{"id":136842,"date":"2022-03-05T17:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T12:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=136842"},"modified":"2022-03-05T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T12:29:17","slug":"sbi-phdcci-industry-roundtable-meet-at-amritsar-organised-with-focus-on-strengthening-the-base-of-punjabs-smes-and-export-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/sbi-phdcci-industry-roundtable-meet-at-amritsar-organised-with-focus-on-strengthening-the-base-of-punjabs-smes-and-export-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"SBI-PHDCCI Industry Roundtable Meet at Amritsar Organised with Focus on Strengthening the Base of Punjab\u2019s SMEs and Export Ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-pa\">\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>\n<div id=\"tw-container\" class=\"\" data-cp=\"1\" data-is-ver=\"false\" data-nnttsvi=\"1\" data-sugg-time=\"500\" data-sugg-url=\"https:\/\/clients1.google.com\/complete\/search\" data-uilc=\"en\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"tw-ob\" class=\"tw-src-ltr\">\n<div class=\"oSioSc\">\n<div id=\"tw-target\">\n<div id=\"kAz1tf\" class=\"g9WsWb\">\n<div id=\"tw-target-text-container\" class=\"tw-ta-container F0azHf tw-nfl\">\n<pre id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><strong><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Amritsar, March 5 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tw-target-rmn-container\" class=\"tw-target-rmn tw-ta-container F0azHf tw-nfl\">As economic rebounding is the need of the hour to brave a new world in post-pandemic times, in association with the State Bank of India (SBI), PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) had started a new business outreach program series \u201cSBI-PHDCCI Industry Roundtable Meet\u201d in 2021. Starting with, the first three programs of the Series were organised at Ludhiana, Punjab and Baddi, Himachal Pradesh and Karnal, Haryana. On 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2022, \u201cSBI-PHDCCI Industry Roundtable Meet\u201d was organised\u00a0at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Amritsar to bring the important industry stakeholders and exporters of Punjab on a common idea\/business platform and discuss some of the most crucial aspects concerning businesses and project finance in the state with focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), large corporates and enhancing the export potential from the state.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/government-employees-who-performed-election-duties-their-own-right-to-vote-is-in-limbo-harpal-singh-cheema\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">READ MORE :-Government employees who performed election duties, their own right to vote is in limbo \u2013 Harpal Singh Cheema<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSBI-PHDCCI Industry Roundtable Meet\u201d at Amritsar was attended by the key policymakers from SBI and Punjab\u2019s industries to ideate the way forward for an ever closer cooperation between SBI and industry entities in state to support the economic fundamentals and strengthen the business ecosystem. In the post pandemic times, it was one of the early interventions for supporting Punjab\u2019s SMEs and exporters. The deliberations of Meet are expected to help the state\u2019s industry units to directly explore the financing and other banking services available with SBI in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chief Guest &amp; Keynote Speaker Anukool Bhatnagar, Chief General Manager, Chandigarh Local Headquarter &amp; Head-Nepal Desk, SBI reflected on the macroeconomic trends in the light of pandemic and its adverse impacts on the industry, especially on SMEs and exports. He said that SBI is open for meeting the financing requirements of Punjab\u2019s industries of all sizes (SMEs and large corporates), and assured the industry participants attending the Meet about SBI\u2019s unwavering support for their businesses and Punjab\u2019s development at large. To overcome the challenges of demand slump and rising cost of business, he suggested the industry to adapt to the new normal and brave it through their entrepreneurial zeal. He assured that SBI\u2019s inherent strength will be serving the causes of the Indian industry, and like its glorious past, the bank\u2019s present is illustrious in the service of the nation. He shared that through its Chandigarh Local Headquarters, SBI is catering the banking needs of all segments of the customers and the bank is consistently on the progressive path both financially and through its outreach initiatives. Besides initiating various new initiatives in SBI\u2019s Chandigarh circle to support all sizes of businesses, the SBI Nepal Desk is a new institutional initiative to serve the interests of people and businesses in both countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In their presentations, Sumit Phakka, General Manager (NW-I), Chandigarh Local Headquarter, SBI; O P Choudhary, Deputy General Manager (SMES), Chandigarh Local Headquarter, SBI and\u00a0K K Singh, Deputy General Manager (B&amp;O), Ludhiana, they highlighted the favourable offerings from SBI for SMEs, exporters and farmers in the state of Punjab.\u00a0Jaideep Singh, Convener, Amritsar Zone, Punjab State Chapter, PHDCCI outlined the crucial matters concerning the growth of SMEs and exports from Amritsar zone besides apprising about PHDCCI\u2019s initiatives in Punjab. The Session was moderated by Atul K Thakur, Joint Secretary, State Development Council &amp; Nodal Coordinator, India-Nepal Centre, PHDCCI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHDCCI, the National Apex Chamber established in 1905, has been relentlessly working for the socio-economic development of Indian States\u2019 with an axiom,\u00a0\u201cStrong States Make Strong Nation.\u201d\u00a0Under the aegis of its\u00a0State Development Council (SDC) and Punjab State Chapter, the Chamber essentially carries forward the mission of \u201cEmpowering Punjab\u201d to strengthen India\u2019s federal structure of governance and economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The global pandemic Coronavirus or Covid-19 is being termed as a \u2018one in hundred years\u2019 crisis, which has already adversely impacted lives and livelihoods in unprecedented manners. Trade has been stopped, borders locked down and the people were being forced to either stay home or reach their respective homes. Some of the biggest changes that were never expected have taken place.\u00a0As the crisis has global nature, India is severely impacted as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The world is self-assured to see a sort of re-set, it is the time for the government and industry to reckon the urgency of figuring out their immediate priorities, including on supporting the SMEs, the backbone of the Indian economy. A change in approach is much needed at this point of time, before the fundamentals of the world order go in reset mode, there should be determination to revive the SMEs financing to support the much needed demand factor of the economy.\u00a0This is the time for proactive collective action to come out of the trying time with a blueprint for revival of the economy. At the idea front, these were some of the key takeaways from the \u201cSBI-PHDCCI Industry Roundtable Meet\u201d at Amritsar.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964 Amritsar, March 5 2022 As economic rebounding is the need of the hour to brave a new world in post-pandemic times, in association with the State Bank of India (SBI), PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) had started a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":136847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2699],"tags":[78204,51156,69055,863,78206,864,7110,78205,129,56731,78202,141,67700,78203,78201],"class_list":{"0":"post-136842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-amritsar","8":"tag-sbi-phdcci-industry-roundtable-meet","9":"tag-baddi","10":"tag-chief-general-manager","11":"tag-haryana","12":"tag-head-nepal-desk","13":"tag-himachal-pradesh","14":"tag-karnal","15":"tag-keynote-speaker-anukool-bhatnagar","16":"tag-ludhiana","17":"tag-news-makhani","18":"tag-phd-chamber-of-commerce","19":"tag-punjab","20":"tag-punjab-state-chapter","21":"tag-roundtable-meet","22":"tag-state-bank-of-india-sbi"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}