(a): the criteria for selecting members and terms and conditions for the membership of the National Small and Medium Enterprises Board;
(b): the composition of the existing Board;
(c): the number of the institutes given membership of the Board from January 2006 till date;
(d): whether the Government proposes to increase the membership of this Board; and
(e): if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a): Sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 provides for
constitution of the National Board of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (NBMSME) with the Minister in charge of the Ministry
or Department of the Central Government having administrative
control of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as the
ex-officio Chairperson and 46 other members. The Government has
notified the National Board for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Rules, 2006, which inter alia, contain the term of
office of the members of the Board, other than ex-officio members,
the manner of filling vacancies, and the procedure to be followed
in the discharge of their functions by the members of the Board.
The MSMED Act and the Rules referred to above are available at the
website `smallindustryindia.com` or `laghu-udyog.com`.
(b)&(c): The NBMSME has not been constituted so far.
(d): No, Sir.
(e): Does not arise.