Lok Sabha Question No. 1612 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Udyam Sakhi Portal for Women
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: D.K. Suresh, Sumalatha Ambareesh, Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  1612 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## UDYAM SAKHI PORTAL FOR WOMEN

## 1612.            SHRI D.K.SURESH: SHRIMATI  SUMALATHA  AMBAREESH: SHRI NALIN MUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has introduced Udyam Sakhi Portal to make women selfreliant in the country, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any budgetary allocation has been  made for the said portal and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  total  number  of  beneficiaries  received    benefits  through  aforesaid  portal, State/year-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  introduced  'economic  empowerment  of  women entrepreneurs  and  start-ups  by  women'  scheme  and  if  so,  the  number  of  women benefited under the scheme; State/district wise; and
- (e) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  spent  under  the  said  scheme  till  date  in  the country including Karnataka?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

- (a): Udyam Sakhi portal (http://udyamsakhi.msme.gov.in) was launched on 08.03.2018  for  women  entrepreneurs  on  the  occasion  of  International  Women's  Day. Udyam  Sakhi  is  designed  for  women  to  feel  comfortable  in  sourcing  the  right information on one single portal.
- (b): No  Sir.    However,  the  total  expenditure  incurred  on  Udyam  Sakhi  portal  was borne by Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring  Instruments (IDEMI),  an autonomous body under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- (c): The Udyam Sakhi portal is a platform for existing/prospective women entrepreneurs  to  access  information.  No  financial  benefit  is  provided.  A  total  of  2938 women are registered on the portal.  The State-wise number of women registered on the portal is given at Annexure.

(d): The Ministry of MSME has not introduced 'economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and start-ups by women' scheme.

However, the Ministry implements various Schemes/Programmes  for the promotion and development of MSMEs, including women owned MSMEs,    namely, Prime  Ministers'  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Micro  and  Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP), Tool Rooms & Technology Centres, Scheme  of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme, Entrepreneurship and Skill  Development Programme  (  ESDP),  Credit  Linked  Capital  Subsidy  and  Technology  Upgradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS)  etc.

(e): Does not arise.

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## Annexure rererred to in reply part (c) to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1612 for answer on 11.02.2021

State -wise total number of existing/prospective women entrepreneurs registered on Udyam Sakhi portal

| S. No   | State            |   No of women registered |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   |                        8 |
| 2       | Assam            |                        3 |
| 3       | Bihar            |                       24 |
| 4       | Chandigarh       |                        1 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     |                        5 |
| 6       | New Delhi        |                       30 |
| 7       | Goa              |                        2 |
| 8       | Gujarat          |                        9 |
| 9       | Haryana          |                       12 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh |                        2 |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir   |                        1 |
| 12      | Jharkhand        |                        9 |
| 13      | Karnataka        |                       18 |
| 14      | Kerala           |                        2 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh   |                       31 |
| 16      | Maharashtra      |                      103 |
| 17      | Manipur          |                        4 |
| 18      | Nagaland         |                        1 |
| 19      | Odisha           |                       17 |
| 20      | Punjab           |                        4 |
| 21      | Rajasthan        |                       20 |
| 22      | Tamil Nadu       |                       19 |
| 23      | Telangana        |                       14 |
| 24      | Tripura          |                        1 |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh    |                       74 |
| 26      | Uttarkhand       |                        2 |
| 27      | West Bengal      |                       21 |
| 28      | Others           |                     2501 |
| Total   | Total            |                     2938 |