The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is the ministry in the Government of India. It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to micro, small and medium enterprises in India. 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 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 amended the Government 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 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).
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 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 (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."MINISTRY OF AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES" . Retrieved on May 1, 2015
It was headed by the Minister of Agro & Rural Industries and was based at Kartavya Bhavan-3, Kartavya Path, New Delhi. Shri Mahabir Prasad was the last incumbent.
Related organisations MSME-Technology Centre Baddi Solan Central Tool Room, Ludhiana Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri earlier functional as Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri Indo Danish Tool Room, Jamshedpur National Small Industries Corporation Coir Board
Wings, Divisions and Sections
DATC/HR/CDN/OL Division Data Analystics and Technical Coordination Section Official Language Section Human Resource Section Coordination Section
Information Technology, Planning and Direct Benefit Transfer Division Cyber Security Section NIC Section Digital Governance Parliament Section
Internal Finance and Budget Wing
Agro Rural Industries Division Coir Section Khadi and Village Industries Sections-1 & 2 PM-Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) Section
Administrative and Financial Institutions Division Vigilance Section Cash Section General Administrative Section Protocol Section RTI & Public Grievance Section
Small and Medium Enterprises Division International Cooperation Section Small and Medium Enterprises Section Enterpreneurship Development Institution Section Women Entrepreneurship Cell Media Section
Attached Offices OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER (MSME) KHADI VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION (KVIC) COIR BOARD NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION LIMITED (NSIC) NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (NIMSME) MAHATMA GHANDI INSTITUE OF RURAL INDUSTRALISATION (MGIRI)
Training institutes
Central Tool Room & Training Centre, (CTTC), Bhubaneswar http://www.cttc.gov.in
Indo Danish Tool Room, (IDTR), Jamshedpur https://www.idtr.gov.in
Central Tool Room & Training Centre, (CTTC), Kolkata http://www.msmetoolroomkolkata.com
Tool Room & Training Centre (TRTC), Guwahati http://trtcguwahati.org
Indo German Tool Room, (IGTR), Aurangabad http://www.igtr-aur.org
Indo German Tool Room, (IGTR), Indore http://www.igtr-indore.com
Indo German Tool Room, (IGTR), Ahmedabad http://www.igtrahd.com
Central Institute of Hand Tools (CIHT), Jalandhar http://www.ciht.in
Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD), Hyderabad https://www.citdindia.org
Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI), Mumbai https://idemi.org
Electronics Service & Training Centre (ESTC), Ramnagar http://www.estcindia.com
Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC), Agra http://www.ppdcagra.dcmsme.gov.in/
Fragrance & Flavour Development Centre (FFDC), Kannauj http://www.ffdcindia.org
Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI) Agra http://www.cftiagra.org.in
Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI) Chennai http://www.cftichennai.in
Process cum Product Development Centre (PPDC), Meerut http://www.ppdcmeerut.com/contact.html
Central Tool Room (CTR), Ludhiana http://www.ctrludhiana.com
Centre For Development Of Glass industry (CDGI), Firozabad https://www.cdgiindia.net/
* National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme) http://www.nimsme.org
Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri was an employment and training agency in Nilokheri in Karnal district in the state of Haryana owned and managed by the Government 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 for displaced persons following the partition of India 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 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 PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of Small Scale Industries, and Agro and Rural Industries 1 Vasundhara Raje(MoS, I/C) 13 October1999 1 September2001 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee Minister of Small Scale Industries (1) Vasundhara Raje(MoS, I/C) 1 September2001 29 January2003 2 C. P. Thakur 29 January2003 22 May2004 Minister of Agro and Rural Industries 3 Kariya Munda 1 September2001 29 January2003 4 Sangh Priya Gautam(MoS, I/C) 29 January2003 22 May2004 Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries 5 Mahaveer Prasad 23 May2004 9 May2007 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (5) Mahaveer Prasad 9 May2007 22 May2009 Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh 6 Dinsha Patel(MoS, I/C) 28 May2009 19 January2011 Manmohan II 7 Virbhadra Singh 19 January2011 26 June2012 8 Vilasrao Deshmukh 26 June2012 10 August2012 9 Vayalar Ravi 10 August2012 28 October2012 10 K. H. Muniyappa(MoS, I/C) 28 October2012 26 May2014 11 Kalraj Mishra 27 May2014 3 September2017 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi 12 Giriraj Singh(MoS, I/C) 3 September2017 30 May2019 13 Nitin Gadkari 31 May2019 7 July2021 Modi II 14 Narayan Rane 7 July2021 9 June2024 15 Jitan Ram Manjhi 10 June2024 Incumbent Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Modi III
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