SFURTI — Common Facility Centres for artisan clusters
A programme by Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC), Agra
PPDC Agra acts as a Nodal Agency under the Ministry of MSME's traditional-industries scheme, engaging technical agencies and procuring Common Facility Centres for artisan clusters.
At a glance
| Best for | Artisan clusters and their implementing agencies, and technical agencies already empanelled under SFURTI |
|---|---|
| Duration | per cluster engagement |
| Format | In person |
| Cost | Free, no equity |
| Run with | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
About SFURTI — Common Facility Centres for artisan clusters
SFURTI is the Ministry of MSME's scheme for regenerating traditional industries, delivered through nodal agencies, implementing agencies and empanelled technical agencies. PPDC Agra is one of the nodal agencies, and this is the one route at the centre that reaches a group of enterprises rather than a single firm. It is not advertised anywhere else on its site — it surfaces only through its tender and expression-of-interest notices.
What you get
- For a cluster: technical handholding, monitoring, documentation and coordination through a technical agency the centre appoints, covering awareness work in the cluster, choice of focus products for domestic and export markets, a detailed project report for the scheme's steering committee, training of cluster development executives and regular monitoring.
- For a cluster's Common Facility Centre: PPDC Agra runs the procurement. It has tendered for the supply, erection and commissioning of machinery and equipment for a Bandhani and Bandhej tie-and-dye cluster's Common Facility Centre on a turnkey basis.
Who can apply
- Technical agencies already empanelled under SFURTI, which must also have an office or branch within 200 km of the cluster and be able to evidence it. The proforma asks for the date and nodal agency of empanelment, past SFURTI experience, tax registrations and a non-blacklisting certificate.
- Not a route for an individual startup or a single MSME. Clusters reach it through their implementing agency.
How selection works: the centre evaluates each expression of interest and its supporting documents against the qualification criteria in the notice, and reserves the right to shortlist. More than one submission from the same party disqualifies it. The selected agency signs an agreement with PPDC Agra.
How to apply: sealed hard copy only, by Speed Post, to the Principal Director at the Foundry Nagar head office. No email or online submission is accepted. Notices appear on the centre's tenders page; the most recent round closed in September 2026.
Where to apply
Other Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC), Agra programmes
- Production and job workPaid tool-room and manufacturing support for MSMEs and founders — casting, forging, prototyping, tooling and CNC work, arranged job by job.
- Testing and inspectionA laboratory the centre describes as NABL accredited, testing metals, castings, leather and engineering components to BIS, ISO, ASTM, ASME or a buyer's own standard.
- Skill development trainingSeventeen NSQF-levelled long courses and twenty-five short 96-hour certificate courses in tool-room, CAD/CAM, automation and IT skills, open from 8th or 10th pass.
- Online certificate courses and one-month internshipsDated online batches you can join and pay for yourself — the centre's only self-service route in.
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