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"The rural non-farm sector in India has been growing in aggregate size and increasingly contributing to rural income generation. The growing pace of international trade and globalisation presents both opportunities and challenges for the Indian economy, including the small enterprises sector, which consists of small scale, agro & rural industries and service/business entities.
Recognising that long-term development of Indian economy depends critically on the effective exploitation of the productive potential of the rural non-farm sector and development of village industries, the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries (MoARI) was set up in September, 2001. This was done with the objectives of facilitating coordinated and focused policy formulation and effective implementation of programmes, projects, schemes, etc., for improving supply chain management, enhancing skills, upgrading technology, expanding markets and capacity building of the entrepreneurs/artisans and their groups/collectives."
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