MSME Ministry seeks to remove prior experience norm for start-ups

NEW DELHI: Government proposes to introduce a single-page registration form and do away with the 'prior experience' clause under the compulsory public procurement order for micro, small and medium enterprises, MSME Secretary Anup K Pujari said today.

The MSME Ministry has been persistently trying to advise the central and state governments not to expect 'prior experience' in procurement from start-ups, Pujari said at a Ficci event here.

"Procurement agencies could well ask such enterprises to provide warranties on their products which were longer than those with prior experience," he added.

Besides, the Secretary said the MSME Ministry is set to introduce a one-page form for registration of MSMEs to reduce paperwork and eliminate ambiguous wordage in the registration form.