Applications Invited for National MSME Awards 2021-22

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Applications Invited for National MSME Awards 2021-22

Chennai: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India have undergone a vast development in the last five decades registering a tremendous growth as well as the progress in terms of quality production, exports, innovation, product and process development. Entrepreneurial efforts have made it possible to produce a number of items, which hitherto were imported.
The Indian entrepreneurs are very creative and innovate new products and processes as well as provide innovative services to remain competitive in domestic and global market. This has become possible to encourage such innovative efforts and promote their spirit in larger interest of qualitative development of MSME. Accordingly, the Ministry of MSME recognizes the contributions of these entrepreneurs for their outstanding performance and motivate and encourage them by conferring awards at the National Level.

Online Applications are invited from the Entrepreneurs for the following Categories for consideration of National MSME Awards 2021-22 at the National Level.

1.       Awards for Manufacturing Entrepreneurship (12 Awards)

2.       Awards for Service Entrepreneurship (9 Awards)

3.       Awards for Special Category of Enterprises

(a)      Women Entrepreneurship (4 Awards)

(b)      Entrepreneurs belonging to SC/ST Category (4 Awards)

(c)      Entrepreneurs belonging to ‘Divyang’ Category (2 Awards)

The eligible MSMEs will submit online applications in the relevant category of awards in the website of www.dcmsme.gov.in (or) in the following link https://dashboard.msme.gov.in/na/ Ent_NA_Admin/Ent_index.aspx. An enterprise can apply for more than one category of award. The MSME winners of the awards shall have the privilege of allowing their employees to wear labels, pins, ties, logo or other distinctive badges with the symbol of the Awards indicating the year of Award inscribed on it. The entrepreneurs can also use the symbol on their letterheads or any advertisement issued along with the year of the award. The amount of cash prize received by winners is exempted under section 1O(17) of Income Tax Act 1961.

The last date for online submission of application is on 20.04.2022. For further details and guidance, MSME Entrepreneurs are requested to contact MSME-Development Institute, Chennai (Ph: 044-225011/12/13), Branch Offices at Coimbatore (Ph: 0422-2230426/2233956), Madurai (Ph:0452-2918313) & Tirunelveli (Ph:0462-2342137) or District Industries Centre of their respective districts, according to a press release issued by P.Sivasubramanian, IES, Deputy Director, MSME DI, Chennai