Lok Sabha Question No. 4187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Employment under PMEGP
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

## EMPLOYMENT UNDER PMEGP

## 4187.       SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether the target of generating employment under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is still far behind since 2016 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of funds released to new entrepreneurs from Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) since 2016; and
- (c) the  targets  and  achievements  made  by  Government  to  generate  employment  and funding to business since 2016 under the programme?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(c): No,  Sir.  The  details  of  targets  and  performance  under  Prime  Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) since 2016-17 are as given below:

|                            | Target                                              | Target                          | Target                                             | Achievement                                   | Achievement                     | Achievement                                  | % against the target ofMM disburs   |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Year                       | Margin Money Subsidy to be disbursed (Rs. in crore) | No. of projects/ beneficia ries | Estimated Employme nt to be generated (in numbers) | Margin Money Subsidy disbursed (Rs. in crore) | No. of projects/ beneficia ries | Estimated Employm ent generated (in numbers) | ement                               |
| 2016-17                    | 1082.90                                             | 54345                           | 434760                                             | 1280.94                                       | 52912                           | 407840                                       | 118.29                              |
| 2017-18                    | 1170.00                                             | 58750                           | 470000                                             | 1312.40                                       | 48398                           | 387184                                       | 112.17                              |
| 2018-19                    | 2068.80                                             | 72381                           | 579048                                             | 2070.00                                       | 73427                           | 587416                                       | 100.06                              |
| 2019-20 (up to 17.03.2020) | 2396.44                                             | 79236                           | 633888                                             | 1661.56                                       | 55737                           | 4,45,896                                     | 69.33                               |

## (b): The details of the new entrepreneurs assisted, Margin Money subsidy disbursed by the Government and the estimated amount of loan released by banks under PMEGP which have been covered under CGTMSE, since 2016-17 are given as under:

| Year    |   No. of projects |   Margin Money subsidy disbursed (Rs. in cr.) | Estimated Loan Sanctioned by banks (Rs. in cr.)   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |             11001 |                                        237.97 | 704.20                                            |
| 2017-18 |             20708 |                                        514.07 | 1,525.59                                          |
| 2018-19 |             32866 |                                        816.29 | 2,419.48                                          |
| 2019-20 |             24676 |                                        644.9  | 1,994.97                                          |

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