Ministry of Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, (MSME). Government of India, established 18 Technology Centres (TCs) between 1967 to 1999, earlier known as Tool Rooms (10 Nos) and Technology Development Centres (8 Nos) across the country in the sectors like General Engineering, Automation, Hand Tools, Plastics, Auto parts, Electrical & Electronics, Forging & Foundry, Sports Goods, Leather & Footwear, Fragrance & Flavours, etc to support MSMEs and Industries for Design, Development and Manufacturing of Tools, Dies, Moulds, Jigs & Fixtures, etc. TCs are also supporting MSMEs in Job work, Precision production and technical consultancy (List of 18 TCs attached at Annexure A).
Primary objectives of these TCs are to support industries, particularly MSMEs in the country through:
Providing access to Advanced Manufacturing Technologies;
Skilling of manpower in technology development;
Providing technical and business advisory support to MSMEs.
Keeping in view the success of existing 18 TCs in serving MSMEs, a strong need was felt to strengthen the TCs network by setting up more Technology Centres (TCs) across the country. Accordingly, under the Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP), 15 new Technology Centres are being established across the country .
Between 1967 to 1999, M/o MSME had established 18 Technology Centres (TCs) across the country. Further, under the Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP), 15 new Technology Centres are being established. However, even with the increased network of 33 TCs across India, large numbers of MSMEs will remain unserved. Hence, to further increase the reach of the Technology Centres, “Establishment of New Technology Centres / Extension Centres” scheme was approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) to establish 20 new TCs and 100 Extension Centres.
