New Delhi, Apr 14 (KNN) Badli Industrial Estate Association has written to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) seeking extension for migration to Udyam Portal from Udyog Aadhar by 3 months.

''In view of the difficulties arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, a similar extension needs to be given to the MSMEs to migrate their Udyog Aadhaar to Udyam Registration. It is a fact that partly due to the pandemic situation on account of COVID-19 and partly due to lack of awareness or laxity on the part of our members, many of them have not done the needful by the last date of 31.03.2021 prescribed for migration,'' the association in its letter dated April 2nd.

It further said that as per information gathered by us, the situation throughout the country is no different as about 75 Lakh MSMEs registered under the old process are yet to migrate to the new system.

''Therefore, in order to make this process of migration seamless and without any break, it is requested that the last date of March 31, 2021 be extended by another period of 3 months with a wide publicity given to this extension through various means including direct emails to UAM registered units and the MSME Associations,'' it added.

So far, about 26.42 lakh MSMEs have registered on Udyam as per the data on MSME dashboard.

The association has further requested for non-consolidation of unit wise registration of MSME Enterprises having multiple units located at different locations.

A new process of classification and registration of MSMEs started from July 1, 2020. MSME Ministry in June’20 issued a notification introducing a new process for MSME registration (Udyam Registration) which stated that the existing MSME registrations, Udyog Aadhaar Number (UAN) or Enterprise Memorandum (EM) shall be invalid after March 31, 2021.

The gazette notification in June further stated that all enterprises are required to register online and obtain Udyam Registration Certificate. It further called for the existing enterprises which are already registered under UAN or EM to re-register in Udyam under the new system by the cut-off date of March 31, 2021.