UP MSME Promotion Policy, 2022

Per the Central MSMED classification (composite investment-and-turnover criteria). Udyam registration is mandatory.

Capital/investment subsidy graded by enterprise size and region; interest subsidy on term loans; stamp duty exemption; EPF reimbursement; quality certification, patent and technology upgradation support; and marketing/exhibition assistance.

Typically 100% exemption in Bundelkhand and Purvanchal, 75% in Madhyanchal and Paschimanchal, and 50% in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad, with 100% for women, SC/ST and Divyangjan entrepreneurs statewide. Confirm against the current GO.

Under the UP MSME (Establishment & Operation) Act 2020, a new MSME that files a declaration receives an acknowledgement certificate and a period of exemption (1,000 days) from most inspections and approvals, during which it must obtain the required clearances.

Common Facility Centres, testing labs, cluster development under MSE-CDP convergence, and flatted factory complexes.

ODOP margin money, CFC and toolkit schemes run alongside; an ODOP unit can typically access both, subject to no duplication of the same head.

Rehabilitation support and one-time settlement facilitation through the district committee and the state's MSME facilitation council for delayed-payment disputes (Samadhan portal).

File on the MSME Samadhan portal; the UP MSE Facilitation Council adjudicates buyer default under Section 15–24 of the MSMED Act.

DIEPC (District Industries & Enterprise Promotion Centre) through Nivesh Mitra; the DIEPC is also the verification agency.

CM Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan (CM-YUVA), Mukhya Mantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana, PMEGP, ODOP Margin Money and Vishwakarma Shram Samman.