Lok Sabha Question No. 300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Revival of Closed MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  No. 300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## REVIVAL OF CLOSED MSMEs

## 300.       SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

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

- (a) whether many Small Scale Industries have been shut down in the country during the last three years and the current year ;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore, ,State/UT-wise; and
- (c)       the measures taken/being taken by the Government to revive them?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b): As  per  the  provisional  data  released  by  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India (RBI) the number of sick micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in March, 2016 was 4,86,291.  The State/Union Territory-wise position regarding the number of sick units for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 is given in annexure.

As  per  the  final  report  of  Fourth  All  India  Census  of  MSMEs,  the  main reasons  for  closure  are  stated  to  be  (1)Lack  of  demand,  (2)Shortage  of  working capital,  (3)Non  availability  of  raw  materials,  (4)Power  shortage,  (5)Marketing problems, (6)Labour problems, (7)Management  problems, and (8)Equipment problems.

(c):   Framework for revival and rehabilitation of the MSME units has been put in place under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &(b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 300 for answer on 18.12.2017

| (No. of sick units in actual)   | (No. of sick units in actual)   | (No. of sick units in actual)   | (No. of sick units in actual)   |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| State/ Union Territory          | Mar-14                          | Mar-15                          | Mar-16                          |
| A &NIslands                     | 98                              | 111                             | 886                             |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 42618                           | 43606                           | 11476                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 158                             | 345                             | 383                             |
| Assam                           | 5334                            | 4518                            | 4962                            |
| Bihar                           | 16156                           | 12199                           | 17687                           |
| Chandigarh                      | 1349                            | 1843                            | 1274                            |
| Chattisgarh                     | 4814                            | 6202                            | 6868                            |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli             | 91                              | 61                              | 73                              |
| Daman &Diu                      | 19                              | 36                              | 32                              |
| Delhi                           | 4658                            | 6271                            | 5626                            |
| Goa                             | 1354                            | 2334                            | 1643                            |
| Gujarat                         | 48304                           | 49379                           | 42579                           |
| Haryana                         | 9308                            | 11004                           | 14562                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 2242                            | 2128                            | 2884                            |
| Jammu &Kashmir                  | 2188                            | 2381                            | 2899                            |
| Jharkhand                       | 8234                            | 11123                           | 11083                           |
| Karnataka                       | 34212                           | 38497                           | 29417                           |
| Kerala                          | 21807                           | 26273                           | 21725                           |
| Lakshadweep                     | 5                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 17678                           | 18192                           | 20619                           |
| Maharashtra                     | 43411                           | 50295                           | 52576                           |
| Manipur                         | 353                             | 3688                            | 1791                            |
| Meghalaya                       | 158                             | 152                             |                                 |
| Mizoram                         | 48                              | 25                              | 83                              |
| Nagaland                        | 455                             | 468                             | 512                             |
| Orissa                          | 18337                           | 18885                           | 19365                           |
| Puducherry                      | 1913                            | 1637                            | 1398                            |
| Punjab                          | 6575                            | 13539                           | 16102                           |
| Rajasthan                       | 27791                           | 23238                           | 24059                           |
| Sikkim                          | 215                             | 66                              | 85                              |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 44121                           | 45018                           | 39716                           |
| Tripura                         | 2166                            | 5196                            | 4877                            |
| Uttarakhand                     | 15810                           | 3456                            | 5363                            |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 63355                           | 77837                           | 95989                           |
| West Bengal                     | 23062                           | 39041                           | 19850                           |
| Telengana                       | (Included in Andhra             | P.)                             | 7847                            |
| Total                           | 468397                          | 516619                          | 486291                          |

Source: Reserve Bank of India