Various Events & Exhibitioin Organised & Managed by CBMD


1. Swadeshi Mela. Raipur
2. Swadeshi Mela. Bilaspur
3. Swadeshi Mela. Korba
4. Swadeshi Mela. Raigarh
5. Chhatisgarh Haat , Bhilai
6. Arogya -2010 .(A Comprehensive Health Fare), Raipur


The Swadeshi Mela is one of the most prominent tools adopted by CBMD for indigenous promotion. Swadeshi Melas are organized all over the State to stress the importance of the small and cottage enterprises as armor against external infiltration. The main objective of these melas is to highlight the achievement and capabilities of the Bharatiya Industry and trade in the wake of growing globalization. An original concept by itself, Swadeshi Melas, exhibit native products and wares as a Swadeshi response to the emerging economic challenge to the nation.

So far 55 Swadeshi Melas Have been Successfully organised in different parts of the country, More than 7300 exhibitors participated in these melas, the local artisans and manufactures have been benefited a lot out of these melas. It has proved to be successful platform for them to promote the products directly to the consumers.

Conferences on Ethanol and Bio-Diesel as Bio Fuel
Petroleum fuels are always susceptible to unforeseen shortages, since sources are limited and concentrated in certain geographical pockets, often leading to unprecedented rise in prices due to International Policy changes. Such a situation can push a developing country into a serious foreign currency debt trap, which might spell doom for the economy as a whole. Therefore countries like Bharat, which are pre dominantly agriculture based all the more have reason to explore bio-fuels options.

Ethanol blended gasoline, as a fuel is widely accepted by many countries in concentrations as high as 20% - 25% ethanol in flexible fuel vehicles. Bio-Diesel is a Non Polluting recycled fuel made from organic oils. The waste vegetable oil can also be used to make good bio-diesel. The use of Ethanol and Bio-Diesel for transportation provides an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels, as it reduce gas emissions toxins like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, a major contributor of global warming.

CBMD has taken up this project in a big way; CBMD organized conference on the subject at national as well as regional level. It organised national conferences for last two consecutive year- on September 18 - 19,2002 and December 22,2003 in New Delhi. More than 275 delegates drawn from private, public and co-operative sector attended it. The conference helped in creating the awareness about the bio-fuels and lot of recommendation and suggestion came up as to how we should promote this concept in India. This effort of CBMD to promote swadeshi fuel has made the Government of India to introduce petrol blended with 5% ethanol for the vehicles from 1st January, 2003. The work on this project is ongoing. It has organised regional level conferences on the subject at Pune on March 30, 2003; at Lucknow on August 11,2003 and January 24,2004. CBMD is working hard in mobilizing the farmers and manufacturers to get involved in this project.

Conference on Self Help Groups (SHGs)
Self Help Groups (SHGs) are the critical force behind innovation and new wealth creation- the key drivers of our country’s economic growth. The self-help groups in India however, are still in the early stage of development. Resources are lacking and, with this limitation, most activities must focus on helping individuals to cope with problems and meet their needs. The greater the number of people participating in the self-help movement, the greater their influence will be on social policies. Therefore, it is vital for self-help groups in India to organize and form links with each other to impact on policies that affect their lives. CBMD realise the importance of Self-help groups for the development of the country. And so has organised a two Day National Conference on “Empowering the Nation through Self-Help Groups: Issues and Challenges” on 16th – 17th July at INSA Auditorium, ITO, New Delhi. An attempt was made in this conference to maximize the potential of self-help resources and to coordinate them systematic and efficiently.

This conference had provide a useful platform to all the concerned organisations & individuals for a better interaction. Prominent speakers from various spheres of life like, Government, Banks, NGOs, MFIs and Representatives from various states actively engaged in developmental activities through SHGs had share their knowledge and deliver their views on proposed topics.

Entrepreneur Development Programs
This is a programme which is directly involved in providing Training, Managerial skills, Conducting, Seminars and Conferences for the benefit for the Small Scale Industries.
Till date CBMD has conducted number of such programme, some of them are:

Workshop on Export Promotion for Handicraft Industry it was organised in association with the EPCH in different part of the country like Panipat, Guwahati, Agra in these workshop various problems regarding the export were discussed and the possible solution were given by the experts in the various fields.

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