Women-owned MSMEs in Nagaland surged from 195 in 2020-21 to 9,316 in 2025-26, as per Ministry of MSME data.
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KOHIMA — The total number of women-owned Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) registered under Udyam Registration (UR) Portal and Udyam Assist Platform (UAP) in Nagaland state increased from 195 in 2020-21 to 9,316 in 2025-26.
According to the data provided by the Ministry of MSME, the Udyam Registration Portal was launched on July 1, 2020, and as February 28, 2026, the number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) registered in the country on the Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform was 7.83 crore and number of women-led MSMEs registered was 3.07 crore.
Nagaland registered a total of 711 MSMEs during 2020-21, out of which 195 MSMEs were women owned.
In 2021-22, out of 3,310 MSMEs, 1,106 were women-owned. In 2022-23, out of 7,281 MSMEs, 3,037 were women-owned.
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In 2023-24, out of 25,888 MSMEs, 15,745 were women-owned. In 2024-25, out of 18,364 MSMEs, 8,918 were women-owned.
In 2025-26, out of 19,212 registered MSMEs in the state, 9,316 were women-owned.
The number of women employed by MSMEs registered on the UR portal in Nagaland also increased from 2,394 during 2020-21 to 27,661 as on February 28, 2026.
Data showed that female employment reported under the UR portal during 2020-21 was 2,394, while during 2021-22 the total was 7,749.
A total of 15,492 female employments were reported during 2023-24, 26,485 during 2024-25, and 27,661 during 2025-26.
Across the country, more than 2 crore female employment opportunities were reported under the UR portal from July 1, 2020, to February 28, 2026.