 Branch of Government of India | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Udyog Bhawan Rafi Marg New Delhi, 110011 |
| Annual budget | ₹22,138 crore (US$2.6 billion)(2023–24 est.)[1] |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Website | msme |
TheMinistry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is theministry in theGovernment of India. It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating tomicro, small and medium enterprises inIndia. TheMinister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises isJitan 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 thekhadi 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.[citation needed]
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. ThePresident of India amended theGovernment of India (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 ofmicro andsmall enterprises. The Small Industries Development Organisation was under the control of the ministry, as was theNational Small Industries Corporation Limitedpublic sector undertaking).
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:
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.
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 andcoir industries through theKhadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and theCoir Board. It coordinates implementation of two countrywide employment generation programmes, namely, theRural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) and the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) with the cooperation of State Governments, theReserve Bank of India (RBI) and other banks. The KVIC, established by anAct 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.[2]
It was headed by the Minister of Agro &Rural Industries and was based at Udyog Bhavan, Rafi Marg,New Delhi. Shri Mahabir Prasad was the last incumbent.
Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri was an employment and training agency inNilokheri inKarnal district in the state ofHaryana owned and managed by theGovernment of India 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 fordisplaced persons following thepartition of IndiaThis 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.[4]
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.
Due to some conflict between the Principal and Vice-Principal of Integrated Training Centre was relinquished.[clarification needed]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.
TheIndian 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.[5]
The Ministry regulates:
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.[8]
TheKhadi 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 underSocieties Registration Act, 1860, Charitable trusts are all eligible to be beneficiary. Also, only new projects are considered for sanction under the scheme.[8]
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of Small Scale Industries, and Agro and Rural Industries | ||||||||||
| 1 |  | Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MP forJhalawar (MoS, I/C) | 13 October 1999 | 1 September 2001 | 1 year, 323 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
| Minister of Small Scale Industries | ||||||||||
| (1) | | Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MP forJhalawar (MoS, I/C) | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | |||||
| 2 | .jpg) | C. P. Thakur (born 1931) MP forPatna | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | |||||
| Minister of Agro and Rural Industries | ||||||||||
| 3 |  | Kariya Munda (born 1936) MP forKhunti | 1 September 2001 | 29 January 2003 | 1 year, 150 days | |||||
| 4 | Sangh Priya Gautam (born 1931) Rajya Sabha MP forUttarakhand (MoS, I/C) | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | ||||||
| Minister of Small Scale Industries, and Agro and Rural Industries | ||||||||||
| 5 | %2c_in_New_Delhi_on_July_16%2c_2008.jpg) | Mahaveer Prasad (1939–2010) MP forBansgaon | 23 May 2004 | 9 May 2007 | 2 years, 351 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
| Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | ||||||||||
| (5) | | Mahaveer Prasad (1939–2010) MP forBansgaon | 9 May 2007 | 22 May 2009 | 2 years, 13 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
| 6 | .jpg) | Dinsha Patel (born 1937) MP forKheda (MoS, I/C) | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Manmohan II | ||||
| 7 |  | Virbhadra Singh (1934–2021) MP forMandi | 19 January 2011 | 26 June 2012 | 1 year, 159 days | |||||
| 8 |  | Vilasrao Deshmukh (1945–2012) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | 26 June 2012 | 10 August 2012 | 45 days | |||||
| 9 |  | Vayalar Ravi (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP forKerala | 10 August 2012 | 28 October 2012 | 79 days | |||||
| 10 |  | K. H. Muniyappa (born 1948) MP forKolar (MoS, I/C) | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 210 days | |||||
| 11 | .jpg) | Kalraj Mishra (born 1941) MP forDeoria | 27 May 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 3 years, 99 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
| 12 | _in_2017.jpg) | Giriraj Singh (born 1957) MP forNawada (MoS, I/C) | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | |||||
| 13 | .jpg) | Nitin Gadkari (born 1957) MP forNagpur | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 37 days | Modi II | ||||
| 14 | .jpg) | Narayan Rane (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | |||||
| 15 | _for_Power%2c_Coal_and_New_and_Renewable_Energy%2c_Shri_Piyush_Goyal%2c_in_New_Delhi_on_November_03%2c_2014_(cropped).jpg) | Jitan Ram Manjhi (born 1944) MP forGaya | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 37 days | Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) | Modi III | |||
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of State for Small Scale Industries | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Tapan Sikdar (1944–2014) MP forDum Dum | 29 January 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 1 year, 114 days | |||||
| Minister of State for Agro and Rural Industries | ||||||||||
| 2 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (born 1949) MP forKatihar | 1 July 2002 | 29 January 2003 | 212 days | ||||||
| Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | ||||||||||
| 3 | | Giriraj Singh (born 1957) MP forNawada | 9 November 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 2 years, 298 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
| 4 |  | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (born 1954) MP forBanaskantha | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | 1 year, 60 days | |||||
| 5 |  | Pratap Chandra Sarangi (born 1955) MP forBalasore | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 37 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | |||
| 6 | .jpg) | Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma (born 1957) MP forJalaun | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | |||||
| 7 |  | Shobha Karandlaje (born 1966) MP forBangalore North | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 37 days | Modi III | ||||
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Day (MSME Day) is observed globally on June 27. It was officially designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 through Resolution A/71/279.[9] In India, MSME Day is observed as "Udyami Bharat – MSME Day," highlighting the role of entrepreneurship in the country’s economy. The 2025 theme was "Enhancing the Role of MSMEs as Drivers of Sustainable Growth and Innovation." The 2025 event in India was notably attended by President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.