Overview
- NITI Aayog released a report diagnosing duplication across MSME programmes and proposing a coordinated framework to improve delivery.
- The plan calls for merging SFURTI with MSE-CDP, integrating ASPIRE with MSME Innovative/Champions, and converging PMS with the International Cooperation scheme.
- The think tank recommends an AI-enabled portal serving as a single window for scheme information, applications, tracking, approvals access, and 24x7 assistance.
- Skill initiatives would be rationalised into three tracks covering entrepreneurship and business skills, MSME technical skills, and training for rural and women artisans.
- The report urges safeguards for targeted efforts such as the National SC/ST Hub and NER programme, keeps PMEGP and PM Vishwakarma independent, notes fragmented portals like My MSME and Udyam, and does not announce formal adoption or timelines.