Public Procurement Portal for MSEs: MSME Sambandh

• A Public Procurement Portal ‘MSME Sambandh’ was launched by Shri Giriraj Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.

• The objective of the portal is to monitor the implementation of the Public Procurement from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) by Central Public Sector Enterprises.

• MSME sector is the second most important sector for generating employment after the agricultural sector.

• This will help in achieving the objective of minimum 20% procurement of the products and services from MSEs annually.