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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Services
  • • Counseling services to budding entrepreneurs
  • • Assistance / consultancy to prospective and existing entrepreneurs
Providers
  • • Credit counselling institution
  • • Certified credit counsellors (Sign-in)
Services
  • • EDP Training Programs
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
  • • Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
  • • MSME development institutes
  • • MSME associations
Services
  • • To identify, design and conduct training programmers for existing entrepreneurs
  • • Organizing entrepreneurship, management and skill development programmes
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
  • • Indian institute of entrepreneurship
  • • MSME development institutes
  • • National skill development corporation- partner institutions
Services
  • • To evolve strategies & methodologies for different target groups & locations & conduct field tests.
  • • SIDC'S develop land and provide the entire necessary industrial infrastructure, with roads, power, water supply, drainage and other amenities
Providers
  • • Credit Counselling Institution
Services
  • • Formulating project profiles of products / industries suitable and feasible in the msme sector
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
Services
  • • Information and feasibility assessment of technologies
  • • Facilitating buying
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
Services
  • • Information and negotiation services
  • • Facilitating linkages
  • • Bulk purchases if possible
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
Services
  • • Identifying, recruitment
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
  • • Local Business Development Service (BDS) providers
  • • Placement services agencies
Services
  • • Management training programs
  • • Consulting services
Providers
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
  • • MSME development institutes
  • • Private service providers, who provide services on a fee basis operating at various levels, usually called the Business Development Service (BDS) providers. The type of services range from marketing, accounting, audit, technology sourcing, legal etc.
Services
  • • Mentoring and advisory support
Providers
  • • MSME associations
  • • Private BDS providers
  • • Angels/ mentor platforms
  • • Industry associations
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
Services
  • • Information on vcs /startups
  • • Business plans
Providers
  • • SIDBI venture capital ltd
  • • State venture capital institutions
  • • Institutional venture capital institutions
  • • Private venture capital institutions
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
Services
  • • Information on various credit institutions
  • • Business plans
  • • Facilitating credit services
Providers
  • • Banks – commercial banks, regional rural banks, urban cooperative banks, small finance banks
  • • Private financial institutions such as micro finance institutions, non-banking financial companies, venture capitals, fintechs, etc. Credit bureau
  • • Credit Rating Agencies
  • • State Finance Corporations
  • • Standupmitra.in and udyamimitra.in
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
Services
  • • Information on subsidies
  • • Facilitation services for subsidy
Providers
  • • Government sectoral financial support institutions such as KVIC , NSIC , DC-MSME etc.
Services
  • • Market information
  • • Market linkages – domestic/ export
  • • Exhibition/ exchanges
Providers
  • • Export promotion councils
  • • BDS providers
  • • Office of development commissioner,
  • • Sign-in project development pvt. Ltd
‘Events’ calendar has been introduced on portal by which handholding agencies can post their schedule of events which can be seen by the applicants. Applicants upon login, through their dash board, can view a consolidated events being held in their locality. While seeking support from handholding agencies, the applicants can also view the events, if any, scheduled by the handholding agencies.
Any entrepreneur requires guidance in his endeavor to set up his or her business enterprise starting from training to filling up loan applications as per bank requirements. Govt. Approved portal facilitates by providing step by step guidance for connecting to various agencies with specific expertise viz. Skilling centres, mentorship support, entrepreneurship development program centres, financial literacy centers, district industries centre, together with addresses and contact number.
Yes. You have to pay for the training program to the agency directly as per their applicable fee structure.
The applicant can select three preferred lenders and / or branch in order of his/ her choice.
Credit counselling institution (CCI) refers to an entity registered or formed under a central / state government legislation and working in the area of access to credit, credit counseling or financial literacy. CCI'S shall be mantained by trained professionals, certified by the Certification Agency and empanelled by IRA.
Implementing and Registering Authority (IRA) refers to the entity which shall implement the "framework for credit counsellors for the MSME sector". SIDBI is the IRA for CCIs.
CCI is expected to guide new / existing / budding / potential /aspiring indian entrepreneurs and providing them end-to-end solutions that may be leading to bank connect. It shall include :
  • • Identification of aspirant entrepreneurs
  • • Structuring the application with requisite documents / information
  • • Collection and including verification of primary information/data
  • • Creating awareness about schemes and facilities available including debt counselling
  • • Processing and submission of applications to banks or financial institutions using online/offline lodgement tools
  • • Assisting in obtaining disbursement including documentation, security/ charge creation, perfection and satisfaction thereof.
Yes; services of CCI shall be chargeable (within the benchmarked fee structure) unless subsidised by some agency.