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MSMEs form an important and growing segment of Tamil Nadu’s industrial sector and occupy a place of prominence in the economy of state. Assessing the greater potential of MSMEs, we have made sure that it is easier to initiate and access the required resources and most importantly, achieve what your MSME aims to do.

Defining MSME’s

District Level Nodal Agency

Investment Promotion and Monitoring Board

State Single Window Committee

District Single Window Committee

Schemes For MSME’s

As per the latest notification issued in accordance with Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) vide S.O. 1702(E) of the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, Dt.: 1.6.2020, the Central Government, notified that the enterprises engaged in the manufacturing of products or engaged in the rendering of services shall be classified based on the composite criteria as follows:

Type of Enterprise	Investment in Plant & Machinery not Exceeding	Turnover not Exceeding (excludes Export)
Micro	Rs.1.00	Rs.5.00
Small	Rs.10.00	Rs.50.00
Medium	Rs.50.00	Rs.250.00

Type of Enterprise: Micro

Investment in Plant & Machinery not Exceeding: Rs.1.00

Turnover not Exceeding (excludes Export): Rs.5.00

Type of Enterprise: Small

Investment in Plant & Machinery not Exceeding: Rs.10.00

Turnover not Exceeding (excludes Export): Rs.50.00

Type of Enterprise: Medium

Investment in Plant & Machinery not Exceeding: Rs.50.00

Turnover not Exceeding (excludes Export): Rs.250.00

Department of MSME

The MSME Department deals with policy matters relating to the MSME sector and formulates schemes for the development of the sector.

Major institutions under the department are:

The Commissionerate of Industries & Commerce
The Entrepreneur Development and Innovation Institute (EDII)
Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Limited (TANSI)
Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO)

Commissionerate of Industries and Commerce

One Stop Service Hub for MSMEs

Through the District Industries Centres, it provides a variety of services to the entrepreneurs and MSMEs, some to mention are as follows:

Providing Escort Services to the Entrepreneurs towards identification of viable activities and preparation of Project Profiles for assistance from financial Institutions/Banks.
Organising Entrepreneurship and skilled Development Training Programmes.
Facilitating MSMEs in getting various Statutory Approvals, Clearances, Licenses and their renewals through Single Window Clearance Mechanism.
Facilitating Entrepreneur in filling UAM (Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum).
Sanction and Disbursement of Incentives and Subsidies to MSMEs, as per MSME Policy of GoTN.
Export Promotion through the Export Promotion Cell in the District Industries Centres.
Facilitating MSMEs in getting payment of dues from the large Industries through the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils.
Implementing Credit Linked Subsidy Schemes, Rehabilitation Assistance Schemes and various other Schemes of Government of India in the State.

The Office of the Regional Joint Director of Industries and Commerce in respect of Chennai District and the District Industries Centre (DIC) in respect of other Districts is the Nodal Agency at the district-level for Enterprises engaged in the manufacture or production of goods or providing services, and Investment in Plant and Machinery or Equipment is up to Rs 50 Crore and whose turnover is up to Rs 250 Crore.

Role Of District Level Nodal Agency

The Nodal Agency at the District-level shall ensure adequate support to all applicants for submitting applications for clearances through single window portal, including making available information related to all application forms including the Combined Application Form (CAF), list of enclosures, requisite fee and mode of payment. This would include the applicable fee payable to the Competent Authorities.

Before submission of the application for service through single window portal, the applicant can approach the Nodal Agency with the filled-in application along with enclosures to ensure the correctness and completeness of the same.

The Nodal Agency shall direct the designated official identified by the Competent Authority to meet as and when required to verify and check the following as part of the pre-scrutiny process for the purposes of assessing the completeness of the submitted application, namely:-

Whether the application is complete in all respects, including the application forms and enclosures

Whether Self-certification as part of CAF has been submitted

Whether documents as per Check-list filled correctly has been submitted

Fees payable to the Competent Authorities

The MSME Investment Promotion and Monitoring Board shall meet once in every quarter of the year to review and monitor the disposal of applications submitted through single window portal.

Sl. No	Members	Designation
01.	Minister for Rural Industries	Chairman
02.	Secretary to Government, Finance Department	Member
03.	Secretary to Government, Revenue Department	Member
04.	Chief Secretary to Government	Member
05.	Secretary to Government, MSME Department	Member
06.	Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce	Member, Convener
07.	Other nominations by the State Government(if any)	Member

Sl. No

Members

Designation

01.

Minister for Rural Industries

Chairman

02.

Secretary to Government, Finance Department

Member

03.

Secretary to Government, Revenue Department

Member

04.

Chief Secretary to Government

Member

05.

Secretary to Government, MSME Department

Member

06.

Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce

Member,

Convener

07.

Other nominations by the State Government(if any)

Member

Commissionerate of Industries and Commerce

Meet at such Time and Place as the Chairman of the Board may decide and transact business as per the Prescribed Procedure.
Review and monitor the disposal of applications by the MSME District Single Window Committee, MSME State Single Window Committee and the Competent Authorities
Provide Strategic Direction and oversee the functioning of MSME District Single Window Committee and MSME State Single Window Committee.
Consider and decide cases under Section 26
Review any other issue related to Investor Facilitation as put forth by the MSME District Single Window Committee or MSME State Single Window Committee
Exercise such other Powers and Perform such other Functions as may be Prescribed.

The MSME State Single Window Committee shall meet once in every calendar month to process the applications received through single window portal

Sl. No	Members	Designation
01.	Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce	Chairman
02.	Additional Director of Industries and Commerce	Member, Convener
03.	Director, Town & Country Planning or Member Secretary, CMDA(as applicable)	Member
04.	Director General, Fire and Rescue Services Department	Member
05.	Director of Town Panchayats	Member
06.	Director of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj	Member
07.	Commissioner, Municipal Administration	Member
08.	Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine	Member
09.	Director of Industrial Safety and Health	Member
10.	Chief Electrical Inspector, Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate	Member
11.	Chairman, TANGEDCO	Member
12.	Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board	Member
13.	Director of Boilers	Member
14.	Commissioner of Labour	Member
15.	Engineer-in-Chief, WRO, Public Works Department	Member

Sl. No

Members

Designation

01.

Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce

Chairman

02.

Additional Director of Industries and Commerce

Member,

Convener

03.

Director, Town & Country Planning or Member Secretary, CMDA(as applicable)

Member

04.

Director General, Fire and Rescue Services Department

Member

05.

Director of Town Panchayats

Member

06.

Director of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj

Member

07.

Commissioner, Municipal Administration

Member

08.

Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Member

09.

Director of Industrial Safety and Health

Member

10.

Chief Electrical Inspector, Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate

Member

11.

Chairman, TANGEDCO

Member

12.

Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board

Member

13.

Director of Boilers

Member

14.

Commissioner of Labour

Member

15.

Engineer-in-Chief, WRO, Public Works Department

Member

Functions of MSME State Single Window Committee

Meet at such Time and Place as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and transact business as per the Prescribed Procedure.
Review and monitor the processing of applications by the Competent Authorities
Review and monitor the disposal of applications by the MSME District Single Window Committee
Consider and decide cases under Sections 24 and 25
Forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the MSME Investment Promotion and Monitoring Board for decision under Section 26

The MSME District Single Window Committee shall meet at least once in every two calendar weeks to process the applications received through Single Window Portal.

Sl. No	Members	Designation
01.	District Collector District level Officers from the following Departments in Sl.nos. 2 to 15:	Chairman
02.	Regional Joint Director of Industries and Commerce in respect of Chennai District/ General Manager, District Industries Centre for other Districts	Member, Convener
03.	Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited	Member
04.	Corporation/ Municipality	Member
05.	Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department	Member
06.	Directorate of Town Panchayat	Member
07.	Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board	Member
08.	Town & Country Planning / Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority(as applicable)	Member
09.	Fire and Rescue Services Department	Member
10.	Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department	Member
11.	Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health	Member
12.	Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate	Member
13.	Directorate of Boilers	Member
14.	Labour Department	Member
15.	Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board/Water Resources Organisation, Public Works Department	Member
16.	Not exceeding two members from Trade Associations, Chambers of Commerce, or Technical Experts, as nominated by the Government	Member

Sl. No

Members

Designation

01.

District Collector

District level Officers from the following Departments in Sl.nos. 2 to 15:

Chairman

02.

Regional Joint Director of Industries and Commerce in respect of Chennai District/ General Manager, District Industries Centre for other Districts

Member,

Convener

03.

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited

Member

04.

Corporation/ Municipality

Member

05.

Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department

Member

06.

Directorate of Town Panchayat

Member

07.

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board

Member

08.

Town & Country Planning / Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority(as applicable)

Member

09.

Fire and Rescue Services Department

Member

10.

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department

Member

11.

Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health

Member

12.

Tamil Nadu Electrical Inspectorate

Member

13.

Directorate of Boilers

Member

14.

Labour Department

Member

15.

Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board/Water Resources Organisation, Public Works Department

Member

16.

Not exceeding two members from Trade Associations, Chambers of Commerce, or Technical Experts, as nominated by the Government

Member

Functions of MSME District Single Window Committee

Meet at such Time and Place as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and transact business as per the Prescribed Procedure.
Review and monitor the processing of applications by the Competent Authorities.
Forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the MSME State Single Window Committee for decision under Section 24 of the Tamil Nadu Business Facilitation Rules, 2017.
Inform the applicant of the date on which the application was received by the Competent Authority and the date on which such application shall be Deemed to have been Approved under Section 12 of the Tamil Nadu Business Facilitation Rules, 2017.
Invite Competent Authorities or Experts, who are not Members of the Committee, as special invitees for any meeting of the MSME District Single Window Committee, as desired by the Chairman of the Committee.
Exercise such other Powers and Perform such other functions as may be Prescribed.

UDYAM Registration

Credit Linked Subsidy

UYEGP

PMEGP

NEEDS

Incentives for MSMEs

State Capital Subsidy

LTPT Power Subsidy

Generator Subsidy

3% Interest Subsidy

PEACE (Incentive for Energy Audit)

MSE Facilitation Council

SIDCO Land Allotment

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