(a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up the National Small Enterprises Development Board (NSEDB);
(b) if so, the details alongwith its proposed functions thereof ; and
(c) the time by which it is likely to be set up?
(a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up the National Small Enterprises Development Board (NSEDB);
(b) if so, the details alongwith its proposed functions thereof ; and
(c) the time by which it is likely to be set up?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI DINSHA PATEL)
(a) to (c) Government has established a ‘National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’ (NBMSME) in accordance with section 3 of the ‘Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006’. The latest reconstitution of the board has been notified vide Notification no. S.O. 29(E) dated 7 January 2010. The copy of the above Notification containing details of the NBMSME is annexed. The functions of the NBMSME, inter alia, are as follows:
i) Examine the factors affecting the promotion and development of micro, small and medium enterprises and review the policies and programmes of the Central Government in regard to facilitating the promotion and development and enhancing the competitiveness of such enterprises and the impact thereof on such enterprises:
ii) Make recommendations on matters referred to it, inter alia, by the Central Government which, in the opinion of that Government, is necessary or expedient for facilitating the promotion and development and enhancing the competitiveness of the micro, small and medium enterprises: and
iii) Advise the Central Government on the use of the Fund or Funds constituted under section 12 of the MSMED Act, 2006.