Itanagar, Feb. 23 -- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday underscored the pivotal role of the MSME sector in India's economic growth, stating that since 2014, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several transformative policy interventions have been undertaken to strengthen the country's economy, with special focus on uplifting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes through initiatives such as the National SC-ST Hub launched in 2016.

Inaugurating the National Level Mega Awareness Programme organised by National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) under the Ministry of MSME, in coordination with the state government, Khandu cited national data indicating that the MSME sector supports over 7 crore enterprise...