National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC), a public sector undertaking under the administrative control of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises facilitates Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in participation for Government Stores Purchase Programme. The MSEs registered with NSIC under its Single Point Registration Scheme get the following facilities:

(i) Issue of tender set free of cost.

(ii) Exemption from payment of earnest money.

(iii) In tender participation, MSEs quoting price within the price band of L1+15 percent shall also be allowed to supply a portion upto 20% of requirement by bringing down their price to L1 price where L1 is non - MSEs.

The registration of micro and small enterprises under Single Point Registration Programme of NSIC is in increasing trend.

State-wise and year-wise number of MSEs registered under the Single Point Registration Programme of NSIC during last three years

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri K. H. Muniyappa in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

Procurement preference for MSEs grants registered firms free tenders, EMD exemption and priority to match lowest bid. The Single Point Registration Scheme of NSIC grants registered MSEs free tender sets, exemption from earnest money, and procurement priority allowing them to supply a portion of requirements by matching the lowest non MSE bid under a specified price band mechanism; the release also records an increasing state wise trend in MSE registrations over the three reported years with accompanying totals.