Walmart Vriddhi launches Covid-19 resource centre for MSMEs

Expertise for MSMEs: To assist MSMEs navigate the pandemic, Walmart has introduced the growth of its COVID-19 assist efforts for MSMEs with the launch of Vriddhi Cares.

The programme intends to assist MSMEs navigate the pandemic with enterprise recommendation and assets, all supplied digitally.

Vriddhi Cares will curate a webinar collection the place MSME attendees can ask questions and get their queries resolved by specialists. Webinars held previously month have lined workforce safety, pandemic protocols for factories, workforce medical health insurance schemes, entry to monetary assist and digital advertising and marketing.

This programme is for MSMEs which might be a part of the Walmart Vriddhi initiative that gives capacity-building assist to assist MSMEs develop to new markets via Flipkart and Walmart channels and the open market.

In partnership with NGO Swasti, the programme can even present teleconsultations and distant counselling classes from docs, nurses, and different healthcare employees to MSME promoters and their members of the family.

Nidhi Munjal, Vice President, Worldwide Partnership Providers at Walmart, stated, “Vriddhi Cares is designed to supply easy accessibility to trusted healthcare and enterprise recommendation in order that MSMEs are outfitted to assist their households, workforce and communities get via this powerful time.”

Shiv Kumar, Co-founder and Chief Mentor, Swasti, stated: “The pandemic is now not solely a well being emergency, however now a humanitarian and financial disaster as effectively. The Vriddhi Cares program is designed to assist MSMEs and their workers transfer in direction of restoration with tailor-made assist.”

Launched in December 2019, Walmart Vriddhi offers MSMEs digital studying via on-line modules and one-on-one advisory classes to develop enterprise abilities to promote on-line in India and throughout the globe. The objective is to empower 50,000 MSMEs over 5 years.