25 SepMSME & Crafts
Transpreneur Summit, Madurai
Took part in the Transpreneur Summit and Transgender Business Expo, presenting financial assistance to an entrepreneur.
Source: The Times of India
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P. Mathan Raja leads small industry and crafts — industrial parks for women entrepreneurs, MSME finance, and better branding for Tamil Nadu’s GI-tagged handicrafts.
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Took part in the Transpreneur Summit and Transgender Business Expo, presenting financial assistance to an entrepreneur.
Source: The Times of India
After studying handicraft marketing in Hyderabad, said the state would improve the design, branding and export of GI-tagged crafts.
Source: DT Next
Announced nine industrial parks for women entrepreneurs (108 acres, ₹237.56 crore, about 5,100 jobs), five new industrial estates, a ₹20 crore EV-component subsidy, a ₹100 crore margin money scheme, a ₹10 crore craft tourism village in Thanjavur, pharma and medical-device parks, a Pollachi coconut park and four craft-cluster centres.
Source: The New Indian Express
Received the national award for Tamil Nadu (large states) under the PM food-processing scheme: 19,800 units sanctioned, ₹47 crore in subsidies to 1,618 enterprises and ₹38.16 crore seed capital to 9,569 SHG women.
Source: TNTrack
Said MSMEs are central to the $1.5 trillion economy goal by 2036; visited the COXBIT incubator at TNAU to meet start-ups.
Source: The Times of India
Told district industries centres to increase loans for women, SC/ST entrepreneurs and persons with disabilities, with a December 2026 target.
Source: TNTrack
Directed timely subsidies for silk farmers, more training for youth and women, and doubling Poompuhar’s online handicraft sales.
Source: TNTrack
Sworn in during the second phase of the Cabinet on 21 May 2026 and allocated Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Rural Industries including Cottage Industries, and Small Industries.
Source: Govt press release No. 40
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