Udyam Registration: What is Modi govt’s new portal, why MSMEs need to register, what about existing units?

Companies with EM-II or UAM registration can even should re-register themselves.(Specific File/Gurmeet Singh)

Zero-cost MSME registration portal Udyam Registration launched by the federal government in July final 12 months has registered 31.56 lakh entities as of June 2, 2021, in keeping with the MSME Ministry’s knowledge. As per the MSME Ministry annual report 2020-21, there have been 1.02 crores Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM)-registered MSMEs between September 2015 and June 2020 aside from almost 22 lakh models registered beneath Entrepreneur Memorandum II between 2007 and 2015. General, as per the final survey documenting India’s MSME inhabitants was the Nationwide Pattern Survey (NSS) 73rd spherical performed by Nationwide Pattern Survey Workplace throughout FY16, there have been 6.33 crore unincorporated non-agriculture MSMEs, of which 6.30 crore have been micro corporations, 3.31 lakh have been small enterprises and 5,000 have been mid-sized companies.

What’s Udyam Registration portal?

Small scale industrial models used to register with the District Industries Centres (DICs) earlier than the MSME Improvement Act, 2006, got here into impact. Later beneath the provisions of the act, entrepreneurs needed to file Entrepreneur Memorandum (EM) part-I at DICs earlier than establishing the MSME and EM-II after starting the manufacturing work. Between 2007-15, 21,96,902 EM-II filings have been recorded and between September 2015 and June 30 2020 1,02,32,451 (1.02 crore), MSME registrations have been finished on the e-filing system beneath Udyog Aadhar Memorandum (UAM). UAM was changed by Udyam Registration.

“This can assist the federal government mixture the info on the variety of MSMEs within the nation. Furthermore, the federal government would additionally get knowledge primarily based on the product class, as an illustration, garment, electronics, gems, auto, and so forth., and the scale of the enterprise together with the funding and turnover. Additionally, geographically, the federal government would get the info to know the density of the MSMEs primarily based on metropolis, state, or district clever. Knowledge is a giant factor to reap and right this moment it’s all about knowledge,” Vishwanath, Co-chairman, Trade Affairs Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Trade advised Monetary Specific On-line.

How one can register a brand new enterprise on the portal?

Udyam Registration is a self-declaration paperless and free-of-cost platform for entrepreneurs to register their enterprises. Companies don’t have to offer any paperwork or proof besides the Aadhaar variety of the registration. Furthermore, the portal will mechanically pull PAN and GST-linked particulars on funding within the enterprise, in keeping with Udyam Registration since it’s built-in with Earnings Tax and GSTIN programs. MSMEs are given a everlasting registration quantity and a certificates post-registration. The certificates bears a QR Code from which the main points concerning the enterprise might be accessed.

What about present companies?

Companies with EM-II or UAM registration must re-register themselves. Importantly, the Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI) had final 12 months clarified that present EMs half II and/or UAMs of MSMEs obtained earlier than June 30, 2020, will proceed to stay legitimate until March 31, 2021, at the same time as they needed to register earlier than March beneath Udyam Registration on or after July 1, 2020. Nevertheless, renewal of recent registration gained’t be required.

“New Udyam portal shall be useful for registration of recent companies. Submission of paperwork at DIC shall be built-in into the identical portal. Will probably be actually useful for MSMEs, provided that provisions associated to delayed funds are enforced in an actual sense. Furthermore, solely 24 per cent of MSMEs amongst over 1 crore EM-II and UAM registered MSMEs and new ones. Nevertheless, present MSMEs might not passionate about registration as it’s mere compliance and doesn’t provide nice advantages as perceived by them,” Veerendra Jamdade, CEO, Vritti Options advised Monetary Specific On-line.

What number of Udyam registrations might be obtained by a single enterprise for a number of manufacturing actions?

Whereas just one Udyam Registration is required by an MSME, it may well add any variety of actions together with manufacturing or service or each might beneath single registration in contrast to earlier when a number of Udyog Aadhaar registrations have been required for a number of factories. “Earlier than the Udyam portal, there have been tips for MSMEs to take completely different Udyog Aadhaar registration for his or her a number of factories. Whereas within the new portal, which requires Aadhaar and PAN, GST particulars, one also can add new models however the turnover and funding restrict shall be picked from the corporate’s steadiness sheet mechanically in contrast to in UAM, which required solely Aadhaar, the place you had to offer particulars manually,” Mukesh Mohan Gupta, President, Chamber of Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) had advised Monetary Specific On-line.