# Introduction icro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has emerged as a highly vibrant and dynamic sector of the Indian economy. MSMEs not only play crucial role in providing large employment opportunities at comparatively lower capital cost than large industries but also help in industrialization of rural & backward areas, thereby, reducing regional imbalances, assuring more equitable distribution of national income and wealth. MSMEs are complementary to large industries as ancillary units and this sector contributes enormously to the socio-economic development of the country. The Government of India has enacted the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 in terms of which the definition of micro, small and medium enterprises is as under: a) Enterprises engaged in the manufacture or production, processing or preservation of goods as specified below: i. A micro enterprise is an enterprise where investment in plant and machinery does not exceed Rs. 25 lakh; ii. A small enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery is more than Rs. 25 lakh but does not exceed Rs. 5 crore; and iii. A medium enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery is more than Rs.5 crore but does not exceed Rs.10 crore. In case of the above enterprises, investment in plant and machinery is the original cost excluding land and building and the items specified by the Ministry of Small Scale Industries vide its notification No. Voluntarily investing in environmental measures or concerns is part of showing an environmentally friendly attitude or showing some form of sustainable entrepreneurship. For the private sector this is part of sustainable entrepreneurship: trying to find a balance between planet, profit and people (Masurel, 2007:191). # III. # Objectives of the Paper The following are the objectives of the paper: a) To assess the performance of MSMEs in India b) To assess the role of MSME in entrepreneurship development IV. # Methodology The study is based on secondary data. A survey of literatures by eminent research scholars is done to get deep insights about the subject matter. Several published reports are also consulted such as Annual report of MSME 2014-15 and websites of Ministry Of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India etc. are browsed through during the study. V. # Findings and Analysis 1. Performance Of Msme In India a) One of the variables measuring the performance of any sector in an economy is the contribution of the sector to the GDP of the country. The contribution of MSME to India's GDP is given as follows: Exhibit # Conclusion The sector's contribution to India's economy is immense but it is extremely vulnerable to socioeconomic changes. Only few are able to survive beyond five to six years. (Baldwin, 2001;Audet and St-Jean, 2007). According to Gurtoo, several reasons create this vulnerability (2009:181). The work typically operates at very low levels of organization and scale. The reliance on day-to-day profits for survival is high, with lack of formal space for operations, and little or no division between labor and capital (ILO, 2002(ILO, , 2006;;Bhalotra, 2002). Informal sector work is not constituted as a separate legal entity, independent of the household or with clear distinction of production activities (Chen, 2006;N and, 2006;Williams, 2005). Business transactions in informal sector are not legally established, rendering them personalized and unpredictable. However, these transactions are totally market based, conceded by any formal system or Government intervention (Schneider and Bajada, 2003;Williams, 2005) Irrespective of all these barriers and impediments, Government of India is providing more and more emphasize on development of MSME. As a part of the efforts, Government established incubation centers in IITs and IIMs to finance the venture of first generation entrepreneurs. # Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XVI Issue IX Version I Year ( ) change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,(2007).SMEs differ from larger firms in terms of theirengagement with social and environmental issues. Theyrarely have codified social or environmental policies(Spence, 2007; Hamann et al., 2009) and seem toengage in less explicit environmental and socialbehaviour than larger firms (Lawrence et al., 2006).S.O.1722 b) Enterprises engaged in providing or rendering of (E) dated October 5, 2006. services and whose investment in equipment (original cost excluding land and building and furniture, fittings and other items not directly related to the service rendered or as may be notified under the MSMED Act, 2006 are specified below. i. A micro enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment does not exceed Rs. 10 lakh; ii. A small enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment is more than Rs.10 lakh but does not exceed Rs. 2 crore; and iii. A medium enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment is more than Rs. 2 crore but does not exceed Rs. 5 crore. As per the revised methodology suggested by Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the estimated contribution of manufacturing sector Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to GDP, during 2012-13, was 7.04 percent. The major functions of the Organization are: -i. Advising the Government in policy formulation for the promotion and development of MSME units ii. Providing techno-economic and managerial consultancy, common facilities and extension services to the MSME Sector; iii. Providing for technology upgradation, modernisation, quality improvement and infrastructure; iv. Developing Human Resources through training and skill upgradation; v. Providing economic information services; vi. Maintaining a close liaison with the Central Ministries, Planning Commission, State Governments, Financial Institutions and other organisations concerned with development of MSME Sector vii. Evolving and coordinating Policies and Programmes for development of the MSME as ancillaries to large industries. II. Literature Review According to Revell and Blackburn, Compliance, competitiveness and value-driven ecological and social concern have been identified as motivations for pro-social and pro-environmental behaviour in SMEs. The competitiveness argument underpins much of the UK government's approach to encouraging voluntary pro-environmental engagement in small businesses, particularly with respect to climate 1Exhibit 2: Performance of SSI / MSME: Employment, InvestmentsSl. No.YearTotal Working Enterprises (in Lakh)Employment (in Lakh)Market Value of Fixed Assets (Rs. in Crore)YearVolume XVI Issue IX Version I2. MSME also plays a crucial role in encouragement of entrepreneurial instinct in the country. The scheme called "Support for Entrepreneurial and Managerial development of SMEs through Incubators" is operational since April 2008. This is one of the components of National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP) which emphasis's on the Support for Entrepreneurial andManagerial development of SMEs through Incubators. Under the scheme the main task is to promote individual innovators who can become technology based entrepreneur. The office of DC (MSME) has selected 200 Business Incubators for implementing the above scheme and released ` 22.18 Crore up to January, 2016 which is given as below:)Exhibit 3(Global Journal of Management and Business ResearchSL. NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VI.Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12Percentage Share of MSME (At 2004-05 prices) Gross Value of Output (Rs. in Crore) Total Manufacturing Output 1198817.55 42.02 1322960.41 41.98 1375698.60 40.79 1488390.23 39.63 1655580.60 38.48 1790804.67 37.52 Year Number of BI/HI approved Number of Ideas Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 7.73 7.81 7.52 7.49 7.42 7.28 approved GOI assistance 2008-09 25 18 -2009-10 29 164 1.91 2010-11 22 95 5.75 2011-12 -49 2.06 2012-13 26 29 2.30 2013-14 16 53 2.51 2014-15 35 143 2.68 2015-16 47 97 4.96 Source: Annual Report Of Msme 2014-152012-13180997637.547.04Source: Annual Report of Msme 2014-15b) Another performance indicator is the contribution ofemployment opportunities. The following exhibit 2the sector towards employment. MSME has made ahighlights the same:significant contribution towards creation of © 2016 Global Journals Inc. (US) © 2016 Global Journals Inc. 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