Lok Sabha Question No. 1427 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Raw Agarbattis Production
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1427 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2018

## RAW AGARBATTIS PRODUCTION

## 1427. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of raw agarbatti industry in the country; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  number  of  raw  agarbatti  industries  and  total  annual agarbatti production in the country at present, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a) & (b): ' Raw Agarbatti  Industry' is primarily a cottage type traditional industry  in  the  unorganized  sector.  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises  extends  support  under  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programmes (PMEGP) to help them for setting up Agarbatti making centres.

During the year 2017-18 margin money assistance under this programme has been extended for 190 projects. State-wise details are at Annexure.

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Annexure    referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1427 for answer on 05.03.2018

Margin Money released to various States under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programmes during the year 2017-18 ( as on 28.2.2018)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   |   Margin Money disbursed ( Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Assam               |                                     1.93 |
| 2.        | Bihar               |                                    38.07 |
| 3.        | Kerala              |                                     2.64 |
| 4.        | Odisha              |                                   107.13 |
| 5.        | Gujarat             |                                    86.45 |
| 6.        | Haryana             |                                     5.25 |
| 7.        | Tripura             |                                     2.45 |
| 8.        | Jharkhand           |                                     5.05 |
| 9.        | Karnataka           |                                    83.64 |
| 10.       | Rajasthan           |                                     1.75 |
| 11.       | Telangana           |                                     1.13 |
| 12.       | Tamil Nadu          |                                    10.6  |
| 13.       | Maharashtra         |                                    27.53 |
| 14.       | Uttarakhand         |                                     1.58 |
| 15.       | West Bengal         |                                     3.24 |
| 16.       | Chhattishgarh       |                                    20.94 |
| 17.       | Uttar Pradesh       |                                    19.95 |
| 18.       | Andhra Pradesh      |                                    14.66 |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                    32.3  |
|           | Total:              |                                   466.29 |