Lok Sabha Question No. 3497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Schemes to support MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3497 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## SCHEMES TO SUPPORT MSMEs

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether  is  it  a  fact  that  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSMEs)  sector  is  the backbone of the Indian economy;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Union  Government  has  formulated  schemes  to  provide  support  to  the MSMEs across the country to improve their productivity and sustainability;
- (c) the  extent  to  which  the  aforesaid  schemes  would  address  the  rising  demand  in  terms  of support required for existing MSMEs to improve their productivity, quality and sustainability in the country, particularly in Odisha; and
- (d) the other steps taken by the Union Government to upgrade the production facilities of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and MSMEs to enable them to meet national and International regulatory standards?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

- (a): The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector plays an important role in the growth of the Indian economy. As per the latest information received from Ministry of Statistics & Programme  Implementation,  the  share  of  MSME  Gross  Value  Added  (GVA)  in  all  India  Gross Domestic  Product  (GDP)  during  the year  2021-22  was  29.2%  and  the  share  of  MSME manufacturing output in all India Manufacturing output during the year 2021-22 was 36.2%.

As per the information received from Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS), the share of export of MSME specified products in all India exports during the year 2022-23 was 43.6%.

The  Udyam  Registration  Portal  has  2,18,69,557  MSMEs  registered  since  its  inception (01.07.2020)  to  08.08.2023  with  an  employment  of  12,84,04,488  (as  on  08.08.2023).  This includes 30,96,140 informal micro enterprises on the Udyam Assist Platform with an employment of 38,57,385.

(b) to (d): The  Ministry  of  MSME  is  implementing  MSME  Champions  Scheme,  a  Central Sector Scheme. MSME Champions Schemes comprising three components i.e., MSME-Sustainable (ZED), MSME-Competitive (Lean) & MSME-Innovative (for Incubation, IPR, Design and Digital MSME) for promoting competitiveness amongst Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by the way of wastage reduction through Lean Manufacturing, support for Design improvement, building  awareness  on  Intellectual  Property  Rights,  Zero  Defect  Zero  Effect  (ZED)  Scheme  to encourage and enable MSMEs for manufacturing of quality products, tools & to constantly upgrade their processes for achievement of high quality and high productivity with the least effect on the environment, and to promote & support ideas of MSMEs through Incubation across India.

The  objective is to  modernize  MSMEs'  manufacturing  processes,  reduce  wastages, encourage  innovativeness,  sharpen  business  competitiveness  and  facilitate  their  National  and Global reach and excellence.

The Schemes are applicable for the benefit of registered manufacturing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across India. The scheme assistance and subsidies are applicable as per the scheme guidelines. The guidelines and all other relevant information related to the scheme of  MSME  Innovative,  MSME  Sustainable  (ZED)  &  MSME-Competitive  (Lean)  under  MSME champions  are  available  at  http://www.innovative.msme.gov.in,  http://www.zed.msme.gov.in  & https://www.lean.msme.gov.in/ respectively and financial assistance provided all over the country are available at official website of DC (MSME).

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