Mr K H Muniyappa, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for MSMEs, Government of India, launched CII’s Project Golden Top Companies (GTC 100) at the CII MSME Connect 2013 on 4th July, 2013 at Bangalore.

The Golden Top Companies (GTC 100) is a national flagship programme of CII for the small and medium enterprises in India. Under this programme, CII will create a structured approach to facilitate the growth of small companies aspiring to become medium size and medium size companies aspiring to become large. The Companies selected in this programme would move in a more holistic way to improve their leadership, manufacturing operations, support functions, performance and business results through structured roadmaps.

The key benefits for MSME’s under the GTC 100 programme will be fourfold. It will enable growth of these companies by 2 to 3 times, benchmark on key indicators, help in networking for business opportunities and help them get Recognitions and Awards.