Lok Sabha Question No. 2642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Registration of various Industries with MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2642 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## REGISTRATION OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES WITH MSMEs

2642. SHRI  NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

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

- (a) the details of various schemes being run by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs);
- (b) the details of registration made by various industries with the Ministry during the last five years;
- (c) whether the Ministry does registration in respect of youtube and news portal and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of youtube, news portal and other social media registered during the last five years; and
- (e) whether  the  news  portal  gets  any  recognition  after  getting  registration  from  the Ministry of MSME and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

- (a): Ministry of MSME  through its field offices network, implements various schemes/programmes  for  the  promotion  and  development  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises  (MSMEs)  sector  across  the  country  which  inter  alia  include  Prime  Minister's Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Micro  and Small Enterprises-Cluster Development  Programme  (MSE-CDP),  Scheme  of  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional Industries (SFURTI), Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE), A Scheme for Promotion  of  Innovation,  Rural  Industries  and  Entrepreneurship  (ASPIRE), Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP), National Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Hub (NSSH). These schemes are aimed at inter alia facilitating easy credit access, market  access,  technological  support  to  MSMEs  and  developing  entrepreneurship attitude/skill among the youth towards generating self-employment opportunities.
- (b): Number  of  MSMEs  registered  and  classified  on  the  erstwhile  'Udyog  Aadhaar Memorandum' portal (from 18.09.2015 to 30.06.2020) in the country are given below:

| Financial Year                     | Micro     | Small    | Medium   | Total     |
|------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|
| 2018-19                            | 15,30,711 | 1,37,537 | 4,075    | 16,72,323 |
| 2019-20                            | 17,90,670 | 1,73,186 | 4,842    | 19,68,698 |
| 2020-21 (01.04.2020 to 30.06.2020) | 7,49,354  | 1,34,345 | 4,012    | 8,87,711  |
| TOTAL                              | 40,70,735 | 4,45,068 | 12,929   | 45,28,732 |

Ministry of MSME  launched  'Udyam  Registration' portal on 01.07.2020 for registration  of  MSMEs  under  the  new  definition.  Number  of  MSMEs  registered  and classified on the 'Udyam Registration' portal (from 01.07.2020 to 13.03.2023) in the country are given below:

| Financial Year                     | Micro       | Small    | Medium   | Total       |
|------------------------------------|-------------|----------|----------|-------------|
| 2020-21 (01.07.2020 to 31.03.2021) | 26,43,810   | 1,83,870 | 24,644   | 28,52,324   |
| 2021-22                            | 49,65,222   | 1,76,951 | 11,485   | 51,53,658   |
| 2022-23 (01.04.2022 to 13.03.2023) | 66,59,235   | 90,194   | 4,447    | 67,53,876   |
| TOTAL                              | 1,42,68,267 | 4,51,015 | 40,576   | 1,47,59,858 |

(c) to (e): Udyam Registration is free of cost, transparent, online, hassle free and is based on  self  declaration.  MSMEs  get  registered  online  on  the  'Udyam  Registration'  portal  by selecting  activities  [National  Industrial  Classification  (NIC)  codes]  available  in  the  dropdown  menu.    Number  of  MSMEs  registered  and  classified  on  the  'Udyam  Registration' portal (from 01.07.2020 to 13.03.2023) in the country under the NIC Codes 63122 and 63910 are given below:

| NIC Code   | Description                                                                                                                 | Micro   |   Small |   Medium | Total   |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|----------|---------|
| 63122      | Operation of other websites that act as portals to the Internet, such as media sites providing periodically updated content | 27,494  |     224 |       28 | 27,746  |
| 63910      | News agency activities                                                                                                      | 13,997  |      45 |        8 | 14,050  |
| TOTAL      | TOTAL                                                                                                                       | 41,491  |     269 |       36 | 41,796  |