12th SAMWAD held in New Delhi; Proposes Study on Informal Sector
The 12th SAMWAD Dialogue of Friends of MSMEs in Parliament, with FISME as Secretariat, brought together 12 Parliamentarians to discuss critical MSME issues on 4 August 2026. The dialogue reaffirmed support for the MSMED Amendment Bill 2026 to address delayed payments, strengthen dispute resolution and improve liquidity.
Parliamentarians also endorsed FISME’s proposal for a national study on barriers to formalisation of informal enterprises, with a dedicated committee constituted to guide the study.
The participants included Hon’ble Shri Shankar Lalwani, Chairman and Member of Parliament, Indore; Shri Rajendra Agrawal, Convenor and former Member of Parliament, Meerut; Shri Jagdambika Pal, Member of Parliament, Domariyaganj; Shri Shashank Mani, Member of Parliament, Deoria; Shri Sujeet Kumar, Member of Rajya Sabha, Odisha; Shri Atul Garg, Member of Parliament, Ghaziabad; Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Member of Parliament, Kaziranga; Shri Devendra Singh Bhole, Member of Parliament, Akbarpur; Shri Dharambir Singh, Member of Parliament, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh; Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, Member of Parliament, Paschim Champaran; and Shri Naresh Bansal, Member of Rajya Sabha, Uttarakhand.