The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for amendment to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006.
One of the key amendments changes the basis of classifying Micro, Small and Medium enterprises to ‘annual turnover’ from ‘investment in plant & machinery/equipment’.
The purpose of amendment to Section 7 of MSMED Act, 2006 is to encourage ease of doing business, make MSME classification norms growth oriented and align them to new indirect tax regime revolving around Goods & Services Tax (GST).
MSME is second largest employment generating sector after agriculture sector contributing around 31% to nation’s GDP.