Delhi’s industries department has introduced a wide-ranging support framework for MSMEs, startups, and entrepreneurs, aiming to simplify registration, finance, training, and export assistance, backed by new policies and a comprehensive scheme compendium.
Delhi’s industries department has unveiled a wider support blueprint for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs, as the city government tries to knit together registration, finance, training, market access and export help into a single framework. At Udyam Samvad 2026, held at Delhi Sachivalaya, Industries Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the administration wants to build an ecosystem in which founders concentrate on their idea while the state helps them move through the formalities of starting and scaling a business.
The event also marked the release of a compendium covering more than 50 schemes from the central and Delhi governments. According to the organisers, the guide brings together support across finance, capacity building, technology, market access and business development, with the aim of making it easier for micro, small and medium enterprises to identify the programmes they can use.
Sirsa said the city’s support architecture is being strengthened through the New Industrial Policy, the New Startup Policy, the New Export Promotion Policy and the Delhi Ease of Doing Business Bill 2026. He also pointed to an export promotion cell being set up to help businesses reach overseas customers, while saying micro and small enterprises have already received guarantees under the Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises scheme. The government is also using the Centre’s Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance programme to provide training, handholding and onboarding support for government e-marketplace platforms, according to the minister.
Women entrepreneurs were a major focus of the discussion. Sirsa said the government was planning dedicated support for women running home-based businesses, including help with registration and other compliance requirements so they can enter the formal economy more confidently. He also said tenders had been issued for road-improvement work in unauthorised industrial areas. The event included an interactive session in which entrepreneurs and industry representatives raised concerns about schemes, registrations, infrastructure, finance, market access, exports and expansion, underlining the scale of demand for more practical, coordinated support.
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