Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 15: Acharya Bal Krishan of Patanjali Yogpeeth (Trust), Haridwar has said that Patanjali is playing crucial role in raising economic condition of Indian villages and in the MSME sector.
During a meeting with the Union Minister for MSME, Narayan Rane and Minister of State for MSME, Bhanu Partap Singh in New Delhi today, Acharya Bal Krishan referred to the role being played by the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust in promoting the schemes of Union Government and carrying them up to the villages, ensuring development and raising economy of Indian villages and in the MSME sector.
While lauding the efforts of Patanjali Yogpeeth through him and Baba Ramdev, the Union Minister said that Patanjali needs to play a bigger role in the development of villages and raising economy of the people living there. For the development of the country, over all development of the villages is must and Patanjali is committed for it, he added.
Acharya Bal Krishan said that MSME sector is the backbone of the economy of the country and Patanjali has important role in this sector. We are proud that area of operation and services of Patanjali has spread from the mountainous region of Uttrakhand to the villages of North East in the country. Pitanjali has opened the new avenues of employment in the remote areas and has stopped the migration of the people from the villages towards cities. He said the path of development of any country, passes through its villages and we have to raise the economic condition of our villages.