"In the financial clinics, entrepreneurs can get all finance-related assistance, including bank loans, in quick time while the SAGs provide a single window clearance for the projects saving much of time and energy of the investors," said Middya.

Ashok Banerjee, Dean of New Initiatives & External Relations at IIM-Calcutta, said the MSME officials have been specifically trained to identify entrepreneurial talent and capacity building.

"Since the tie-up in September 2013 we have trained over 400 officials with specific emphasis on identifying entrepreneurial talent and capacity building keeping in view the economic and social requirements of the state," Banerjee told IANS.

Amid growing concerns over Bengal's industrial scenario, especially in the absence of big-ticket investments and closure of iconic units, economist Dipankar Dasgupta hoped the innovative scheme kicks up industrial activity.

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