Classification of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) - RBI
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RBI/2023-24/100
FIDD.MSME & NFS.BC.No.13/06.02.31/2023-24
December 28, 2023
The Chairman/ Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
All Scheduled Commercial Banks (except RRBs)
(including Small Finance Banks and Local Area Banks)
Dear Sir / Madam
Classification of MSMEs
Please refer to para 2.4 to 2.7 of the Master Direction - Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector dated July 24, 2017 (as updated on July 29, 2022), inserted in terms of the circular FIDD.MSME & NFS.BC.No.3/06.02.31/2020-21 dated July 2, 2020 on the new definition of MSME. The revised criteria for classification of enterprises as Micro, Small and Medium enterprises were notified by the Ministry of MSME, GoI vide Gazette Notification S.O. 2119 (E) dated June 26, 2020. Subsequent amendment has been made to the above notification by Government of India (GoI) vide Gazette Notification S.O. 2119 (E) dated October 19, 2022.
2. As classification / re-classification of MSMEs is the statutory responsibility of Ministry of MSME, GoI as per the provisions of the MSMED Act, 2006, regulated entities shall be guided by the notifications issued by the Ministry of MSME in this regard, from time to time.
3. Accordingly, the following amendments are made in the above Master Direction- Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector:
| Existing para | Revised para |
| Para 2.2: All the above enterprises are required to register online on the Udyam Registration portal and obtain ‘Udyam Registration Certificate’. | Para 2.2: All the above enterprises are required to register online on the Udyam Registration portal and obtain ‘Udyam Registration Certificate’. For PSL purposes banks shall be guided by the classification recorded in the Udyam Registration Certificate (URC). |
| Para 2.4 to 2.7 | Deleted |
The Master Direction has been updated accordingly.
Yours faithfully
(R Giridharan)
Chief General Manager
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