Lok Sabha Question No. 2215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Mahila E-Haat
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2215

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## MAHILA E-HAAT

## 2215.  SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of entrepreneurs registered in 'Mahila E-haat' State/UT-wise during the past three years;
- (b) whether e-platform has played a key role in financially empowering the women across the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps being taken to ensure that the benefits reach out to maximum number of women entrepreneurs during the past year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) &(b) The State wise list of women entrepreneurs registered at "Mahila E-haat" is Annexed. As evident therefrom, very few entrepreneurs have utilized the services of this portal.

- (c)  Government has promoted platforms such as Government e-Market Place (GeM) and  e-market  place  managed  by  National  Small  Industries  Corporation  (NSIC)  to support the entrepreneurs. In view thereof, the possibility of transfer of Mahila e-haat to an e-market access development related department has been explored.

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## Annexure

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 2215 to be answered on 23.09.2020 asked by Hon'ble Member of Parliament, Shri Sunil Baburao Mendhe regarding " Mahila E-Haat'

| Name of State/UT   |   No. of women entrepreneurs registered under Mahila E-haat |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |                                                          05 |
| Assam              |                                                          02 |
| Bihar              |                                                          03 |
| Chhattisgarh       |                                                          15 |
| Delhi              |                                                          36 |
| Goa                |                                                          01 |
| Gujarat            |                                                          12 |
| Haryana            |                                                          09 |
| Jharkhand          |                                                          07 |
| Karnataka          |                                                          12 |
| Kerala             |                                                          35 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |                                                          37 |
| Maharashtra        |                                                          54 |
| Meghalaya          |                                                          07 |
| Odisha             |                                                          03 |
| Punjab             |                                                          07 |
| Rajasthan          |                                                          09 |
| Tamil Nadu         |                                                          08 |
| Telangana          |                                                          09 |
| Uttar Pradesh      |                                                          33 |
| West Bengal        |                                                          17 |
| TOTAL              |                                                         321 |