ational Small Industries Corporation, NSIC, has launched a specialised incubation programme for unemployed girls and Women to take up their own ventures. Speaking at the 12th Global Conference on Trade Liberalization and its impact on women Entrepreneurs, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NSIC, Dr. H.P. Kumar stated that NSIC has set up incubation centres all over the country and invited young girls and aspiring women entrepreneurs to join the NSIC-Incubation program free of cost. अंडे सेना

AIR Correspondent reports, the NSIC Incubation Programme is an integrated support by way of providing hands on training on working projects. It provides necessary facilities for prospective entrepreneurs and start up companies to learn product manufacturing processes coupled with technology development and business development.

The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC)---a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises---is setting up incubation centers in 10 African countries, including Zambia, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Libya, Rwanda and Ethiopia. The projects to be set up include concrete block manufacturing plants, tomato ketchup and fruit juice making plants and paper corrugated box manufacturing plants.

Other projects include wire nail manufacturing, soya milk extraction, water treatment and honey processing plants, manufacturing of plastic shopping bags and gem stone cutting and polishing machines.

AIR correspondent reports the NSIC model of incubation is a unique one where budding entrepreneurs are trained for establishing small enterprises. The funding for the project would be done by the Ministry of External Affairs under the discussions held during the India-Africa forum summit held in 2008