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Delhi to set up MSE hub, six centres for small businesses
Delhi government has started the process of setting up a centralised micro and small enterprises (MSE) hub and six district-level business facilitation centres. The network is designed as a single-window support system…
Delhi government has started the process of setting up a centralised micro and small enterprises (MSE) hub and six district-level business facilitation centres. The network is designed as a single-window support system to help entrepreneurs with statutory clearances, finance, technology adoption, supply chains, exports and market access.
Delhi has around 13.2 lakh medium, small and micro enterprises, of which nearly 9.7 lakh are registered on the Udyam portal. More than 96% are micro units. The sector provides livelihoods to over 6 million people. The hub will have four full-time industry experts in international trade, product development, technology and sustainability.
The government has invited expressions of interest to select an agency to establish and operate the hub and centres. The initiative is being taken up under RAMP, a World Bank-supported programme of the Union MSME ministry.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The move consolidates fragmented business support into a single window, a step Delhi's 13 lakh-plus MSMEs have long sought. Most of these units are micro enterprises with thin margins and no in-house compliance capacity. The hub-and-spoke model mirrors state-level initiatives in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The Union MSME ministry's RAMP programme, backed by a World Bank loan of Rs 1,500 crore, targets exactly this kind of institutional strengthening. The next signal to watch is the selection of the operating agency, which will determine whether the centres are staffed by genuine industry experts or become another layer of bureaucracy.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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