GSTIN Not Mandatory for MSME Udyam Registration

GOvt has earlier provided that PAN and GSTIN  is Mandatory wef 31St March, 2021 for MSME Udyam Registration has now relaxed the condition and provided that The exemption from the requirement of having GSTIN shall be as per the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. It further provided that In case of any proprietorship enterprise not registered under any Act or rules of the Central Government or the State Government, the proprietor may use his or her PAN for registration of the enterprise in the Udyam Registration portal and for all other types of enterprises PAN shall be mandatory.

MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 5th March, 2021

S.O. 1055(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (9) of section 7 read with sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 8 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2006), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of Government of India, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises number S.O. 2119 (E), dated the 26^th June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (ii), namely:-

In the said notification,–

(i) in paragraph (5), after sub-paragraph (3), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:-

“(4) The exemption from the requirement of having GSTIN shall be as per the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017).”;

(ii) in paragraph (6), after sub-paragraph (8), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely:-

“(9) In case of any proprietorship enterprise not registered under any Act or rules of the Central Government or the State Government, the proprietor may use his or her PAN for registration of the enterprise in the Udyam Registration portal and for all other types of enterprises PAN shall be mandatory.”.

[F.No.16/4/2019/P-P & G/Policy (Pt 1)]
D. K. SINGH, Addl. Secy.

Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 2119 (E), dated the 26^th June, 2020.