<h1>Loan financing for technology centre programme expands MSME access to technology, advisory services and skills under a multi-year plan.</h1> Loan Agreement provides World Bank financing for the Technology Centre System Programme to establish fifteen new Technology Centres and modernize eighteen existing centres. The project comprises three components-technical assistance to centres, capital investment for upgrades and new centres, and technical assistance to the Ministry for implementation, monitoring and evaluation-with the objective of enhancing MSME productivity through financially sustainable technology centres. The Office of the Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, is the implementing agency and Indian MSMEs, larger firms, trainees and workers are beneficiaries during a multi-year implementation period.