Small scale industries play a vital role in the socio-economic development of India. To promote and encourage these small-scale industries, the government of the country created the MSMED Act. The Act was created to maintain a list of all the industries registered as MSME or SSI. The record aided in providing support and incentives to these firms
The MSMED Act includes:
- • Small Scale Industries (SSI)
- • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
- • Lesser interest rates
- • Excise exemption scheme
- • Subsidies in tax, capital investment and power tariff
- • Other support
Under the MSMED Act, these small businesses get varying incentives such as
- • Priority sector lending
- • Tax exemptionsd
- • Capital investment