Award programs:India
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The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises MSMEhas constituted various awards for encouraging small scale enterpreneurs.Some of these are given below:
National Awards for Quality Products in MSEs Sector
Objective: These awards are given away to MSE entrepreneurs for encouraging and motivating them to set up small scale units to and to recognize their efforts to modernize their industries with a view to upgrading the quality of their produce, enhancing the productivity, increasing their share both in the domestic/ export markets, innovating new technology/design and bringing in technological improvements
Mode of availing the scheme: Small Scale entrepreneurs whose units are permanently registered with the State Directorate of Industries and established within the preceding eight years from the year of the awards and is in continuous production since last four years before the year of award are eligible for awards. Applications in prescribed format are invited through advertisement in newspapers covering all the states/UTs. Applications are routed through Director of SISIs in each state. The selection of the awardees is done through a two-tier selection system i.e. initial recommendation by the State/UT Level Selection Committee & the final selection by the National Level Selection Committee.
National Awards for Outstanding MSE Entrepreneurs
Objective The objectives of the Scheme are as follows:-
- To encourage small-scale industries to produce quality products conforming to national and international standards
- To propagate a culture of quality consciousness amongst a vast section of small scale manufacturing units and
- To instil a sense of confidence in small industry products with the domestic consumers and to enhance the image of Indian Products in export markets.
Mode of availing the scheme:MSME permanently registered with the Directorate of Industries and in production for a minimum of four years proceeding the year of Awards are eligible for selection under this scheme .The applications of Award are invited through advertisement in newspapers and are routed through Director MSME in each state. The small scale units engaged in the production of quality products in included in Select Product Groups (Selected every year) are given an Award The selection of the awardees is done through a two tier selection system i.e. initial recommendation by the State/UT Level Selection Committee & the final selection by the National Level Selection Committee.
National Award for Research and Development Effort in MSE Sector
Objective: The award is to be given to promote the concept of in house research and development efforts for strengthening technical soundness and promoting the spirit of innovation exhibited by the unit.
Mode of Availing the Schemes: MSME permanently registered with the state Directorate of Industries and which may be in continuous production for at least four years before the year of awards are eligible to apply for their demonstrable achievement of R & D efforts. Applications are invited in a prescribed format through advertisements in prominent newspapers covering all the states/UTs. The applications are routed through Director's of MSMEs in each state.
Selection of awardees is done by a two-tier system i.e. initially by recommendation of a State Level Selection Committee and finally by National Level Award Committee.
(Source:http://www.smallindustryindia.com/schemes/scincen.htm)
