Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Punjab
Punjab reimburses the ₹1 lakh per-programme industry contribution an MSME pays for NID Ahmedabad design awareness programmes.
Clause 12.8 D 17 of Punjab's Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022 supports MSMEs taking part in the Design Clinic Scheme run with the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Design awareness programmes under that scheme require a contribution from participating industry; Punjab reimburses that contribution at ₹1 lakh per programme. The intent is to get small manufacturers to treat industrial and product design as a competitiveness lever rather than an optional cost, by making participation in NID's awareness programmes effectively free for the unit.
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