Lok Sabha Question No. 4849 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Financial Package to Women Entrepreneurs
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4849

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## FINANCIAL PACKAGE TO WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

†4849.  SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

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

- (a)          the  details  of  financial  package  given  by  the  Government  to  COVID  affected women entrepreneurs and self help groups, State-wise and year-wise and
- (b)        the  total  number  of  women  benefitted  from  such  scheme  announced  by Government during COVID-19 pandemic?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):   The  Government  has  taken  several  initiatives  to  support  and  protect  the interest of women and other entrepreneurs through stimulus given under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat  Packages  to  combat  the  impact  of  the  COVID-19  pandemic  in  India.  The packages comprise of schemes for various sectors of the economy and also schemes having impact across sectors. The  specific initiatives taken to protect  women entrepreneurs and MSMEs are as under:

1.  Rs.  3  lakh  crore  Emergency Working  Capital  Facility  for  Businesses,  including MSMEs
2.  Rs. 20,000 crore Subordinate Debt for Stressed MSMEs
3.  Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through MSME Fund of Funds
4.  New Definition of MSME and other Measures for MSME
5.  Rs. 10,000 crore scheme for formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises (MFE)
6.  Relief of Rs. 1500 crore to MUDRA loanees
7.  Emergency Credit  Line  Guarantee  Scheme  (ECLGS) for  MSMEs,  businesses, MUDRA borrowers and individuals
8.  Rs. 5000 crore Credit facility for Street Vendors.
9.  Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, a total of 20.40 crores (approx) women account holders (Pradhan Mantri jan Dhan Yojana) were given an exgratia of Rs. 500 per month for three months.
10.  For Self-Help groups (SHGs), limit of collateral free lending was increased from Rs.10 lakhs to Rs. 20 lakhs for women organized through 63 lakhs SHGs, who supported 6.85 crore households.

Under the ECLGS Scheme as on 28.02.2022, 81.18 lakhs women beneficiaries have been provided guarantees for loan. The State-wise details are at Annexure.

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Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  and  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question No.4849 for answer on 01.04.2022 regarding 'Financial Package to  Women Entrepreneurs'

The  State-wise  details  of  women  beneficiaries  provided  guarantees  for  loan  under ECLGS

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs           |   No. of Guarantees Issued | Loan Amount Guaranteed (In crore)   |
|-----------|----------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar    |                        276 | 10.11                               |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                      88221 | 987.47                              |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                        506 | 18.46                               |
|         4 | Assam                |                     460790 | 623.39                              |
|         5 | Bihar                |                     658594 | 671.45                              |
|         6 | Chandigarh           |                       1340 | 28.62                               |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh         |                     126621 | 284.34                              |
|         8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                        599 | 31.26                               |
|         9 | Daman & Diu          |                        117 | 3.40                                |
|        10 | Delhi                |                      31766 | 550.52                              |
|        11 | Goa                  |                       3791 | 188.22                              |
|        12 | Gujarat              |                     181481 | 1091.86                             |
|        13 | Haryana              |                      94587 | 565.64                              |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh     |                       8436 | 108.81                              |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                       4240 | 102.89                              |
|        16 | Jharkhand            |                     205733 | 271.70                              |
|        17 | Karnataka            |                     649006 | 1345.32                             |
|        18 | Kerala               |                     405810 | 805.66                              |
|        19 | Ladakh               |                        171 | 7.52                                |
|        20 | Laksha Deep          |                         49 | 0.16                                |
|        21 | Madhya Pradesh       |                     365439 | 756.76                              |
|        22 | Maharashtra          |                     667536 | 2098.6                              |
|        23 | Manipur              |                       6747 | 14.48                               |
|        24 | Meghalaya            |                       7210 | 29.77                               |
|        25 | Mizoram              |                       2290 | 17.78                               |
|        26 | Nagaland             |                       5517 | 13.86                               |
|        27 | Orissa               |                     796963 | 832.89                              |
|        28 | Pondicherry          |                      16427 | 84.98                               |
|        29 | Punjab               |                      88427 | 377.73                              |
|        30 | Rajasthan            |                     338085 | 1010.72                             |
|        31 | Sikkim               |                       4659 | 20.54                               |
|        32 | Tamilnadu            |                     554077 | 2736 .9                             |
|        33 | Telangana            |                      25796 | 731.23                              |
|        34 | Tripura              |                      52613 | 87.55                               |
|        35 | Uttar Pradesh        |                     439360 | 1269.51                             |
|        36 | West Bengal          |                    1798824 | 2301.84                             |

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