New Delhi, March 15 -- The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has completed 364 projects under the Micro and Small Enterprises-Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP), while the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) continues to scale traditional industry clusters.

Out of 606 projects approved since the inception of the MSE-CDP scheme, 242 remain ongoing, focusing on enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of small enterprises through Common Facility Centres (CFCs) and infrastructure partitioning.

The ministry reported that these clusters "benefit approximately 3.03 lakh traditional artisans engaged in diverse sectors such as handicrafts, handloom, agro-processing, coir, honey, and relate...