cashless Transactions. Shri Sanjay Yadav, Senior Branch Manager, Agra, NSIC motivated the participants to do the Cashless Transactions in day to day life.

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

Branch Office Noida has organizes a seminar on Cashless Transactions at IIA (Indian Industries Association) in Association with Paytm and SBI Bank on 09/12/2016 at IIA Greater Noida. With a purpose of go cash less by using cashless facilities to make all payments and receipts through e-platform, Shri Manish Dingra ( Assistant Manager), Paytm and Shri C. B. Amola (Assistant General Manager) , State Bank of India gave a presentation on how to how to use Paytm and SBI buddy for day to day transactions respectively. 32 delegates were present during the event. <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSICLTD/photos/pcb.1266953323342678/1266952823342728/?type=3&theater" style="float:right" ><font color="#FF6600">Click here to view more images.</font></a>

To encourage cashless transactions, NSIC Faridabad organised a campaigns on 09.12.2016 at sector 59 in Faridabad in association with Yes Bank at the units places to create awareness amongst workers and staff and to clear the doubts / problems regarding e cash and its operation. <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSICLTD/photos/pcb.1266951313342879/1266951020009575/?type=3&theater" style="float:right" ><font color="#FF6600">Click here to view more images.</font></a>

Branch Office Noida organized a seminar on Cashless Transactions at NEA (Noida Entrepreneurs Association) in Association with HDFC Bank on 09/12/2016 at NEA Noida. The seminar was organized with an objective to educate people of using cashless facilities to make all payments and receipts through e-platform. In this regard, Shri Manish Tripathi (Relationship Manager) from HDFC Bank gave a presentation on how to go ahead with cash less transaction by using HDFC Bank e-platform. Around 35 delegates were present during the event. <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSICLTD/photos/pcb.1266911343346876/1266910346680309/?type=3&theater" style="float:right" ><font color="#FF6600">Click here to view more images.</font></a>

A State level special Vendor Development program was organized by Branch Office, VKI Jaipur at Village Khandela, District Sikar, Rajasthan on 25th November, 2016. The VDP was organized for the economically backward Leather artisans / micro units of SC category. Shri D. K. Agrawal, SBM, BO VKI Jaipur elaborated schemes of the Corporation and motivated the artisan for full support from NSIC and other department. It was also assured to then for hand holding support in every step of their business process like training, finance, raw material, marketing etc. <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSICLTD/photos/pcb.1265503166821027/1265502976821046/?type=3&theater" style="float:right" ><font color="#FF6600">Click here to view more images.</font></a>

NSIC, Zone South-II and M/s.Steel Exchange India Limited, the largest private steel products producer in Andhra Pradesh with the brand name “SIMHADRI” signed an MOU for supply of various steel products to MSMEs under Raw Material Distribution. The MOU was signed by Shri V.V.Krishna Rao, Director, M/s.Steel Exchange India Limited and Shri K.Srinivas, Zonal Head, South-II. <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/NSICLTD/photos/pcb.1262694310435246/1262694127101931/?type=3&theater" style="float:right" ><font color="#FF6600">Click here to view more images.</font></a>