Lok Sabha Question No. 157 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Mahila Coir Yojana
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Sandhya Ray

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *157 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2019

## MAHILA COIR YOJANA

## *157. SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY:

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

- (a) whether the  Government is implementing  the Mahila Coir  Yojana (MCY) in the country;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  aims  and  objectives  including  its implementation status in the country, State/UT-wise including Tripura;

(c) the number of women beneficiaries of the Yojana in the country along with the financial allocation made for this Yojana during each of the last three years and the current year;

(d) whether the government has achieved the objectives for which the Yojana was started, if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the  problems  faced  by  the  Government  in  implementing  this  Yojana  and  the other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  more  participation  of  women  in  coir production and its distribution?

## ANSWER

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

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *157 FOR ANSWER ON 28.11.2019

- (a) & (b): Coir  Board,  a  statutory  body  under  the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and Medium Enterprises (MSME), is implementing the Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY) which is  a  component  under  the  umbrella  Scheme  'Coir  Vikas  Yojana  (CVY)'  for development of  coir  industry  in  the  major  coconut  producing  states  of  the  country. Mahila Coir  Yojana is  a  women-oriented  self  employment  scheme  implemented  by Coir Board for imparting training to women artisans on conversion of coir fibre into yarn. The amount of stipend given to the trainees is Rs.3000/- per month. During the year  2017-18,  the  scheme  was  approved  for  continuation  from  2017-18  to  2019-20 with the following objectives:
-  To provide training on sophisticated machinery/advanced technology in order to scale up the skill of the Mahila Coir Workers.
-  To integrate MCY training along with LBI (Livelihood Business Incubation) in order to make the MCY trainees more entrepreneurial.
-  To encourage the trained women to avail of assistance under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) to set up coir units.

State/UT-wise  details  of  training,  including  Tripura,  provided  under  MCY  is  at Annexure-I.

- (c):     The details of financial allocation and beneficiaries trained under Mahila Coir Yojana during the last three years  and current year are as follows:
- (d) & (e):    The objectives of the scheme have largely been achieved with training provided to  6474  women workers.  Government is  covering  more and  more  women workers  by  developing  new  machinery  and  improving  manufacturing  processes  for making these activities less strenuous.

| Year    |   Financial allocation (Rs. In Lakhs) | Number of Trainees   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                 121.5 | 2274                 |
| 2017-18 |                                  44.7 | 1209                 |
| 2018-19 |                                 166   | 2195                 |
| 2019-20 |                                 182.6 | 796*                 |

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## Annexure-I

Annexure - I   referred in reply to Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *157 for answer on 28.11.2019.

The State/UT-wise details of training provided under Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY):

| State/Years             | 2016-17   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 | 2019-20   |
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Island | 40        |        90 |        76 | 38        |
| Andhra Pradesh          | 140       |        60 |       100 | 60        |
| Assam                   | 349       |       267 |       438 | 280       |
| Goa                     | 20        |         0 |        60 | 0         |
| Gujarat                 | 20        |        20 |        80 | 0         |
| Karnataka               | 60        |        80 |       120 | 60        |
| Kerala                  | 540       |       236 |       465 | 100       |
| Lakshadweep             | 80        |        20 |        60 | 0         |
| Maharashtra             | 260       |        80 |       140 | 60        |
| Odisha                  | 179       |       100 |       113 | 78        |
| Tamil Nadu              | 350       |       196 |       287 | 80        |
| Telangana               | -         |        20 |        20 | 20        |
| Tripura                 | 19        |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| West Bengal             | 217       |        40 |       236 | 20        |
| Total                   | 2274      |      1209 |      2195 | 796*      |