Government of India Ministry
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Branch of Government of India
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Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Jurisdiction
| Government of India
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Headquarters
| Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Udyog Bhawan
Rafi Marg
New Delhi
,110011
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Annual budget
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22,138 crore
(US$2.7 billion)
(2023?24 est.)
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Ministers responsible
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Website
| msme
.gov
.in
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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
Narayan Rane
.
The statistics provided by the annual reports of 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?2015. The interest subsidies to khadi institutions increased from ?96.3 million to ?314.5 million in this period.
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History
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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
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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.
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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.
Related organisations
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Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri
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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.
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Functions
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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.
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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
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The centre comes under the
Government of India
and has a Principal and a Vice Principal. The Ministry regulates:
Initiatives
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Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme
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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.
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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.
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Cabinet Ministers
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No.
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Portrait
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Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
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Term of office
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Political party
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Ministry
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Prime Minister
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From
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To
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Period
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Minister of Small Scale Industries, and Agro and Rural Industries
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1
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Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MP for
Jhalawar
(MoS, I/C)
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13 October
1999
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1 September
2001
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1 year, 323 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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Vajpayee III
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|
Minister of Small Scale Industries
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(1)
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Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MP for
Jhalawar
(MoS, I/C)
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1 September
2001
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29 January
2003
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1 year, 150 days
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2
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C. P. Thakur
(born 1931)
MP for
Patna
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29 January
2003
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22 May
2004
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1 year, 114 days
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Minister of Agro and Rural Industries
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2
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Kariya Munda
(born 1936)
MP for
Khunti
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1 September
2001
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29 January
2003
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1 year, 150 days
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3
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Sangh Priya Gautam
(born 1931)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
(MoS, I/C)
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29 January
2003
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22 May
2004
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1 year, 114 days
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Minister of Small Scale Industries, and Agro and Rural Industries
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4
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Mahaveer Prasad
(1939?2010)
MP for
Bansgaon
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23 May
2004
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9 May
2007
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2 years, 351 days
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Indian National Congress
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Manmohan I
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Manmohan Singh
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Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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1
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Mahaveer Prasad
(1939?2010)
MP for
Bansgaon
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9 May
2007
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22 May
2009
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2 years, 13 days
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Indian National Congress
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Manmohan I
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Manmohan Singh
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2
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Dinsha Patel
(born 1937)
MP for
Kheda
(MoS, I/C)
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28 May
2009
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19 January
2011
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1 year, 236 days
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Manmohan II
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3
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Virbhadra Singh
(1934?2021)
MP for
Mandi
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19 January
2011
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26 June
2012
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1 year, 159 days
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4
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Vilasrao Deshmukh
(1945?2012)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Maharashtra
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26 June
2012
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10 August
2012
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45 days
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5
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Vayalar Ravi
(born 1937)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Kerala
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10 August
2012
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28 October
2012
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79 days
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6
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K. H. Muniyappa
(born 1948)
MP for
Kolar
(MoS, I/C)
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28 October
2012
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26 May
2014
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1 year, 210 days
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7
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Kalraj Mishra
(born 1941)
MP for
Deoria
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27 May
2014
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3 September
2017
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3 years, 99 days
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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Modi I
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Narendra Modi
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8
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Giriraj Singh
(born 1957)
MP for
Nawada
(MoS, I/C)
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3 September
2017
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30 May
2019
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1 year, 269 days
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9
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Nitin Gadkari
(born 1957)
MP for
Nagpur
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31 May
2019
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7 July
2021
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2 years, 37 days
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Modi II
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10
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Narayan Rane
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Maharashtra
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7 July
2021
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Incumbent
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2 years, 336 days
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