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@gmail.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
|
3,143
|