Building Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)

Organisation

National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP)

Objective

The objective is to enhance awareness of MSME about Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to take measure for the protecting their ideas and business strategies. Effective utilisation of IPR tools by MSMEs would also assist them in technology upgradation and enhancing competitiveness.

Eligibility

MSME Units, MSME Organisations, Competent Agencies, Expert Agencies & IPR Facilitating Agencies

Brief

The initiatives are proposed to be developed through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode initiatives are proposed to be developed through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode to encourage economically sustainable models for overall development of MSMEs. Under this programme financial assistance is being provided for taking up the identified initiatives. Eligible applicants/beneficiaries will have to contribute minimum 10% of the GoI financial support for availing assistance under the scheme.