MSME Day 2026: Vice-President launches PMEGP 2.0 and multilingual MSME portals, NSIC becomes Schedule 'A' CPSE
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan presided over 'MSME Day 2026 - Udyami Bharat' at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 27 June 2026, launching PMEGP 2.0 and other portals, multilingual access in all 22 Scheduled languages, and felicitating NSIC on its upgrade to a Schedule 'A' CPSE.
Summary
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan presided over 'MSME Day 2026 - Udyami Bharat' at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 27 June 2026, with MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. Radhakrishnan felicitated the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) on its upgrade from a Schedule 'B' to a Schedule 'A' Central Public Sector Enterprise and launched the PMEGP 2.0, SAMADHAAN 2.0, PMS 2.0, MSME Global Mart 2.0 and MSME Testing portals and the MSME Idea Hackathon 6.0. The ministry launched multilingual, voice-enabled access to MSME portals in all 22 Scheduled Indian languages, the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Radhakrishnan referred to this year's United Nations theme for MSME Day, 'Human-Centered Entrepreneurship in an AI-Driven Future', and was presented a sample of GI-tagged Ponduru Khadi from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
Key facts
- Date and venue
- 27 June 2026, Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi
- UN theme 2026
- Human-Centered Entrepreneurship in an AI-Driven Future
- NSIC
- Upgraded from Schedule 'B' to Schedule 'A' CPSE
- Launched
- PMEGP 2.0, SAMADHAAN 2.0, PMS 2.0, MSME Global Mart 2.0, MSME Testing portals; Idea Hackathon 6.0
- Languages (static)
- All 22 Scheduled languages (Eighth Schedule)
- GI gift
- Ponduru Khadi, Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh)
Practice MCQs 4 questions
Which United Nations theme for MSME Day 2026 did Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan refer to on 27 June 2026?
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Correct answer: A — Human-Centered Entrepreneurship in an AI-Driven Future
The Vice-President referred to this year's UN theme, 'Human-Centered Entrepreneurship in an AI-Driven Future'.
The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) was felicitated on MSME Day 2026 for its upgradation to:
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Correct answer: D — Schedule 'A' CPSE
NSIC was felicitated on its upgradation from a Schedule 'B' to a Schedule 'A' Central Public Sector Enterprise.
The GI-tagged Ponduru Khadi presented to the Vice-President on MSME Day 2026 comes from which district of Andhra Pradesh?
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Correct answer: C — Srikakulam
Ponduru Khadi is a traditional GI-tagged textile from Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
On MSME Day 2026 the ministry enabled access to MSME portals in all 22 Scheduled Indian languages. These languages are listed in which Schedule of the Constitution of India?
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Correct answer: B — Eighth Schedule
The 22 Scheduled languages are those included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, as listed by the Department of Official Language.