Staff Reporter | 26 Jun, 2008
Merchants' Chamber of Commerce (MCC) will hold a seminar, in a wake to increase focus on small & medium enterprises (SMEs), industrial, education and tourism sectors, with the help of the West Bengal government.

MCC's new president, Anupam Shah said that the experts from the fields concerned would take part in the seminars, which would focus on the development of these sectors in the state.

In case of SMEs, adequate bank credit at competitive costs, hassle-free conversion of land and realistic labour laws are some of the issues to be taken up in the seminar, Shah said.

The state has a huge potential for growth in the tourism sector but as most of the tourists are attracted towards Goa and Kerala, the chamber would meet representatives of the tourism sector to work out measures to increase footfalls in the state, he said.

"In case of education, we would propose to expand facilities for general education and vocational training and set up new ITI and polytechnic training institutes on a large scale to teach need-based subjects and skills," he told reporters. "At least six seminars are going to be held in a year," said Shah.