Ministry of MSME implements its Champions Scheme to promotes competitiveness, quality enhancement and innovation among MSMEs

MSME Innovative Scheme follows a sector-agnostic approach to promote innovation; ZED certification enhances credibility of MSMEs improving market access Posted On: 12 MAR 2026 4:52PM by PIB Delhi 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. **** Sunil Kumar Tiwari E-Mail &ndash; hipessi[at]gmail[dot]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 <p style="text-align:c