The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is the
ministry in the
Government of India
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. It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to
micro, small and medium enterprises in
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. The
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is
Jitan Ram Manjhi.
The statistics provided by the annual reports of the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) shows a rise in the plan amount spent on the
khadi
Khadi (, ), derived from khaddar, is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi as Swadeshi movement, ''swadeshi (of homeland)'' for the freedom struggle of India and the term is used throughout the Indian sub ...
sector from ₹1942.7 million to ₹14540 million, and non-plan amounts from ₹437 million to ₹2291 million, in the period from 1994–95 to 2014–15. The interest subsidies to khadi institutions increased from ₹96.3 million to ₹314.5 million in this period.
History
The Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries was created in October 1999. In September 2001, the ministry was split into the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries. The
President of India
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amended the
Government of India
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(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, under the notification dated 9 May 2007. Pursuant to this amendment, they were merged into a single ministry.
The ministry was tasked with the promotion of
micro and
small enterprises. The Small Industries Development Organisation was under the control of the ministry, as was the
National Small Industries Corporation Limited public sector undertaking
Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) in India are State-owned enterprise, government-owned entities in which at least 51% of stake is under the ownership of the Government of India or State governments of India, state governments. These types of f ...
).
The Small Industries Development Organisation was established in 1954. It has over 60 offices and 21 autonomous bodies under its management. These autonomous bodies include Tool Rooms, Training Institutions and Project-cum-Process Development Centres.
Services provided include:
*Facilities for testing, toolmenting, training for entrepreneurship development
*Preparation of project and product profiles
*Technical and managerial consultancy
*Assistance for exports
*Pollution and energy audits
It also provides economic information services and advises Government in policy formulation for the promotion and development of SSIs. The field offices also work as effective links between the Central and State Governments.
Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries
The now-defunct Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries had the objectives of facilitating coordinated and focused policy formulation and effective implementation of programmes, projects, schemes, etc., for improving supply chain management, enhancing skills, upgrading technology, expanding markets and capacity building of entrepreneurs/artisans and their groups/collectives.
The Ministry deals with the khadi, village and
coir
Coir (), also called coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of coconut, and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, and mattresses. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell ...
industries through the
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and the
Coir Board. It coordinates implementation of two countrywide employment generation programmes, namely, the
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) and the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) with the cooperation of State Governments, the
Reserve Bank of India
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(RBI) and other banks. The KVIC, established by an
Act of Parliament, is a statutory organisation engaged in promotion and development of khadi and village industries for providing employment opportunities in the rural areas, thereby strengthening the rural economy. The coir industry is a labour-intensive and export-oriented industry. It uses a by-product of coconut, namely, coir husk. The Coir Board, a statutory body established under the Coir Industry Act 1953, looks after the promotion, growth and development of the coir industry, including export promotion and expansion of the domestic market.
It was headed by the Minister of Agro &
Rural Industries and was based at Udyog Bhavan, Rafi Marg,
New Delhi
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. Shri Mahabir Prasad was the last incumbent.
Related organisations
* MSME-Technology Centre Baddi Solan
* Central Tool Room, Ludhiana
*
Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri
Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri i.e. CTR Extension Centre, Nilokheri is a technical institute of Haryana imparting technical training for skill development of technical staff & students of engineering field. History
Integrated T ...
earlier functional as
Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri
Integrated Training Center, Nilokheri was an employment and training agency in Nilokheri in Karnal district in the state of Haryana owned and managed by Khadi and Village Industries Commission a statutory body formed by the Government of Indi ...
* Indo Danish Tool Room, Jamshedpur
*
National Small Industries Corporation
*
Coir Board
Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri
Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri was an employment and training agency in
Nilokheri
Nilokheri is a town, just 19 km from Karnal, Karnal city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana. It has 13 wards. The town is located about 143 km from Delhi on Natio ...
in
Karnal district
Karnal district is one of the 22 Districts of Haryana, districts of Haryana, a state in North India which constitutes the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country. The city of Karnal is a part of the National Capital Region (India), Nation ...
in the state of
Haryana
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owned and managed by the
Government of India
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and responsible for upgrading technical skills of technicians.
It was built around the vocational training centre that was transferred from Kurukshetra, in July 1948 to the 1100 acres of swampy land on the Delhi-Ambala highway as one of several enterprises intended to provide employment and training for
displaced person
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s following the
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This training centre was under Small Industries belonged to subhash mukherjee
Development Organisation and used to provided training to extension officers (industries of State Governments as well as managers and technician entrepreneurs both in modern small scale and traditional village industries. During the Year 1986-87 the centre trained 200 technician, 85 women under core women training programme and 57 SIDO officers.
Functions
It provides technical training to artisans and workers sponsored by the state government. It also organises training of Extension Officers engaged in various developmental organisation. It provides summer training programs for Degree/Diploma Engineers.
ITC as
Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri
Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri i.e. CTR Extension Centre, Nilokheri is a technical institute of Haryana imparting technical training for skill development of technical staff & students of engineering field. History
Integrated T ...
Due to some conflict between the Principal and Vice-Principal of Integrated Training Centre was relinquished.
Later in the year 2014 the center was taken over by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises which led to its development as Extension center for Central Tool Room, Ludhiana i.e.
Central Tool Room Extension Center, Nilokheri. Currently running various technical short term courses.
Centre structure and functions
The
Indian Enterprise Development Service is the cadre of officers of the DoMSME. The IEDS cadre was approved to be created in 2016 through the merger of 11 existing trades of the Ministry of MSME.
The Ministry regulates:
*
Khadi and Village Industries Commission
*
National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector
*
National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.
*
National School of Leadership
*
National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
* National Institute for Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development
* Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
Admin
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises website.
Initiatives
Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme
It was launched as a central sector scheme in 2008–09 to promote self employment in the country through setting up micro enterprises. It is a credit linked subsidy scheme in which loans up to 25 lakh for manufacturing sector and up to 1000 Lakh for service sector is forwarded to the eligible beneficiaries for which subsidy of up to 35% is provided to them.[
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is the implementing agency at the National level. The individuals who are above the age of 18 years and are at least 8th pass, self help groups, Societies registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860, Charitable trusts are all eligible to be beneficiary. Also, only new projects are considered for sanction under the scheme.]
Cabinet Ministers
Ministers of State
See also
* Ministry of Small Scale Industries
References
External links
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(archived)
Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries
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Government ministries of India
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises