Lok Sabha Question No. 2283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: ASPIRE Scheme
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIONNO. 2283 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## ASPIRE SCHEME

## 2283.     SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) whether A Scheme for Promoting Innovation and Rural Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) is being implemented in the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including its status and the number of beneficiaries who have availed the benefits of the Scheme since its inception, year-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  Livelihood  Business  Incubations  (LBIs)  and  Technology  Business Incubations (TBIs) sanctioned in Maharashtra for implementing the scheme; and
- (d) whether employment in Maharashtra increased as a result of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b): Government  in  the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  has launched a Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Agro Industry on 18 th March 2015 with the objective to Promote entrepreneurship culture in India, create new jobs and reduce unemployment ensure grassroots economic development in rural areas, facilitate innovative  business  solution  for  un-met  social  needs  and  promote  innovation  to  further strengthen the competitiveness of MSME sector. The scheme has the following components (i)  Creation  of  a  Technology  Centres  Network;  (ii)  Capacity  Building  including  Awards, Surveys,  Studies,  Exposure  Visits,  Engagement  of  Consultants  including  Monitoring  and Evaluation etc.; (iii)  Support  for  setting  up  of  Livelihood  Business  incubation  Centres  and Technology incubation Centres;(iv) Accelerator Workshops; and (v) a Fund of Funds (to be managed by SIDBI) for innovative financing for Enterprise creation.

State/UT-wise details of the number of incubates trained under LBI, since inception and upto30.11.2018,including the state of Maharashtra is placed at Annexure-I.

- (c): Details of the number of LBI/TBI centres sanctioned to the various States including Maharashtra is placed at Annexure-II.
- (d): There  is  no  direct  employment  generation  linked  to  LBI/TBIs.    However,  through LBIs/TBIs set up across the country, adequate skilling is imparted to enable youth to set up their own enterprise or get employed.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a)&(b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2283 for answer on 24.12.2018.

State/UT-wise  ASPIRE  database  on  Incubation  under  LBI,  since  inception  and  upto 30.11.2018, including the state of Maharashtra:

|   Sl. No | District           | State          | Nodal Agency                         |   Amount Approved (Rs.in Lakh) |   Incubat ed |   Under Incubat ion |   Employ ed |   Self Employ ed |   Applied PMEGP / CUY |   Further Studies |   Others |
|----------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|        1 | 2                  | 3              | 4                                    |                           5    |            6 |                   7 |           8 |                9 |                    10 |                11 |       12 |
|        1 | Deoria             | UP             | NSIC                                 |                          77.02 |         1966 |                 330 |          78 |              610 |                    37 |               219 |     1027 |
|        2 | Rajkot             | Gujarat        | NSIC                                 |                          77.66 |         3202 |                  35 |         233 |              139 |                    86 |              2479 |      232 |
|        3 | Kashipur           | Uttarakha nd   | NSIC                                 |                          85.05 |         1213 |                 233 |         177 |              224 |                    35 |               104 |      676 |
|        4 | Nawada             | Bihar          | NSIC                                 |                          75.42 |         1206 |                 324 |         121 |              368 |                    44 |               203 |      599 |
|        5 | Naini              | UP             | NSIC                                 |                          94    |          888 |                 181 |         178 |              109 |                     2 |                50 |      498 |
|        6 | Chennai            | Tamil Nadu     | NSIC                                 |                          90.82 |         2017 |                  61 |         170 |              171 |                    35 |               474 |      600 |
|        7 | Faridabad          | Haryana        | NSIC                                 |                         100    |          193 |                 141 |          17 |               81 |                     0 |                45 |      172 |
|        8 | RO, Bhubaneswar    | Odisha         | Coir Board                           |                         100    |           89 |                   0 |           4 |               19 |                    76 |                 0 |        0 |
|        9 | Tanjavore          | Tamil Nadu     | Coir Board Regional Extension Center |                         100    |          305 |                   0 |           8 |                0 |                    37 |                 0 |      260 |
|       10 | Rajahmundry        | Andhra Pradesh | Coir Board, RO                       |                         100    |           80 |                   0 |           0 |               39 |                    37 |                 0 |        4 |
|       11 | Dewas              | Madhya Pradesh | LaghuUdyog Nigam Ltd.- Govt of MP    |                          90.2  |          995 |                 301 |         733 |                5 |                    12 |                 0 |        0 |
|       12 | DIC, Chandel       | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                          62    |          460 |                 450 |           6 |               20 |                     0 |                 0 |        0 |
|       13 | DIC, Ukhrul        | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                          77    |          200 |                   0 |           0 |                0 |                    50 |                 0 |        0 |
|       14 | DIC, Imphal East   | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                         100    |         1000 |                 450 |           0 |              700 |                   350 |                 0 |        0 |
|       15 | DIC, Imphal West   | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                          53.48 |         1200 |                 400 |          20 |               20 |                   300 |                 0 |        0 |
|       16 | DIC, Thoubal       | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                         100    |          150 |                   0 |           3 |               26 |                    20 |                 1 |        0 |
|       17 | DIC, Senapati      | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                         100    |          240 |                  50 |          24 |               56 |                   200 |                 0 |        0 |
|       18 | DIC, Tamenglong    | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                         100    |          240 |                  20 |           0 |               45 |                   150 |                 0 |        0 |
|       19 | DIC, Bishnupur     | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                         100    |          700 |                   0 |           0 |               40 |                   600 |                 0 |       54 |
|       20 | DIC, Churachandpur | Manipur        | State Govt. of Manipur               |                         100    |          259 |                 163 |          33 |               77 |                    20 |                 0 |        0 |

| 21    | Jamia Campus New Delhi      | Delhi          | JamiaMiliaIsla mia University   | 98.93   | 117   | 15   | 9    | 4    | 1    | 17   | 79   |
|-------|-----------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|---------|-------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 22    | Hyderabad                   | Telangana      | NIMSME                          | 85.09   | 1714  | 0    | 221  | 325  | 101  | 20   | 0    |
| 23    | Satna                       | Madhya pradesh | MPSBM                           | 100     | 297   | 106  | 34   | 50   | 0    | 10   | 0    |
| 24    | Pune                        | Maharasht ra   | KVIC                            | 94      | 296   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 11   |      |
| 25    | Nashik                      | Maharasht ra   | KVIC                            | 100     | 112   | 12   | 12   |      |      |      | 100  |
| 26    | Patna                       | Bihar          | KVIC                            | 100     | 66    | 0    | 18   | 16   |      |      |      |
| 27    | Bhubaneswar                 | Odisha         | IEDO                            | 100     | 0     | 30   | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 28    | Aizawl                      | Mizoram        | KVIB                            | 53.14   | 720   | 0    | 72   | 180  | 0    | 0    | 114  |
| 29    | Tirupur                     | Tamil Nadu     | NIFT-NSIC- PPP                  | 50      | 218   | 45   | 55   | 98   | 55   | 2    | 8    |
| 30    | Delhi                       | Delhi          | Bapu Nature- AYUSH-PPP          | 50      | 20    | 40   | 4    | 12   |      | 4    | 9    |
| 31    | Cochin                      | Kerala         | CBPST                           | 65      | 50    |      | 1    | 14   |      | 0    | 9    |
| 32    | Noida                       | UP             | NIESBUD                         | 66.5    | 347   | 0    |      |      |      |      |      |
| 33    | Lucknow                     | UP             | Samadhan- NSIC-PPP              | 50      |       | 30   |      |      |      |      |      |
| 34    | Guwahati                    | Assam          | IIEG- Wood Carving              | 100     |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| 35    | Nongstein, West Khasi Hills | Meghalay a     |                                 | 96.14   | 157   |      | 43   |      |      |      |      |
| 36    | Sobhit University           | Meerut, UP     |                                 |         | 10    |      |      |      |      |      |      |
| TOTAL | TOTAL                       | TOTAL          | TOTAL                           | 2991    | 20727 | 3417 | 2274 | 3448 | 2248 | 3639 | 4441 |

During  the  year  2018,  following  7  LBIs  have  been  approved  which  are  yet  to  become operational  and  Projects  are  in  various  stages  of  being  set  up.    Hence,  no  incubation  has started for these 7 LBIs.

|   Sl. No. | State       | District   | Host Institution                                               |
|-----------|-------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Mizoram     | Lunglei    | Mizoram KVIB                                                   |
|         2 | Jharkhand   | Ranchi     | MSME Tool Room                                                 |
|         3 | Jharkhand   | Dumka      | MSME Tool Room                                                 |
|         4 | Delhi       | New Delhi  | Multi-Disciplinary Training Centre                             |
|         5 | Maharashtra | Nashik     | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Rural Technology and Management |
|         6 | Bihar       | Patna      | Dr.Rajendra Prasad Multi-Disciplinary Training Centre          |
|         7 | Tamil Nadu  | Chennai    | Central Palmgur and Palm Products Institute                    |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2283 for answer on 24.12.2018

## Details of LBIs/TBIs allotted to Maharashtra as on 1.8.2018

## LBIs

| Sl. No.   | District   | Host Institution                                               |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in Lakh) |
|-----------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1.        | Nashik     | KVIC-MDTC                                                      |                            100    |
| 2.        | Pune       | KVIC-MDTC                                                      |                             94    |
| 3.        | Nashik     | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute of Rural Technology and Management |                             88.33 |
|           |            | Total                                                          |                            282.33 |

## TBIs

| Sl.No.   | District   | Anchor                                   |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in Lakh) |
|----------|------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Pune       | MITCON                                   |                            30     |
| 2        | Nagpur     | Ramdeobaba college of Engineering.       |                            44.695 |
| 3        | Nagpur     | YashwantraoChavan College of Engineering |                            29.99  |
|          |            | Total                                    |                           104.685 |