Financial assistance for implementation of lean manufacturing techniques, primarily the cost of lean manufacturing consultant (80% by GoI and 20% by beneficiaries).

Lean manufacturing consultants (LMCs) will raise bills for services provided to SPV; SPV will pay the first installment of 20% to the LMC and will get it reimbursed by the NMIU; funds will be transferred to the NMIU by GoI. The payment to LMC by SPV would be on a milestone basis in 5 tranches of 20% each.

The scheme is open to all manufacturing MSEs. The units should be registered with the DIC (EM-II) or with any other agency (professional body, association, Government agency, department, etc.). The units are required to form a MC, ideally of 10 units (minimum 6), by signing among themselves a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to participate in the scheme.

• A group of SMEs can apply for the scheme, hence either a recognised SPV can apply or a mini cluster can be formed by a group of 10 or more units.
• The SPV can apply to the National Monitoring and Implementing Unit (National Productivity Council for the Scheme) in the given format.
• The approval is given in two steps; first, the provisional approval, and final approval is given once the criteria of the provisional approval are fulfilled.