Newly sworn-in MSME Minister Jatin Ram Manjhi has urged India’s aspiring entrepreneurs to register with the government’s MSME registration portal Udyam to launch their new ventures.
“Get your Udyam Registration for free and start your own business. Register at http://udyamregistration.gov.in to get your Udyam Registration,” said Manjhi in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
“Narendra Modi’s resolution is that there should be skill in every hand and employment in every home,” he said.
Former Chief Minister of Bihar, Manjhi replaced Bharatiya Janata Party’s Narayan Rane who took charge as the MSME Minister in July 2021 amid the first major cabinet reshuffle in the second term of PM Modi. He had replaced Nitin Gadkari.
The Dalit face of NDA, Manjhi, 79, and the leader of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), Manjhi had secured the Gaya seat in Bihar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by 101812 votes against Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Kumar Sarvjeet.
Along with Manjhi, Shobha Karandlaje – Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare in the second term of the Modi government took charge as the new Minister of State (Mos) in the Ministry of MSME, replacing the former MoS Bhanu Pratap Verma.
Karandlaje was previously a member of the Standing Committee on Energy, Committee on Empowerment of Women and the Consultative Committee under the Ministry of Women and Child Development in the 17th Lok Sabha.
India currently has 4.5 crore MSMEs registered with the MSME Ministry under the Udyam registration portal launched in July 2020. Of the 4.5 crore MSMEs, 4.4 crore or 98.1 per cent enterprises were micro units followed by 7.06 lakh small enterprises and 67,364 medium enterprises.
The micro enterprise count also included 1.89 crore micro enterprises outside the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) such as street vendors, registered via the Udyam Assist Platform launched in January 2023.
