Ease of doing business for MSMEs: MSME registration portal Udyam portal, which crossed the 1.5 crore-registration mark in March this year, is a reflection of the economic self-reliance and prosperity of our country, said MSME minister Narayan Rane hailing the growth in registration count since the launch of the portal in July 2020. The minister noted the increase in MSMEs registering on the portal from 28 lakhs in the past two years. As of Wednesday, the Udyam portal had 1.72 crore MSMEs registered, according to the data available on the portal.
पिछले 2 वर्षों में उद्यम पोर्टल पर रजिस्ट्रेशन की संख्या 28 लाख से बढ़कर 1.5 करोड़ से अधिक तक पहुंचना हमारे देश की आर्थिक आत्मनिर्भरता और समृद्धि का परिचायक है।
— Narayan Rane (@MeNarayanRane) May 1, 2023
प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के ऊर्जावान नेतृत्व में MSME सेक्टर अर्थव्यवस्था की रीढ़ बन कर उभर रहा है।#MSME pic.twitter.com/m4aysg0VFK
— Narayan Rane (@MeNarayanRane) Maharashtra led the tally with the highest registration count of 29.14 lakh followed by Tamil Nadu with 16.44 lakh registrations, Uttar Pradesh (13.54 lakh), Gujarat (12.02 lakh), and Rajasthan (11.89 lakh), according to the data available on the MSME Dashboard portal.
Also read: Retailers, wholesalers top MSME registrations on Udyam portal: Govt data
Even as the portal continues to register growth in MSME registrations, there are a number of small businesses which have canceled or withdrawn their Udyam certificates. According to the figures provided by MoS in Ministry of MSMEs Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in the Rajya Sabha during the budget session this year, 73,576 MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal had canceled their registrations as of March 29, 2023, since the launch of the portal on July 1, 2020.
The reasons cited for canceling the registration were shutting down the operations, change in ownership of the enterprise, don’t need the certificate further, duplicity, and more.
