Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO)

Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) is an apex body at Central level for formulating policy for the development of Small Scale Industries in the country.

SIDO functions through 27 offices.31 Small Industries Service Institutes,37 extention centres ,4 production centres and training centres.

Functions of SIDO
To formulate policies regarding the promotion and development of SSI at national level. To coordinate the activities of all departments, institutions and agencies involved in promoting the SSI.

To render all way support and encourage the entrepreneurs to set up and sort out the hurdles.
To organize EDPs, motivational campaigns etc. for rural artisans, educated unemployed, women entrepreneurs, and physically handicapped persons. To assist and encourage entrepreneurs to set up industrial units in rural and industrially backward areas.

The new areas of current operations undertaken by SIDO are:

1. WTO Cell: A WTO Cell has been established in the office of DC (SSI) with following objectives: i) To keep updated with regard to all WTO agreements. ii) To provide information to SSI Associations regarding recent developments. iii) To co-ordinate with other Ministries and Departments. iv) To organize WTO Seminars, Workshops etc.

2. ISO 9000/ISO 14001 Certification Reimbursement Scheme: Incentive schemes of Reimbursement of expenses for acquiring quality management system (QMS) ISO 900 Certification Environment Management (EMS) ISO-14001 certification to the extent of 75% or Rs. 75,000 whichever is lower.
3. Small Enterprise Information and Resource Centre Network: SIDO launched a project (SENSET) for the development and promotion of SSIs. It aims at creating an electronic network (Intranet) for its 21 electronics nodes all over the country, promoting data bases for small enterprises, providing technical know-how, training input and all other basic facilities for setting up and growth of SSI in the country.