NSIC Registration

Under the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MoMSMEs), the Government of India oversees the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC). NSIC encourages and supports MSMEs’ expansion across the country. Professionals oversee the corporation’s incubation and training programs. NSIC offers comprehensive support services across multiple domains, including technology, marketing, finance, and support services. Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) can participate in government procurement by opting for NSIC Registration under the Single Point Registration Scheme (SPRS).

The Indian government founded the National Small Industries Corporation in 1955. As of right now, NSIC is a well-known Mini Ratna PSU with ISO 9001:2015 certification. The Government of India established NSIC to support small and expanding businesses in post-independence India. NSIC serves as a middleman, offering support to small-scale industries (SSI). MSEs with NSIC registration are eligible for a number of government development programs, which can help them expand their businesses significantly.

Benefits of NSIC Registration

NSIC Registration brings a wide range of benefits for the entities to enjoy under the domain. Few of such benefits are as follows-

• Free issuance of the tender sets; 
• waiver of the need to pay an earnest money deposit (EMD); 
• Participating MSEs in the tender who quote prices within the L1+15 percent price band may also supply up to 25% of the requirement by lowering their prices to L1 price, provided that L1 is made up of non-MSEs. 
• Every Central Ministry, Department, and PSU must set an annual target of acquiring at least 25% of the total amount of goods and services produced or provided by MSEs.
• Three percent goes toward units owned by women entrepreneurs, and four percent goes toward units owned by Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribes, out of the yearly minimum of twenty-five percent procurement from MSEs. 
• 358 products are only available for purchase at SSI Sector.

Check if you are eligible for NSIC Registration

For proceeding ahead with the NSIC Registration, you need to fall in one of the give category to qualify for the minimum eligibility criteria:

• Registration with NSIC is open to all Micro and Small Businesses who hold an EM Part-II (Optional) or Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM). 
• For nascent businesses, Micro & Small Enterprises that have initiated their commercial production but have not yet reached their one-year anniversary of establishment. 
• Then, Micro & Small Businesses may apply for and receive a Provisional Registration Certificate, which will be good for a year. 

Note: It is not possible for traders to register under this scheme.

Challenges to experience in NSIC registration

The process of NSIC registration is a road with hurdles that are expected to face for a successful journey. A few of such hurdles are as follows:

Complex Process

The NSIC registration process is quite complex to be covered single-handedly. This becomes a problem for individuals dealing with the process without a team as the burden leads to missing important compliances, documents, and other things.

Comprehensive Documentation

The documentation required to be prepared for the NSIC registration is quite in numbers which makes the process a bit exhausting. This creates exertion for the applicant to prepare error-free documents within the specified timeline which eventually leads to committing mistakes in the process.

Exhaustive Compliances

The compliances list for NSIC operation and registration both is quite long to be covered. Therefore it is a challenge to meet the compliances on your own without any external assistance. If not taken care, it is expected to receive notice for non-compliance.