The Government of India simplified the process of registration of MSMEs by replacing the UdyogAadhaar Memorandum (UAM) with Udyam Registration (UR) on1^st July 2020. UR is free of cost, transparent, online, hassle free and is based on self-declaration. It does not require any documents and has an automatic integration with ITR and GSTIN. During the second wave of Covid -19 pandemic MSMEs continued to register on UR Portal.

MSMEs can avail the benefits of schemes such as Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)/Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)/Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency (MUDRA) and the announcements made to provide relief to MSMEs from the problems faced due to COVID-19 pandemic.  The number of Projects and Employment generation under PMEGP during 2020-21 as on July, 2021 are 91,054 and 7,28,432,  respectively.

This information was given by Minister for Micro. Small and Medium Enterprises Shri Narayan Rane in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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