Lok Sabha Question No. 432 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Contribution of Small and Cottage Industries
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 432 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2021

## CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

## *432. SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

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

- (a) the details of the Agro-based industries set up in the country including Uttar Pradesh during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) the contribution of small and cottage industries in the economic development of the country;
- (c) whether the Government has made any assessment regarding the capacity/contribution of cottage industries in creating employment opportunities in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *432 FOR ANSWER ON 25.03.2021

- (a): Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  is  a  major  credit-linked subsidy  programme  aimed  at  generating  self-employment  opportunities  through  setting  up  of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and rural/urban unemployed youth. Under the scheme, to setup new units, beneficiaries can avail loan up to Rs. 25 lakh in the manufacturing  sector  and  Rs.  10  lakh  in  the  service  sector,  with  subsidy  of  15%  to  35%  for different categories.  Since inception in 2008 till 19.03.2021, around 6.6 lakh units have been set up, generating direct employment for around 55 lakh persons.

Of  these,  State/UT-wise  number  of  projects  assisted  in  Agro  based  and  Food  processing industries during the last three years and current year (up to 19.03.2021) is given at Annexure.

Besides, under Honey Mission scheme, 14755 beneficiaries have been assisted with 10 bee boxes, live bee hives, toolkit and training, from 2017-18 to 2020-21 (up to 19.03.2021).

Ministry is also implementing 'Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI)' since 2014-15, which organizes the traditional industries and artisans into clusters and make them competitive by providing support for their long term sustainability. As on 19.03.2021, 394 SFURTI clusters have been approved to benefit 2.34 lakh artisans with GoI assistance of Rs. 970.28 cr.  In  the  last  three  years  including  current  year,  60  Agro  based  clusters  covering  39122 persons with GoI assistance of Rs. 186.96 cr have been approved.

- (b): As  per  the  information  of  Central  Statistics  Office,  Ministry  of  Statistics  &  Programme Implementation, share of MSME Gross Value Added (GVA), including small and cottage (micro) sector    in  All  India  Gross  Domestic  Production  (GDP)  at  constant  price  (2011-12)  for  the  years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are 31.17%, 31.65% and 31.66% respectively.
- Khadi  &  Village  Industry,  which  constitutes  a  major  component  of  small  and  cottage industry, has the following contribution in terms of turnover during the last three years and current year:
- (c)  &  (d):                During  the  year  2016-17  and  2020-21,  Ministry  of  MSME  through  Khadi  and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) had conducted evaluation studies on the implementation of the PMEGP scheme including employment generation in these units, which are primarily cottage industries.  The findings of these evaluation studies show that the average employment generated per unit under PMEGP is 7-8 persons.

| Year                                    |   Estimated Turnover (Rs. in crore) | %Annual Growth   |
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------|
| 2017-18                                 |                              591.82 |                  |
| 2018-19                                 |                              742.92 | 26               |
| 2019-20                                 |                              888.75 | 21               |
| 2020-21 (Provisional) (upto 31.01.2021) |                              819.66 |                  |

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 432 for answer on 25.03.2021

State/UT-wise number of units assisted under PMEGP for setting up Agro based and Food processing industries

|       |                   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   | Number of units assisted   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. N. | State/UTs         | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                    | 2018-19                    | 2018-19                    | 2019-20                    | 2019-20                    | 2020-21 (Up to 19.03.2021) | 2020-21 (Up to 19.03.2021) |
|       |                   | Total Units                | Agro based units           | Total Units                | Agro based units           | Total Units                | Agro based units           | Total Units                | Agro based units           |
| 1     | Jammu &Kashmir#   | 3753                       | 308                        | 7529                       | 579                        | 5355                       | 401                        | 8030                       | 596                        |
| 2     | Himachal Pradesh  | 886                        | 89                         | 1399                       | 158                        | 1226                       | 140                        | 1000                       | 89                         |
| 3     | Punjab            | 1520                       | 217                        | 1801                       | 246                        | 1695                       | 224                        | 1371                       | 194                        |
| 4     | Chandigarh        | 45                         | 4                          | 28                         | 2                          | 14                         | 1                          | 9                          | 2                          |
| 5     | Haryana           | 1718                       | 224                        | 2165                       | 267                        | 2029                       | 256                        | 1485                       | 209                        |
| 6     | Delhi             | 115                        | 13                         | 132                        | 18                         | 93                         | 7                          | 60                         | 12                         |
| 7     | Rajasthan         | 1577                       | 232                        | 2359                       | 391                        | 3025                       | 491                        | 2333                       | 417                        |
| 8     | Uttarakhand       | 1613                       | 265                        | 2181                       | 352                        | 1844                       | 279                        | 1946                       | 394                        |
| 9     | Uttar Pradesh     | 5432                       | 1346                       | 5243                       | 1379                       | 6120                       | 1520                       | 8951                       | 2447                       |
| 10    | Chhattisgarh      | 1463                       | 136                        | 3094                       | 270                        | 2811                       | 239                        | 2169                       | 191                        |
| 11    | Madhya Pradesh    | 1804                       | 589                        | 2526                       | 709                        | 2168                       | 597                        | 3729                       | 687                        |
| 12    | Sikkim            | 37                         | 2                          | 55                         | 4                          | 79                         | 4                          | 49                         | 6                          |
| 13    | Arunachal Pradesh | 209                        | 24                         | 280                        | 27                         | 211                        | 35                         | 55                         | 3                          |
| 14    | Nagaland          | 930                        | 151                        | 1208                       | 253                        | 1109                       | 237                        | 480                        | 64                         |
| 15    | Manipur           | 600                        | 114                        | 1291                       | 243                        | 1173                       | 225                        | 1021                       | 200                        |
| 16    | Mizoram           | 249                        | 11                         | 1123                       | 94                         | 760                        | 81                         | 460                        | 56                         |
| 17    | Tripura           | 1116                       | 79                         | 1179                       | 91                         | 962                        | 62                         | 584                        | 43                         |
| 18    | Meghalaya         | 75                         | 15                         | 390                        | 76                         | 377                        | 82                         | 196                        | 47                         |
| 19    | Assam             | 2282                       | 385                        | 3737                       | 624                        | 2603                       | 364                        | 1909                       | 259                        |
| 20    | Bihar             | 2307                       | 527                        | 3303                       | 760                        | 2221                       | 521                        | 1584                       | 372                        |
| 21    | West Bengal       | 1366                       | 240                        | 2413                       | 455                        | 2222                       | 464                        | 1622                       | 331                        |
| 22    | Jharkhand         | 1111                       | 169                        | 1797                       | 259                        | 1544                       | 198                        | 1176                       | 195                        |
| 23    | Odisha            | 2399                       | 343                        | 3070                       | 403                        | 2718                       | 312                        | 2204                       | 308                        |
| 24    | A&N Islands       | 218                        | 7                          | 229                        | 4                          | 93                         | 0                          | 131                        | 4                          |
| 25    | Gujarat*          | 1876                       | 161                        | 3500                       | 174                        | 3983                       | 220                        | 2786                       | 225                        |
| 26    | Maharashtra**     | 3329                       | 675                        | 5642                       | 1174                       | 4404                       | 868                        | 2562                       | 539                        |
| 27    | Goa               | 50                         | 4                          | 78                         | 10                         | 90                         | 5                          | 42                         | 4                          |
| 28    | Andhra Pradesh    | 1527                       | 222                        | 2220                       | 314                        | 2192                       | 286                        | 1425                       | 151                        |
| 29    | Telangana         | 1190                       | 110                        | 2051                       | 195                        | 2178                       | 184                        | 1562                       | 141                        |
| 30    | Karnataka         | 2115 0                     | 363                        | 3657                       | 0                          | 3697                       | 635                        | 3863                       | 718                        |
| 31    | Lakshadweep       |                            | 0                          |                            | 668                        | 0                          | 0                          |                            |                            |
|       |                   |                            | 254                        | 0                          |                            |                            |                            | 2                          | 1                          |
| 32    | Kerala            | 1347                       |                            | 2486                       | 462                        | 2421                       | 543                        | 1942                       | 582                        |
| 33    | Tamilnadu         | 4095                       | 1102                       | 5185                       | 1235                       | 5172                       | 1487                       | 4561                       | 1338                       |
| 34    | Puducherry        | 44                         | 5                          | 76                         | 5                          | 64                         | 8                          | 40                         | 10                         |