Lok Sabha Question No. 2182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Women Owned MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2018

## WOMEN OWNED MSMEs

## 2182.  SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a) the  number  of  women  who  own  MSMEs  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise,  including Delhi;
- (b) the number of women employed in MSMEs in the country, State/UT-wise, including Delhi;
- (c) the average monthly-income being earned by women in the MSMEs;
- (d) whether any provisions have been made to mandate that MSMEs provide for childcare support  to  mothers  working  in  MSMEs,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor; and
- (e) the further steps being taken by the Government to ensure safety and support to women engaged in the MSME sector?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per the  73 rd Round  of  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO),  Ministry  of Statistics  &  Programme  Implementation's  survey of 'Unincorporated non-agricultural Enterprises (excluding Construction)', 195 proprietary MSMEs per 1000 MSMEs are owned by  women  in  the  entire  country.  93  proprietary  MSMEs  per  1000  MSMEs  are  owned  by women in Delhi. The State/UT-wise distribution of women owned proprietary MSMEs per 1000 MSMEs estimated from the survey are given as Annexure-I.

- (b): The number of women employed in MSMEs, as per the survey mentioned above are 2,64,91,687.  Out  of  them  2,41,425  women  are  employed  in  Delhi.  The  state/UT-wise distribution of women employment in the MSMEs is given as Annexure-II.
- (c): The information on average monthly income being earned by women in the MSMEs was not collected during the survey. However, the information on emolument only for hired worker  was  collected  during  the  aforesaid  survey  and  the  average  annual  emolument  per hired worker is Rs. 86,390.

(d)&(e): The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) implements various Schemes like the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Micro  &  Small  Enterprises  Cluster  Development  (MSE-CDP)  and  Scheme  of  Fund  for Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI),  which  encourage  creation  of  enterprises and also creation of infrastructure for MSMEs. MSMEs are predominantly labour intensive and aspects such as child care support, safety of women and support to women workers have to be taken care of by the employer as per law.

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2182 for answer on 01.01.2018

## Distribution of Women owned proprietary MSMEs Per 1000 MSMEs

| State               |   Women Proprietary MSMEs (per 1000) |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |                                  247 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                                  276 |
| Assam               |                                   55 |
| Bihar               |                                   49 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                                   84 |
| Delhi               |                                   93 |
| Goa                 |                                  154 |
| Gujarat             |                                  249 |
| Haryana             |                                  101 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                                  129 |
| Jammu &Kashmir      |                                  106 |
| Jharkhand           |                                  196 |
| Karnataka           |                                  244 |
| Kerala              |                                  208 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                                  138 |
| Maharashtra         |                                  168 |
| Manipur             |                                  481 |
| Megahlaya           |                                  351 |
| Mizoram             |                                  392 |
| Nagaland            |                                  229 |
| Odisha              |                                  149 |
| Punjab              |                                  153 |
| Rajasthan           |                                  141 |
| Sikkim              |                                  193 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                                  260 |
| Telangana           |                                  373 |
| Tripura             |                                  133 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                                   96 |
| Uttarakhand         |                                   50 |
| West Bengal         |                                  327 |
| A &NIslands         |                                  210 |
| Chandigarh          |                                   99 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                  169 |
| Daman &Diu          |                                  202 |
| Lakshadweep         |                                  260 |
| Puducherry          |                                  283 |
| ALL                 |                                  195 |

Source: NSS 73 rd Round of NSSO, M/o S&PI

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2182 for answer on 01.01.2018

State/UT-wise distribution of women employment in the MSMEs (Number in Lakh)

| State/ UT           |   Women Employee |
|---------------------|------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |            21.01 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |             0.11 |
| Assam               |             1.78 |
| Bihar               |             4.79 |
| Chhattisgarh        |             4.07 |
| Delhi               |             2.41 |
| Goa                 |             0.41 |
| Gujarat             |            13.71 |
| Haryana             |             2.78 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |             1.13 |
| Jammu &Kashmir      |             1.5  |
| Jharkhand           |             5.57 |
| Karnataka           |            19.73 |
| Kerala              |            13.77 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |            10.13 |
| Maharashtra         |            17.97 |
| Manipur             |             1.4  |
| Megahlaya           |             0.72 |
| Mizoram             |             0.28 |
| Nagaland            |             0.59 |
| Odisha              |             8.36 |
| Punjab              |             4.24 |
| Rajasthan           |             8.01 |
| Sikkim              |             0.14 |
| Tamil Nadu          |            32.27 |
| Telangana           |            15.24 |
| Tripura             |             0.44 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |            27.27 |
| Uttarakhand         |             0.69 |
| West Bengal         |            43.51 |
| A &NIslands         |             0.1  |
| Chandigarh          |             0.12 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli |             0.07 |
| Daman &Diu          |             0.02 |
| Lakshadweep         |             0.01 |
| Puducherry          |             0.57 |
| Total               |           264.92 |

Source: NSS 73 rd Round of NSSO, M/o S&PI