Lok Sabha Question No. 196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Promotion of Women Entrepreneurs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

## PROMOTION OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

## 196.      SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state: (a)   whether  the  Government  intends  to  support  women-run  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises in the country;

- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  measures  taken  and  schemes  introduced  for  the aforesaid  objective  and  achievements  made  therein  so  far,  State-wise,  district-wise  and sector-wise; and
- (c)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b): Ministry  of  MSME  is  empowering  women  entrepreneurship  through  the following schemes:

Coir  Board  is  implementing  the  Skill  Upgradation  &  Mahila  Coir  Yojana  (MCY)  under which  programmes  like  Entrepreneurship  Development  Programme  (EDP),  Awareness Programme, Workshop, Seminar, Exposure Tour, etc. for attracting more  women entrepreneurs  to  set  up  coir  industrial  units,  are  covered.  The  trained  women  can  avail financial assistance for procurement of equipments/machineries under the PMEGP scheme for setting up coir units.  Priority is given to the trained women under PMEGP.

Under the 'Mahila Coir Yojana', which is exclusively for rural women artisans, training in  spinning  of  coir  yarn/various  coir  processing  activities  is  imparted  to  rural  women  in regions producing coir fibre in the country. During the training period, the women artisans are given stipend amounting Rs. 1000/- per month.

Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  (KVIC)  is  implementing  Prime  Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a major credit-linked subsidy scheme since 2008-09, to set up micro enterprises and to generate employment in rural and urban areas of the country. The maximum cost of the project under PMEGP scheme is Rs.25.00 lakhs for manufacturing  sector  units  and  Rs.10.00  lakhs  for  units  under  service  sector.  Under  the scheme, women entrepreneurs are covered under Special Category and are entitled to 25% and 35% subsidies for the project set up in urban and rural areas respectively. For women beneficiaries, own contribution  is  only  5%  of  the  project  cost  while  for general category it is 10%.  About 30% projects have been setup by women out of total projects set up under PMEGP. The State-wise projects set up by women so far is placed at Annexure-I.

KVIC is also implementing the Khadi Programme, which include Market Promotion and Development Assistance (MPDA), Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC) Scheme, Aam  Admi  BimaYojana  (AABY),  Artisan  Welfare  Fund  Trust  (AWFT),  'Work-shed Scheme for Khadi Artisans' and 'Strengthening of Infrastructure of Existing Weak Khadi Institutions  &  Assistance  for  Marketing  Infrastructure',  with  the  support  of  34  State/UT Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs) and more than 2,518 Khadi Institutions are providing  employment  to  4.65  lakh  persons  (cumulative)  out  of  which  more  than  80% artisans are women. Share of participation of women under Khadi Programme is placed at Annexure-II.

Under  Domestic  Fairs/Exhibition  component  of  Marketing  Assistance  and  Technology Upgradation (MATU) scheme, 100% of the space rent is paid for SC/ST/Women/ NER/PH category  MSE  units  limited  to  Rs.20,000/-  (Rs.50,000/-  in  case  of  technology  trade  fair/ exhibition)  or  actual,  whichever  is  less.  Under  International  Trade  Fairs/  Exhibition component  of  MATU  scheme,  100%  of  the  space  rent  is  paid  for  SC/ST/  Women/NER MSE units subject to maximum Rs.1.00 lakh or actual rent, whichever is less.

(c): Does not arise.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 196 for answer on 04.02.2019

Number of projects set up by the women entrepreneurs under PMEGP Scheme since inception i.e. from 2008-09 to 2018-19 (upto 23.01.2019)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Women Entrepreneurs under PMEGP |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir    |                              6586 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh  |                              2542 |
| 3         | Punjab            |                              3182 |
| 4         | Chandigarh        |                               132 |
| 5         | Haryana           |                              2234 |
| 6         | Delhi             |                               413 |
| 7         | Rajasthan         |                              3887 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand       |                              2767 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     |                             12790 |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh      |                              3252 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh    |                              5280 |
| 12        | Sikkim            |                               196 |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh |                               788 |
| 14        | Nagaland          |                              2019 |
| 15        | Manipur           |                              1912 |
| 16        | Mizoram           |                              2321 |
| 17        | Tripura           |                              2053 |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |                              1269 |
| 19        | Assam             |                             10738 |
| 20        | Bihar             |                              5264 |
| 21        | West Bengal       |                             11496 |
| 22        | Jharkhand         |                              2525 |
| 23        | Odisha            |                              6846 |
| 24        | A &NIslands       |                               348 |
| 25        | Gujarat           |                              5941 |
| 26        | Maharashtra       |                              9685 |
| 27        | Goa               |                               326 |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh    |                              6933 |
| 29        | Telangana         |                              1342 |
| 30        | Karnataka         |                              5302 |
| 31        | Lakshadweep       |                                45 |
| 32        | Kerala            |                              6066 |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu        |                             11732 |
| 34        | Puducherry        |                               304 |
| TOTAL     |                   |                            138516 |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 196 for answer on 04.02.2019

Number of projects set up by Women Entrepreneurs and Margin Money (MM) disbursed during 2016-17 and 2017-18

| Sl.   |                   | 2016-17                | 2016-17                           | 2017-18                | 2017-18                           |
|-------|-------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| No.   | State/UT          | No. of Projects set up | MMsubsidy disbursed (Rs. in lakh) | No. of Projects set up | MMsubsidy disbursed (Rs. in lakh) |
| 1     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 476                    | 634.15                            | 1188                   | 1718.41                           |
| 2     | Himachal Pradesh  | 198                    | 422.73                            | 303                    | 765.23                            |
| 3     | Punjab            | 454                    | 1316.11                           | 580                    | 1861.72                           |
| 4     | Chandigarh        | 14                     | 25.07                             | 18                     | 32.58                             |
| 5     | Haryana           | 283                    | 662.57                            | 422                    | 958.11                            |
| 6     | Delhi             | 40                     | 58.51                             | 43                     | 57.16                             |
| 7     | Rajasthan         | 314                    | 1250.10                           | 337                    | 1332.04                           |
| 8     | Uttarakhand       | 296                    | 528.92                            | 327                    | 676.04                            |
| 9     | Uttar Pradesh     | 1387                   | 5030.05                           | 1492                   | 5417.78                           |
| 10    | Chhattisgarh      | 319                    | 977.37                            | 327                    | 959.80                            |
| 11    | Madhya Pradesh    | 512                    | 2100.23                           | 518                    | 2645.46                           |
| 12    | Sikkim            | 11                     | 11.16                             | 15                     | 19.35                             |
| 13    | Arunachal Pradesh | 104                    | 138.50                            | 86                     | 121.22                            |
| 14    | Nagaland          | 334                    | 626.72                            | 427                    | 1178.34                           |
| 15    | Manipur           | 223                    | 581.75                            | 237                    | 473.38                            |
| 16    | Mizoram           | 128                    | 217.30                            | 134                    | 133.83                            |
| 17    | Tripura           | 452                    | 734.81                            | 261                    | 393.52                            |
| 18    | Meghalaya         | 142                    | 155.15                            | 31                     | 56.98                             |
| 19    | Assam             | 1484                   | 1015.53                           | 581                    | 528.41                            |
| 20    | Bihar             | 915                    | 2115.84                           | 647                    | 1778.56                           |
| 21    | West Bengal       | 802                    | 1535.21                           | 406                    | 1144.53                           |
| 22    | Jharkhand         | 292                    | 494.67                            | 215                    | 537.20                            |
| 23    | Odisha            | 942                    | 2144.02                           | 777                    | 2095.83                           |
| 24    | A &NIslands       | 22                     | 15.33                             | 38                     | 33.02                             |
| 25    | Gujarat           | 567                    | 3905.07                           | 1017                   | 7785.33                           |
| 26    | Maharashtra       | 783                    | 2233.86                           | 1079                   | 3153.11                           |
| 27    | Goa               | 37                     | 95.36                             | 19                     | 43.08                             |
| 28    | Andhra Pradesh    | 294                    | 2631.29                           | 719                    | 2761.31                           |
| 29    | Telangana         | 218                    | 812.76                            | 370                    | 1534.84                           |
| 30    | Karnataka         | 816                    | 2362.30                           | 580                    | 1853.93                           |
| 31    | Kerala            | 635                    | 1112.50                           | 525                    | 960.76                            |
| 32    | Tamil Nadu        | 1248                   | 2955.01                           | 1929                   | 3314.02                           |
| 33    | Puducherry        | 26                     | 49.20                             | 21                     | 30.98                             |
|       | TOTAL             | 14768                  | 38949.15                          | 15669                  | 46355.86                          |