{"id":117305,"date":"2026-08-05T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117305"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:01:01","slug":"msme-sustainable-zed-certification-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/msme-sustainable-zed-certification-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"MSME Sustainable ZED Certification Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>MSME Sustainable ZED Certification Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is promoting quality-driven and environmentally sustainable manufacturing through the MSME Sustainable (Zero Defect, Zero Effect \u2013 ZED) Certification Scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About MSME Sustainable ZED Certification Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to <\/span><b>help MSMEs improve manufacturing processes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, adopt higher quality standards and reduce their environmental footprint.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Micro, Small &amp; Medium Enterprises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major focus of the initiative is <\/span><b>encouraging women entrepreneurs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the government providing a <\/span><b>100 per cent subsidy on the cost of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zed\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZED certification<\/a> for women-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/msme\/\" target=\"_blank\">MSMEs<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since November 11, 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ZED framework <\/span><b>offers Bronze, Silver and Gold certifications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing MSMEs to progressively improve their quality and sustainability standards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible enterprises can avail <\/span><b>financial assistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of up to <\/span><b>75 per cent of the cost of testing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, system or product certification (up to \u20b950,000),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>\u20b92 lakh for consultancy and handholding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> support, and \u20b93 lakh for adopting cleaner technologies, pollution-control measures and Zero Effect solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme has also gained support across the country, <\/span><b>with 22 States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Union Territories integrating ZED into their industrial policies and offering additional incentives to certified MSMEs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/over-6-7-lakh-msmes-certified-under-zed-initiative-to-enhance-global-competitiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSME Sustainable ZED Certification Scheme aims to help MSMEs improve manufacturing processes, adopt higher quality standards and reduce their environmental footprint. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":117295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9270],"class_list":["post-117305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-msme-sustainable-zed-certification-scheme","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117305"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117328,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117305\/revisions\/117328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}