By Sunita K. Sreedharan
The Ministry of of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (M/o MSME) set up on May 9, 2007 by the merging of two ministries i.e. erstwhile Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries, has been on the fore-front to creaste awareness of IPR among the MSMEs in different parts of India. The MSMEs in manufacturing and service sectors have been defined on the basis of their investments as follows:
