Amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961

No. 8/7/2006-CDN
Government of India
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(Coordination Section)
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi
17th May 2007

CIRCULAR

Subject: Amendment to the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 – creation of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by merging the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries.
The Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries was first created on 14th October 1999 and, on 6th September 2001, further bifurcated into two separate ministries, namely, the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries.

2. The President under Notification dated 9th May 2007 has amended the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. Pursuant to this amendment, Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries (Krishi Evam Gramin Udyog Mantralaya) and Ministry of Small Scale Industries (Laghu Udyog Mantralaya) have been merged into a single Ministry, namely, “MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUKSHMA LAGHU AUR MADHYAM UDYAM MANTRALAYA)”.

3. As per the SECOND SCHEDULE of the Government of India Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, entries under the heading “MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUKSHMA LAGHU AUR MADHYAM UDYAM MANTRALAYA)” relating to business allocated to this Ministry are indicated in the Annexure.

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(Raj Pal)
Director
Tel.23063198

Enclosures: As above
To
1. All Ministries/Departments of Government of India
2. Chief Secretaries to all State Governments/ UTs
3. All Attached / Subordinate Offices, /Commissions, PSUs and Autonomous Bodies under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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1. All officers/sections/desks in Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
2. APS to Minister (MSME)
3. Shri J.P. Singh, Technical Director, NIC with a request to upload the above circular on the website of the Ministry.
S/d-
(Raj Pal)
Director

ANNEXURE
[Extracts from the SECOND SCHEDULE of the Government of India
(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961]MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SUKSHMA LAGHU AUR MADHYAM UDYAM MANTRALAYA)

PART 1
SUBJECTS IN LIST 1 OF THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA:
1. Industries, the development and regulation of which by the Union are declared by Parliament to be expedient in public interest under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951) and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) so far as they relate respectively to small scale industrial undertakings and ancillary industrial undertakings and, as the case may be, micro, small, medium enterprises defined in the said Acts.

PART 11
2. For the Union territories, the subject mentioned in PART 1 above so far as they exist in regard to these territories.

PART 11I
GENERAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL:
3. All matters of policy and planning relating to and coordination of all measures for development of micro, small and medium enterprises, including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries.
4. National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
5. Co-operation in the micro, small and medium enterprises sector, including cottage, khadi, village and coir industries, excepting cooperative sugar factories.
6. All matters relating to preference policies for procurement of goods produced and services rendered by micro and small enterprises by Ministries or Departments, public sector undertakings and aided institutions of the Central Government.
7. All matters relating to technical and economic cooperation with United Nations Industrial Development Organisation for promotion and development of micro, small and medium enterprises, including cottage, khadi, village and coir industries.

PART 1V
ATTACHED OFFICE:
8 Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) and Office of the Development Commissioner (Small Scale Industries), including Small Industries Development Organisation field units like Small Industry Service Institutes, Regional Testing Centres and Field Testing Stations, Small Entrepreneurs Promotion and Training Institute (SEPTI), etc.
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PART V
STATUTORY AND AUTONOMOUS BODIES AND TRAINING INSTITUTES:
9. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) ,Mumbai.
10. Coir Board (CB), Kochi.
11. Tool Rooms and Training Centres operated through the Small Industries Development
Organisation.
12. Entrepreneurship Development and Skill Development or Training Institutes:
(i) National Institute of Small Industry Extension Training (NISIET), Hyderabad.

(ii) National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
(NIESBUD), Noida.
(iii) Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati.
(iv) Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI), Agra.
(v) Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI), Chennai
(vi) All Training Institutes of Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
(vii) All Training Institutes of Coir Board.
13. Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Small Industries.
14. Research and Development Centres, including:-
(i) Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI), Mumbai.
(ii) Electronic Service and Training Centre (ESTC), Ramnagar.
(iii) Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC), Agra.
(iv) Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC), Meerut.
(v) Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre (FFDC), Kannauj.
(vi) Centre for the Development of Glass Industry (CDGI), Firozabad.
(vii) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Industrialisation, Wardha.
15. Any other statutory body or institute created for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises including those in the unorganised sector.

PART VI
PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKING:
16. National Small Industries Corporation Limited, Delhi.

PART VII
AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS:
17. National Awards for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries.
18. National Awards for Research and Development Efforts by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries.
19. National Awards for Quality Products, including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries.
20. National and international exhibitions, buyer-seller meets and similar events for promotion and development of micro, small and medium enterprises, including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries.
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PART VIII
ADMINISTRATION OF ACTS, RULES AND REGULATIONS:
21. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006) and Rules and Regulations there under.
22. Section 29B of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951) to the extent its provisions relate to small scale industrial undertakings and ancillary industrial undertakings and Rules and Regulations there under.
23. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956) and Rules and Regulations there under.
24. The Coir Industry Act, 1953 (45 of 1953) and Rules and Regulations there under.

PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS:
25. Coordination and implementation of Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana and Rural Employment Generation Programme and similar schemes or programmes relating to industrialisation and employment generation through promotion and development of micro, small and medium enterprises, including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries with the states or Union territories, and enhancing the competitiveness of such enterprises and industries.
26. All other matters relating to micro, small and medium enterprises including khadi, cottage, village and coir industries, not specifically allocated to any other Ministry or Department and renomenclature of the existing non-statutory organisations, field offices and institutions under the Ministry in line with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006)
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