Explore government schemes designed to support micro, small and medium enterprises through credit assistance, technology upgradation, marketing support, entrepreneurship development and industrial growth.
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The scheme aims to establish self-employment ventures and generate employment opportunities in rural and urban areas. It supports sustainable employment for unemployed youth and traditional artisans and seeks to reduce occupational migration from rural areas.
The scheme facilitates access to credit for eligible micro and small enterprises by supporting collateral-free and third-party-guarantee-free credit facilities, subject to applicable scheme guidelines.
The scheme provides funding support for the Khadi programme and helps mobilise bank funds to bridge the gap between the financial requirements of the programme and budgetary support.
The scheme focuses on improving productivity and wages, strengthening infrastructure, increasing production and sales, generating employment, developing village industries, building skills and improving marketing outlets and export opportunities.
SFURTI aims to organise traditional industries and artisans into clusters, improve production and value addition, strengthen competitiveness, increase income and promote sustainable employment.
The scheme supports better utilisation of coir raw materials, improved stakeholder income, market development, equipment and investment, skilled manpower, women’s employment, welfare initiatives and technology adoption, including digital solutions.
ASPIRE promotes livelihood business incubators, particularly in rural and underserved areas, to encourage employment, skill development, human capital formation and innovation.
The scheme supports MSMEs through participation in domestic fairs and exhibitions, packaging awareness, export-import guidance, GeM-related awareness and activities that improve market access.
The scheme encourages participation in international exhibitions, fairs and conferences. It helps enterprises access market intelligence, understand technological and demand changes, and seek reimbursement of eligible costs under applicable guidelines.
MSME Champions Scheme: An umbrella initiative covering support for competitiveness, quality, technology and innovation, including the following components.
The ZED initiative encourages quality manufacturing, technology adoption and a stronger MSME ecosystem. It aims to improve competitiveness and export readiness through certification, graded incentives, awareness and policy insights.
The scheme promotes reduction in rejection, unnecessary movement and costs while improving space and resource utilisation. It aims to enhance quality, productivity, export potential, workplace safety, skills, innovation, environmental and social responsibility, Industry 4.0 adoption, digital empowerment and profitability.
The initiative promotes innovation, incubation and design, supports ideas from concept to market, encourages intellectual property protection and commercialisation, strengthens industry-academia collaboration and helps develop affordable, commercially viable innovations.
The programme encourages entrepreneurship, enterprise creation, capacity building and the development of an entrepreneurial culture through skill and awareness initiatives.
The scheme supports eligible national-level training institutions and state-level entrepreneurship development institutions in strengthening infrastructure and delivering entrepreneurship and skill development programmes.
The programme supports the sustainability and growth of micro and small enterprise clusters by improving technology, skills, quality and market access. Its interventions may include infrastructure development, common facility centres and support for greener and more sustainable manufacturing.
The National Small Industries Corporation supports eligible micro and small enterprises through schemes and services relating to government procurement, credit facilitation, raw materials, tender participation, technical services and digital market access.
Supports eligible micro and small enterprises seeking registration for participation in government procurement opportunities, subject to applicable conditions.
Facilitates access to credit support for eligible enterprises through applicable NSIC arrangements and financial institution partnerships.
Helps eligible enterprises access raw materials through the applicable raw material assistance and distribution arrangements.
Supports eligible MSMEs in tender participation and marketing opportunities, including consortia-based approaches where applicable.
Provides technical services and training support through NSIC technical service centres, subject to the services available at each centre.
Facilitates digital and e-marketing support to help MSMEs improve their visibility and access business opportunities.
The National SC-ST Hub aims to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe business owners and support their participation in public procurement and the broader vendor ecosystem through applicable capacity-building and market-linkage initiatives.
The National Award Scheme recognises eligible MSMEs for outstanding performance, innovation, entrepreneurship and contributions to enterprise development, according to the applicable award categories and guidelines.
Technology Centres and Extension Centres support industry through technical training, technology access, consultancy, skill development and related services that help enterprises improve productivity and manufacturing capabilities.
The scheme supports surveys, studies, evaluations and policy research related to the MSME sector. Such work can help develop a stronger understanding of sector needs, challenges, performance and policy requirements.
This initiative focuses on promoting MSME development in the North Eastern Region and Sikkim through applicable support measures intended to encourage enterprise growth, improve access to opportunities and strengthen regional industrial development.
The MSE Scheme for Promotion and Investment in Circular Economy (MSE-SPICE), under the RAMP programme, is intended to encourage eligible micro and small enterprises to adopt circular-economy practices and invest in resource efficiency and sustainable business operations, subject to current scheme guidelines.
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