Ministry of MSME’s TEAM Initiative Empowering Small Businesses across India

Economy: New Delhi: The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is accelerating the digital transformation of India’s smallest businesses through the Trade Enablement and Access to Market (TEAM) Initiative — a transformative sub-scheme under the World Bank-supported Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Programme.

Implementing body of the initiative :

Implemented by the National Small Industries Corporation, the TEAM Initiative aims to provide end-to-end e-commerce support to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), enabling them to participate effectively in digital commerce ecosystems through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).

Objective of the initiative:

The initiative seeks to empower artisans, home-based entrepreneurs, local manufacturers and small retailers by providing structured institutional support across every stage of e-commerce participation, including onboarding, cataloguing, packaging, logistics and customer management.