The
Ministry in September 18, 2015 under the MSME Development Act, 2006 has
notified that every MSME unit shall file Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM). This is a path breaking step to promote
ease-of-doing-business for MSMEs in India as the UAM replaces the filing of
Entrepreneurs’ Memorandum (EM part-I & II) with the respective States/UTs.
While some of the States/UTs had made the process online, either by themselves
or through the portal created by this Ministry, several States/ UTs were still
relying on the manual way of filing EM. The cumbersome filing of EM has now
been dispensed with and the entrepreneurs in the MSME sector just need to file
online, a simple one-page UAM on http://udyogaadhaar.gov.in to instantly get a
unique Udyog Aadhaar Number (UAN). The
information sought is on self-certification basis and no supporting documents
are required at the time of online filing of UAM.
The
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,
Shri Kalraj Mishra address a press conference on “Udyog Aadhar
Memorandum” a simplified registration format for MSMEs, in New Delhi on October
06, 2015. The Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and
Steel, Dr. Anup K. Pujari and the Director General (M&C), Press Information
Bureau, Shri A.P. Frank Noronha are also seen.
The
UAM can be filed online by individuals themselves in case they have an Aadhaar
Number. However, in all exceptional cases, including those of not having an
Aadhaar Number, the UAM can be filed in offline mode (i.e. on paper form), with
the General Manager (GM) of the concerned District Industries Centre (DIC).
The UAM
has emerged from the vision of Honorable Prime Minister of India shared with
the Nation through “Mann Ki Baat” telecast on 03-10-2014 and the
recommendations for Universalization of Registration in the Report of the
Kamath Committee on Financial Architecture of MSME sector. Wide-ranging
consultation exercise has been done in the matter in the National Board of
MSMEs and the Advisory Committee for MSME Act. It is expected that this
simplified one-page memorandum to be filed online shall unlock the potential of
MSMEs, besides improving our international ranking in Doing Business Index.
Within a short time of three months, more than 100,368 UAMs have been filed in
the country.
Statewise
breakup of the registrations can be seen here
http://udyogaadhaar.gov.in/UA/Reports/StateBasedReport_R3.aspx
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