Ministry of MSME implements its Champions Scheme to promotes competitiveness, quality enhancement and innovation among MSMEs
Ministry of MSME implements its Champions Scheme to promotes competitiveness, quality enhancement and innovation among MSMEs
The MSME Champion Scheme has substantially progressed towards achieving its intended objectives, with key deliverables having achieved and exceeded the stipulated targets. The evaluation of the Scheme is currently under process, to assess its impact on the objectives of its sub-components.
The MSME Champions Scheme promotes competitiveness, quality enhancement and innovation among MSMEs. The MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme and MSME Competitive (LEAN) Scheme primarily cover manufacturing MSMEs across a wide range of sectors attached at Annexure-I.
The MSME Innovative (Incubation, Design & IPR) Scheme follows a sector-agnostic approach to promote innovation by supporting development of innovative ideas through incubation, facilitating design interventions for product development and market competitiveness, and assisting MSMEs in protecting and commercialising their intellectual property through support for patent, trademark, design and GI registrations.
These initiatives contribute to improved operational efficiency, quality standards and process optimisation in MSMEs, including manufacturing-intensive and export-oriented MSMEs. ZED certification enhances the credibility of MSMEs, which helps in improved market access, integration with supply chains of large industries and participation in wider markets. Further, graded incentives extended by various Financial Institutions and Banks to ZED-certified MSMEs in the form of concessions in interest rates and processing fees facilitate improved access to credit and support the long-term growth and sustainability of enterprises; the list of such Financial Institutions/Banks is placed at Annexure-II. Implementation of the Scheme and beneficiary coverage is undertaken across States and Union Territories and the state-wise outcomes achieved under the schemes are attached at Annexure-III.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Sushri Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
E-Mail – hipessi[at]gmail[dot]com
Annexure-I
Manufacturing Sectors Covered under the MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme and MSME Competitive (LEAN) Scheme
S. No.
NIC Division Code
Sector
1
10
Manufacture of food products
2
11
Manufacture of beverages
3
12
Manufacture of tobacco products
4
13
Manufacture of textiles
5
14
Manufacture of wearing apparel
6
15
Manufacture of leather and related products
7
16
Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture); manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
8
17
Manufacture of paper and paper products
9
18
Printing and reproduction of recorded media
10
19
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
11
20
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
12
21
Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products
13
22
Manufacture of rubber and plastics products
14
23
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
15
24
Manufacture of basic metals
16
25
Manufacture of fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment)
17
26
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
18
27
Manufacture of electrical equipment
19
28
Manufacture of machinery and equipment (not elsewhere classified)
20
29
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
21
30
Manufacture of other transport equipment
22
31
Manufacture of furniture
23
32
Other manufacturing
24
33
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
Annexure-II
List of Banks/Financial Institutions extending concessions in interest rates & processing fees to ZED certified MSMEs
S. No.
Bank/Financial Institution
1
North East Small Finance Bank
2
ICICI Bank
3
YES Bank
4
ESAF Small Finance Bank
5
Fusion Micro Finance
6
Punjab National Bank
7
State Bank of India
8
Central Bank of India
9
Bank of Maharashtra
10
Bank of Baroda
11
The Federal Bank
12
AU Small Finance Bank
13
Canara Bank
14
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
15
UCO Bank
16
HDB Financial Services Limited
17
Bank of India
18
Union Bank of India
19
Karur Vysya Bank Limited
Annexure-III
State-Wise Outcomes Achieved Under the Schemes (as on 09.02.2026)
S. No.
State/UT
ZED Certified
LEAN Certified
Incubation Ideas
Design Projects
IPR Reimbursement
1
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2
0
0
0
0
2
Andhra Pradesh
17638
472
129
0
181
3
Arunachal Pradesh
3
0
3
0
0
4
Assam
4261
213
6
2
8
5
Bihar
22144
2016
14
1
13
6
Chandigarh
714
0
7
0
0
7
Chhattisgarh
5189
176
13
0
7
8
Delhi
6048
242
16
0
85
9
Goa
27
10
3
0
4
10
Gujarat
96423
1572
45
0
778
11
Haryana
19462
1573
13
4
147
12
Himachal Pradesh
2849
60
2
0
3
13
Jammu And Kashmir
8793
278
4
3
3
14
Jharkhand
2291
133
11
3
6
15
Karnataka
66363
1171
98
23
132
16
Kerala
5314
268
31
1
148
17
Ladakh
8
0
0
0
0
18
Lakshadweep
0
0
0
0
0
19
Madhya Pradesh
18529
1567
22
2
57
20
Maharashtra
43299
2676
87
7
475
21
Manipur
9
25
0
0
0
22
Meghalaya
39
6
4
0
0
23
Mizoram
0
0
0
0
0
24
Nagaland
67
129
0
0
0
25
Odisha
13454
89
47
1
78
26
Puducherry
384
18
3
0
1
27
Punjab
20726
770
15
2
33
28
Rajasthan
28289
1016
39
1
160
29
Sikkim
1
0
0
0
0
30
Tamil Nadu
17236
1061
508
1
47
31
Telangana
13259
278
162
2
580
32
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
505
18
0
0
0
33
Tripura
336
65
1
0
0
34
Uttar Pradesh
103228
1961
67
16
126
35
Uttarakhand
1290
96
11
0
19
36
West Bengal
8959
650
57
0
52
Total
5,27,139
18,609
1,418
69