PIB News Update: Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has informed that The Government has taken several measures to spread awareness among entrepreneurs of MSMEs to register on Udyog Aadhaar Portal like Easy self registration by entrepreneurs, Active facilitation of MSME registration by MSME field offices.
The number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which had filed Entrepreneurs Memorandum Part-II during 2014-15 was 4,25,358 and as on 15.11.2019, 79.66 lakhs MSMEs are registered on Udyog Aadhaar Portal. The Year-wise number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises registered on Udyog Aadhaar Portal are given below:
| Period | Total MSME Registered |
| As on 31/03/2016* | 495,468 |
| As on 31/03/2017 | 2,868,614 |
| As on 31/03/2018 | 4,386,129 |
| As on 31/03/2019 | 6,508,017 |
| As on 15/11/2019 | 7,965,984 |
* Since Inception in September, 2015.