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The Rajya Sabha passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on 3 August 2026; it had been introduced in the House on 28 July 2026.
The Bill amends the MSMED Act, 2006 to speed up payments to MSMEs, simplify dispute resolution and decriminalise compliance failures.
Central Public Sector Enterprises must settle all MSME procurement invoices through the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS).
Mediation before MSME Facilitation Councils must conclude within 90 days of the first hearing, with arbitration to begin within 30 days if it fails.
Fixed statutory investment thresholds are removed, empowering the Centre to classify MSMEs by notification, and registration becomes voluntary.
A small supplier that delivers goods to a large buyer typically waits months to be paid, while continuing to pay wages and buy raw material in the meantime. That gap, not lack of orders, is what kills small firms. TReDS is an electronic platform, regulated by the RBI, on which an MSME can sell its unpaid invoice to a financier at a discount and receive cash immediately; the financier then collects from the buyer when the invoice matures. The financing is priced against the buyer's credit standing rather than the supplier's, which is why it is cheaper than a loan to the small firm would be. Making TReDS compulsory for Central Public Sector Enterprises attacks the largest single pool of delayed dues, since government-owned buyers are among the slowest payers in the economy.
Simple Analogy: It converts a promise to pay in ninety days into cash today, at a small cost — and shifts the waiting from the small supplier, who cannot afford it, to a financier, who can.
The parent statute that defines micro, small and medium enterprises and creates the delayed-payment framework, including the requirement that buyers pay within 45 days.
Statutory bodies under the 2006 Act that hear delayed-payment disputes; the Bill imposes a 90-day limit on mediation before them.
Governs the arbitration that follows failed mediation under the MSMED framework.
The broader decriminalisation programme of which this Bill's replacement of criminal penalties with monetary ones forms part.
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Trade Receivables Discounting System — an RBI-regulated electronic platform where MSMEs sell unpaid invoices to financiers for immediate cash.
A statutory body under the MSMED Act, 2006 that hears delayed-payment disputes through conciliation and arbitration.
Designated as the adjudicating authority under the Bill, with appeals lying to the MSME Secretary.
Replacing criminal penalties for procedural lapses with warnings and monetary penalties.
Central Public Sector Enterprise — government-owned companies now required to settle MSME invoices through TReDS.