This could help form better schemes
Over 11 lakh MSMEs have registered on the newonline system of Udyam Registration launched in July, the government said on Saturday. Out of these, 3.72 lakh enterprises have registered under manufacturing category whereas 6.31 lakh enterprises under service sector. The share of micro enterprises is 93.17 per cent whereas small and medium enterprises are 5.62 per cent and 1.21 per cent, respectively. An official statement said 7.98 lakh enterprises are owned by male whereas 1.73 lakh enterprises by female entrepreneurs, and 11,188 enterprises are owned by divyangjan entrepreneurs. "The top five industrial sectors of registrations are food products, textile, apparel, fabricated metal products and machinery & equipment. 1,01,03,512 persons have been given employment by these registered units," the MSME ministry stated. The five leading states for Udyam registrations are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Registration without PAN and GST number is permitted
The credit growth in the MSME sector had started decelerating even before demonetisation, and declined further during the demonetisation phase
Armed with the data, MSME Ministry will be able to plan development activities and incentive programmes in an improved manner