Lok Sabha Question No. 1905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Pending Dues of MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, Adoor Prakash

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1905

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## PENDING DUES OF MSMEs

1905. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA: Adv. ADOOR PRAKASH:

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

- (a) whether the Central Ministries and PSUs have cleared the dues to MSMEs in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of total amount owed and cleared by the Central Ministries and PSUs as on date;
- (c) the funds released/disbursed to MSMEs  in  the  State of Odisha by Ministries of GOI/CPSUs/Agencies out of pending dues; and
- (d) the timeline by which the pending dues would be paid and the reasons for the delay, if any?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The  status  of  payment  of  MSME  dues  by  Central  Government  Ministries/CPSEs as on 18.09.2020  is as below .

| Reported Month                                                         |   Total Dues by close of month (in Rs. Crores) |   Paid during the month (Rs. Crores) |   Pending at the end of month (Rs. Crores) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| May 2020 (25 Ministries& 79 CPSEs Reported)                            |                                        2349.53 |                              1787.89 |                                     561.64 |
| June 2020 (25 Ministries& 86 CPSEs Reported)                           |                                        2553.94 |                              1905.11 |                                     648.83 |
| July 2020 (30 Ministries& 108 CPSEs Reported)                          |                                        4124.34 |                              3155.16 |                                     969.19 |
| August 2020 (24 Ministries & 86 CPSEs Reported As on 18 th Sep., 2020) |                                        3795.67 |                              2944.07 |                                     851.6  |

(c): The  funds released/disbursed to MSMEs  in  the  State of  Odisha by Ministries of GOI/CPSUs/Agencies out of pending dues as on 18.09.2020 is given at Annexure.  ( The status of pending dues is as per applications/cases filed in the Micro Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (MSEFCs) in the State of Odisha  and also does not include the payments made in the cases where no dispute is involved).

(d): Government has taken many steps to get the dues payable to the MSMEs cleared by public sector units of State and Central Governments. The Ministry has taken up the subject vigorously with the Central Ministries, CPSEs and State Governments and Corporate World.

In order to promote greater discipline and timeliness in payment to vendors, the government has issued guidelines that whenever a Consignee Receipt and Acceptance  Certificate (CRAC) in the Government e- Market place (GeM) is issued  by a buyer and payment is not made within 10 days thereafter, the buyer organization will be required to pay penal interest @ 1% per month for the delayed payment beyond the prescribed timeline till the date of such payment. The charge of interest shall be prorated for the period of delay For example, if CRAC is generated on the 1st day of a month and payment is made by the buyer organization on the 20th day of the month, interest for 10 days will be charged. The penal interest will be 10/30 multiplied by  1% i.e. 0.33% .

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## Annexure

Annexure  referred    to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1905  for answer on  22.09.2020

The  status of pending  dues  as  per  applications/cases  filed  in  the  Micro  Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (MSEFCs) in the State of Odisha as on 17.09.2020

| S. no.   | Respondent Category (1)                  |   Resolved and Awarded details (2) |   Resolved and Disallowed details (3) |   Rejected Applications details (4) |   Pending Applications details (5) |   Total Applications details (6) = (Total of 2,3,4,5) |
|----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| A.       | Central Ministries (Amount in crore)     |                               0    |                                  0    |                                   0 |                               2.98 |                                                  2.98 |
| A.       | Central Ministries ( no. of cases)       |                               0    |                                  0    |                                   0 |                              11    |                                                 11    |
| B.       | Central PSU (Amount in crore)            |                               2.24 |                                  0.03 |                                   0 |                               6.33 |                                                  8.6  |
| B.       | Central PSU ( no. of cases)              |                              24    |                                 24    |                                   0 |                              41    |                                                 65    |
| C        | Central Department (Amount in crore)     |                               0    |                                  0    |                                   0 |                               0.72 |                                                  0.72 |
| C        | Central Department ( no. of cases)       |                               0    |                                  0    |                                   0 |                               5    |                                                  5    |
| D        | State Govt. (Amount in crore)            |                               0.76 |                                  0.01 |                                   0 |                              19.86 |                                                 20.63 |
| D        | Central Govt. (no. of cases)             |                               8    |                                  8    |                                   0 |                              42    |                                                 50    |
| E.       | Total (Amount in crore) (A) +(B)+(C)+(D) |                               3    |                                  0.04 |                                   0 |                              29.89 |                                                 32.98 |
|          | Total ( no. of cases) (A) +(B)+(C)+(D)   |                              32    |                                 32    |                                   0 |                              99    |                                                131    |