PANAJI: The Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) will be setting up an ‘Udyami Helpline’ with toll free number 1800-180-MSME or 1800-180-6763 across the country to provide easy and ready access to information regarding the various government programmes for MSMEs and to provide interaction with
the banks.

The helpline will answer queries relating to the Ministry of MSME, office of the Development Commissioner MSME, SIDBI, Coir Board, KVIC etc, provide basic advice on how to set up an enterprise, provisions of the MSME Act, procedures for filing entrepreneurs memorandum etc, and also answer individual bank-related queries. Eventually, an appropriate interface will be established with the banks to ensure that the issues are addressed promptly.