Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on Tuesday launched a Digital MSME Scheme to further boost Ministry's efforts towards making Digital India Mission successful. This scheme revolves around Cloud Computing which is emerging as a cost effective and viable alternative in comparison to in-house Infrastructure installed by MSMEs. In this scheme MSMEs can use the internet to access common as well as tailor-made IT infrastructure including software for managing their business processes. The scheme was launched by Mr. Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises at a function in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mishra said his Ministry is making all out efforts in line with Digital India and Make in India visions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said the central government has mplemented a number of schemes for the promotion of MSMEs in the country. The Minister also gave away MSME National Awards under various categories. The awardees include 50 MSMEs and six banks. The awards were given on the occasion of first International Day for MSMEs. <br/>Three MoUs were also exchanged with SAP India, Intel and HMT. MSME has jointly launch Bharat ERP with Tech major SAP, a programme aimed at digital empowerment of small businesses in the country. The initial aim of this agreement is to digitally enable nearly 30 thousand MSMEs and youth in the next three years. SAP will provide software and training curriculum to trainers identified by the ministry under the 'train the trainer' method.<br/>