Lok Sabha Question No. 2027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Vendor Development Programmes
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Dhanush M Kumar, C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2027

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## VENDOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

2027.

SHRI SELVAM G: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR; SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR; SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI;

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

- (a) the  criteria  fixed  by  the  Government  for  participating  in  Vendor  Development Programmes (VDPs);
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  achieved  the  objectives  for  which  VDPs  has  been organized, if so, the details thereof and if not, the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (c) the details of VDPs conducted by Government at National and State level along with the outcome thereof during each of the last three years;
- (d) the  details  of  the  vendors  registered  by  the  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  in acumulative way during the said period;
- (e) the details of the initiative taken by the leading PSUs in the country under the VDPs; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to provide business opportunities to Micro and Small Enterprises to expand their market base?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI  PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

- (a):      Any  registered  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  (MSEs)  can  participate  in  Vendor Development  Programmes.  The  Vendor  Development  Programs  (VDPs)  are  aimed  at building  the  capacity  of  MSEs  and  enhancing  their  participation  in  public  procurement process.
- (b) : Yes Sir, the procurement from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) by Central Public Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  increased  from  23.11%  in  2017-18,    26.32%  in  2018-19  to 30.95% in 2019-20 and 32.97% in 2020-21 (till 17 th September,2020).
- (c) & (d): The  details  of  Vendor  Development  Programmes  organized  by  Ministry  of MSME and the vendors registered with Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) as on 17 th September, 2020 are given below.

| Year    | Vendor Development Programmes (VDPs) by the Government   | Vendor Development Programmes (VDPs) by the Government   | Vendors registered by CPSUs (as on 17 th September, 2020)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | State Level VDPs                                         | National Level VDPs                                      |                                                             |
| 2017-18 | 384                                                      | 58                                                       | 34755                                                       |
| 2018-19 | 132                                                      | 04                                                       | 34755                                                       |
| 2019-20 | 125                                                      | 03                                                       | 34755                                                       |

- (e): Details of Vendor Development Programmes/ Buyer-Seller meets during the last three years are given below:
- (f): Ministry of MSME  provides business opportunities to Micro and Small Enterprises to expand their market base through Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme, Coir Vikas Yojana (CVY), scheme for International Cooperation, Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises  (MSEs)  Order,  2012 and  MSME Global Mart Portal developed by National Small Industries Corporation, a PSU under the Ministry .

| Year                                |   General VDPs |   SC/ST VDPs |
|-------------------------------------|----------------|--------------|
| 2017-18                             |            913 |          215 |
| 2018-19                             |           1985 |          583 |
| 2019-20                             |           2045 |          465 |
| 2020 -21(till 17 th September 2020) |            187 |           22 |

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