On the occasion of Vigilance Awareness Week 2018, Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) organised a State Vendor Development Program (SVDP) on 1st November, 2018 at GORC, Chicalim.
The program witnessed an overwhelming response from entrepreneurs in and around Goa. The chief guest for the function, A V Raviprakash, Offg Chairman and Managing Director, GSL in his key note address stated that, GSL has proactively initiated various measures for Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) for domestic vendors, particularly MSMEs.
These include speedy payments, advance payments to MSMEs and startups, besides hand-holding firms in development of import substitute items. He stated “GSL is a policy driven progressive DPSU, committed to promote its business partners and have exceeded the mandatory target of 20% procurement from MSEs.” He further stated that GSL is committed to meet 4% procurement target from MSEs owned by SC/STs as per the government of India guidelines and urged participants to register with GSL as vendors and be partners in GSL’s growth.
In his inaugural address, the General Manager (Fin) of GSL, Sunil Bagi, highlighted the present government’s focus on speedy online payments and payments through TReDS platform and urged vendors to comply with all the statutory norms and avail various facilities offered by GSL and deliver quality goods and services on time. P P Kulkarni, Asst Director (MSME-Goa) also participated in the said event and spoke about various benefits available to MSEs.
The awareness generated by GSL during the program was well appreciated by the participants. GSL officials briefed the participants regarding GSL’s product profile, requirement of goods and services, GSL policies for promoting MSEs, etc. GSL also arranged knowledge sharing sessions on TReDS registration by RXIL and schemes and policies offered by NSIC for fostering MSE growth.
The program concluded with a vendor grievance redressal forum addressed by J Jairam, AGM (Vig) which saw active participation from large number of vendors
