Lok Sabha Question No. 272 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: MSME Samadhaan Portal
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma, Queen Oja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. * 272 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## MSME SAMADHAAN PORTAL

*272. DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA: SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it  is  true  that  dispute  resolution  platform  MSME  Samadhaan  has  large pendency and actual case disposal rate remains poor and there is not enough manpower allocated to review and adjudicate the Samadhaan cases and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to address the above issues?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

- (a) to (b): A Statement  has been laid on the table of the house

## Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (b) of the  Lok Sabha  Starred Question No. *272 for reply on 04 th August,  2022

- (a): The  details  of  application/cases  filed  on  SAMADHAAN  Portal  from  30.10.2017  to 01.08.2022 is as follows :-

| The data as on 01.08.2022 as below:                                                          | No. of cases     | Amount involved in cases (in Rs. Crore)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1. Applications filed by MSEs (2+3+4+5+6)                                                    | 1,18,461         | 30,426.16                                 |
| 2. Applications mutually settled.                                                            | 11,430 (9.65%)   | 1,553.90 (5.11%)                          |
| 3. Applications yet to be viewed by Micro &Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (MSEFCs). | 30,124 (25.43%)  | 6,584.46 (21.64%)                         |
| 4. Applications rejected by MSEFCs.                                                          | 27,690 (23.37 %) | 5,669.43 (18.63%)                         |
| 5. Cases disposed by MSEFCs.                                                                 | 18,566 (15.67%)  | 5439.43 (17.88%)                          |
| 6. Cases currently under consideration by MSEFCs.                                            | 30,651 (25.87%)  | 11,178.6 (36.74%)                         |

As per the Section 21 (1) of the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act, 2006), the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) shall consist of not less than three but not more than five members.

## (b): Steps taken by the Government are as follows :-

-  Under the provisions of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006, Micro & Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (MSEFCs) have been set up in the States/UTs to deal with cases of delayed payments of the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs).
-  Ministry of MSME launched SAMADHAAN Portal on 30.10.2017 (http://samadhaan.msme.gov.in/MyMSME/MSEFC/ MSEFCWelcomer.aspx.) for monitoring of the outstanding dues to the MSEs from the buyers of goods and services.
-  The Ministry of MSME created a special sub-portal within Samadhaan portal on 14.06.2020, after the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat announcements, for reporting the dues and monthly payments by central Ministries/Department/Public Sector Enterprises to MSMEs.  Dues  of  Rs. 1,32,531.05 crore have been paid to MSME  vendors by Government Ministries/ Departments/CPSEs from May, 2020 till 01 st August, 2022.
-  The Ministry of MSME has also been urging States/UTs to set up more number of Micro & Small  Enterprises  Facilitation  Councils  for  quicker  disposal  of  cases  related  to  delayed payments. So far 113 MSEFCs have been set up, with more than one MSEFC having been set up  in  Delhi,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  Punjab,  Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu, Telangana and U.P
-  Government of India has also instructed CPSEs and all companies with the turnover of Rs. 500  Crore  or  more  to  get  themselves  on-boarded  on  the  Trade  Receivables  Discounting System (TReDS), an electronic platform for facilitating the discounting of trade receivables of MSMEs through multiple financiers.
-  Companies which get  supplies    of  goods  or  services  from  Micro  &  Small  Enterprises  and whose payment to Micro and Small Enterprises exceeds 45 days from the date of acceptance or the date of deemed acceptance of the goods or services, also need to submit a half yearly return  to  the  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  stating  the  amount  of  payments  due  and  the reasons of the delay.
-  The Ministry is regularly following up with the State Governments & UTs for timely disposal of such cases.

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