India is a land known for its varied rich culture and tradition. It is a place where almost every day is a festival in some part or the other. These festivals bring along with it a lot of opportunities for buying and selling. Thus the trade flourished.
In the early days barter system was the first form of trade. It is the exchange of goods and services between two or more people. This has been referred by Tamil poet Bharathiyar “Gangai Nadippuratthu Godhumai pandam
Kaviri Vetrilaikku
Marukolvom”
He suggested to exchange
the wheat that is grown in the north of India with the betel leaves grown in
the southern India. This brings in unity
and strong ties and trade within the country.
A new educational policy
with craft centered education was implemented in the year 1937 with Wardha
Scheme of Basic Education. The idea behind the scheme was to provide education through some form of
craft or productive work like spinning,
weaving, agriculture, woodcraft, metal work and other basic handicrafts. It aimed to provide such kind of education which can be
self-supporting in later life. The basic idea of Mahatma Gandhi was that if the
craft which is chosen is taught properly, it would enable the school to pay the
salaries of teachers. It would also ensure the dignity of labour along with
livelihood for the students after leaving school. Gandhiji wanted
to make education work centric and self-supporting. It was thought to provide a
kind of insurance against unemployment.
Thus the stage is set for the micro & small industries. The same
idea of Gandhiji was presented by a Tamil Poet and Patriot Namakkal. V.
Ramalingam:
“Kaitthozhil Ondraik kattrukkol
Kavalai
Unakkillai Otrukkol,
Etthozhil edhuvum seyyamal
Irundhidal Unakke thagumamo”
As the
days moved and the trade too began to develop and support the economy of the
nation. This made the trade and commerce gain a vital role in building the national
economy. Here steps in MSME – “Macro
Small and Medium Enterprises”. Initially
it was the Small Industries Development Organization established in 1954. On 9th
May 2007, subsequent to an amendments of the Government of India Rules,
1961, erstwhile Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Ministry of Agro and
Rural Industries where merged to form the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium
Enterprises. For these enterprises, Tool Rooms, Training Institutions and
Project-cum-Process Development Centres, under the ministry, provide the support by helping
them in exporting the products, by providing
training for entrepreneurship development, preparing product profiles, technical
and managerial consultancy etc.,
MSME covers only manufacturing and service industries basically concerned with production or manufacturing, processing, or preservation of goods and commodities. It supports start-ups with subsidies and benefits. The following business come under the MSME:-
1.
Auto Parts Components. Which includes horn buttons, door
channels, wiper blade components, battery cell tester.
2.
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Ayurvedic Products.
3.
Auto repair services, and garages.
4.
Automotive Electronic Component products.
5.
Back Office Operation Relating to Computerised Data.
6.
Beauty Parlour and crèches.
7.
Bicycle parts.
8.
Call centre.
9.
Ceramics and glass products include roofing tiles, glass
flooring tiles, granite, etc.
10. Coir Industry.
11. Electronic Surveillance and Security.
12. Energy Efficient Pumps.
13. Engineering and Fabrication.
14. Equipment Rental & Leasing.
15. Furniture and wood products.
16. Handicraft activities like Spinning, Weaving, Artisans.
17. IT Solution Provider. Services include creating a server bank,
application service provider, smart card customization, service provider, etc.
18. Khadi Products and Hosiery Products.
19. Laundry and Dry Cleaning.
20. 20. Leather products.
21. Mechanical Engineering Excluding Transport Equipment. This is
inclusive of steel almirahs, cocks, and valves, wire cutters, etc.
22. Micronutrients for Plants.
23. 23. Moulding – This includes products like combs, umbrella frames,
plastic toys, etc
24. Multi Channels Dish cable T.V. with Dish Antenna.
25. Natural Fragrance and Flavours.
26. Photographic lab.
27. Placement and Management Consultancy Services.
28. Poultry Farm.
29. Printing and other products made of paper.
30. Recorders, VCRs, Radios, Transformer, Motors, Watches.
31. Retail and wholesale business.
32. Retail Trade with low Capital.
33. Rubber Products.
34. Servicing of Agricultural Farm Equipment. This includes tractor,
pump repairing, ring boring machine.
35. Stationery Items.
36. STD/ISD booths.
37. Tailoring.
38. Testing Labs for industries.
39. Toughened Metallic Ware.
40. Training and Educational Institute.
41. X-Ray Clinics.
42. Xeroxing.
· MSMEs are an important sector for the Indian economy and have contributed immensely to the country’s socio-economic development. In order to continue this progress, Minister tries a lot to particularly elevate the companies that are financially set back. It is generating the employment opportunities as well as aiding in the development of the nation’s backward and rural areas. Medium enterprises are investing the money in large amount for manufacturing and service by which they heighten the turn over more than the Small enterprises. Micro enterprises are holding their turn over based on their status lesser than the above two.
·
There are many portals like MSME Samadhan, MSME Sambandh, MSME Sampark,
MSME Champions, e-participation, my MSME, Udyam Registration (Online
Registration for MSME), MSME Databank, Khadi India - PMEGP e-portal, Grievance
Monitoring System etc., which are available to provide valuable resource to the desired target user
groups.
In an aim to strengthen the MSME sector, Ministry of MSME has issued revised guidelines with the inclusion of Retail and Wholesale Businesses in MSME by which the Retail and Wholesale Businesses are allowed to register on the Udyam Registration Portal and take the benefit of Priority Sectors lending as per RBI guidelines in regards to MSME loans and lending policies.
Thus MSMEs is evolving continuously and providing best service to the customers there by enriching the nation's economy.
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