Union Ministry of MSME announced that it has launched CHAMPIONS portal, a Technology driven Control Room-Cum-Management Information System. The Ministry said that the portal is aimed at assisting Indian MSMEs march into big league as National and Global CHAMPIONS.
The CHAMPIONS stands here for Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength. “As the name suggests, the portal is basically for making the smaller units big by solving their grievances, encouraging, supporting, helping and handholding. It is a real one-stop-shop solution of MSME Ministry,” the Ministry added in their press release.
AK Sharma, newly appointed Secretary MSME had indicated that an ICT based system would be set up to help the MSMEs in present difficult situation and also to handhold them to become national and international champions.
While trial launching the system on May 9th, AK Sharma said that it is meant for the MSME units and people depending on them. He also said that these units and people need our help badly. We will do everything to help, re-start and rejuvenate them. Around 120 locations of the country were connected through video conference on the trial launch.
“It is a technology packed control room-cum-management information system. In addition to ICT tools including telephone, internet and video conference, the system is enabled by Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Machine Learning. It is also fully integrated on real time basis with GOI’s main grievances portal CPGRAMS and MSME Ministry’s own other web based mechanisms. The entire ICT architecture is created in house with the help of NIC in no cost. Similarly, the physical infrastructure is created in one of ministry’s dumping rooms in a record time,” the Ministry added.
Also, a network of control rooms is created in a Hub & Spoke Model. The Hub is situated in New Delhi in the Secretary MSME’s office. The spokes will be in the States in various offices and institutions of Ministry. As of now, 66 state level control rooms are created as part of the system. A detailed operating procedure has been issued, officers have been deployed and training has been conducted.
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