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Delhi conducts 450 workshops for nearly 20,000 small entrepreneurs; 600 businesses join e-commerce platforms

New Delhi, Nov 14 (UNI) Delhi's efforts to bring small businesses into the digital marketplace have gained momentum, with 450 capacity-building workshops conducted for 19,931 micro-enterprise participants in less than five months, while 600 businesses have been registered on various e-commerce platforms, an official said on Saturday.
The initiative, spearheaded by Industries Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, is being implemented under the Centre's Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) programme.
The workshops, conducted between June 25 and November 13 across 28 locations, have covered industrial and business clusters, including Bawana, Narela, Okhla, Mundka, Nangloi, Jahangirpuri and Sangam Vihar.
Reviewing the programme during a meeting on the key projects of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC), which operates under the Industries Department, Sirsa said the government was committed to extending market access and institutional support to smaller enterprises.
"Our objective is to create an enabling business environment in Delhi, where home-based enterprises can access markets across the country, and the capital emerges as a preferred destination for investment and industrial growth. Small enterprises remain a key priority in this vision," he said.
Emphasising the need to ensure that entrepreneurs operating from modest establishments receive opportunities comparable to larger businesses, the minister said, "A person running a business from one room in Bawana or Sangam Vihar deserves the same access to markets, credit and guidance as a large company. We are taking that support to their doorstep, and we will not stop at training."
The programme envisages a total of 824 workshops, with Sirsa setting January 2027 as the deadline for completing the exercise. Delhi currently has 12.64 lakh enterprises registered on the Udyam portal, highlighting the scale of the city's micro, small and medium enterprise sector.
The participation figures also reflect the programme's outreach among underrepresented business groups. Of the 19,931 participants, 3,906 represented women-led enterprises, while 2,191 belonged to Scheduled Caste-owned businesses and 273 to Scheduled Tribe-owned enterprises.
Another 334 participants came from enterprises owned by persons with disabilities. The training modules cover a range of areas aimed at improving business management and competitiveness, including financial discipline, supply chain management, cyber security, environmental, social and governance (ESG) awareness, women entrepreneurship and online selling.
Of the 600 enterprises brought onto digital commerce platforms, 244 have joined the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), while 17 have been registered on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
The remaining businesses have established their presence on private e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms, including Flipkart (44), Amazon (10), and Meesho, JioMart, Instamart
and Blinkit (285 collectively).
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