Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has informed that National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Hub(NSSH) has been launched with the objective to provide professional support to SC/ST entrepreneurs to fulfill the obligations under the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises, adopt applicable business practices and leverage the Stand up India initiative with an objective to promote “enterprise culture” amongst the SC/ST Population. The number of SC/ST entrepreneurs who have availed benefits under NSSH for capacity building programmes, market linkage programmes viz., participation in domestic and foreign exhibitions, subsidy for registration under Single Point Registration Scheme, subsidy for enrolment on B2B portal and subsidy for rating of unit under Performance and Credit Rating during last three years are as under:
| Year | No. of beneficiaries |
| 2016-17* | 1323 |
| 2017-18 | 3827 |
| 2018-19 | 16352 |
*NSSH was launched in October 2016.
Under Special Marketing Assistance Scheme (SMAS) of National SC-ST Hub, marketing support is provided to SC/ST MSMEs for enhancement of competitiveness and marketability of their products by way of facilitating their participation in domestic and international exhibitions/trade fairs, vendors development programme, awareness campaigns, etc. 15,792 SC/ST entrepreneurs have been assisted under SMAS till 31.03.2019.