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MSME Ministry, MoSPI Partner to Strengthen Statistical Business Register
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News18•29-09-2026, 15:30
MSME Ministry, MoSPI Partner to Strengthen Statistical Business Register
- •The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) signed an MoU to enhance the Statistical Business Register (SBR).
- •The MoU establishes terms for sharing unit-wise Udyam Registration data from MSME to MoSPI via APIs, and a two-way API will provide data for the National Statistical Business Register (NSBR).
- •This collaboration aims to institutionalize a mechanism for data sharing to develop and strengthen the SBR.
- •The agreement will facilitate a structured framework for sharing relevant information from the Udyam Registration ecosystem with MoSPI, improving coverage, consistency, and reliability of business information for statistical purposes.
- •The SBR is a centralized database of registered businesses, crucial for economic statistics by improving data quality, identifying survey populations, and supporting business demography statistics.
Key Questions Answered
The MSME Ministry and MoSPI signed an MoU to institutionalize a mechanism for sharing unit-wise data from the Udyam Registration via APIs to strengthen and develop the Statistical Business Register (SBR).
The MoU was signed by Rajneesh, Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner for the Ministry of MSME, alongside Dalip Singh, Additional Director General for MoSPI.
The Statistical Business Register improves the coverage, consistency, and reliability of business data, helps identify target populations for economic surveys, supports business demography statistics, and integrates data from various sources.
