Lok Sabha Question No. 2766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Price Chain of Bamboo Based Products
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Balak Nath

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## Price Chain of Bamboo Based Products

## †2766. SHRI BALAK NATH:

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

- (a) whether any scheme is being implemented by the Government in Rajasthan State for the development of price chain of the bamboo based products;
- (b) if so, the details of the provisions for the entrepreneurs for setting up the small and medium processing units under this scheme; and
- (c) the  details  of  total  number  of  small  and  medium  processing  units  set  up  in  the  country including Rajasthan so far after the restructuring of NBM, State/district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

(a) & (b): Government is implementing the restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) from the  year  2018-19.  NBM focuses  on  the  development  of  complete  value  chain  of  bamboo sector to link growers with consumers starting from planting material,  creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing, skill development and brand building initiative in a cluster approach mode.

The  scheme  is  being  implemented  in  the  States  where  it  has  social,  commercial  and economical advantage, including the bamboo rich States of North Eastern region and in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh,  Telangana,  Gujarat,  Tamil  Nadu,  Kerala,  Uttar  Pradesh  &  Himachal  Pradesh.  Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is also included under NBM in the year 2020-21.

The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) is not being implemented in the State of Rajasthan.

In  addition,  the  Ministry  of  MSME  is  implementing  Prime  Minister's  Employment Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  across  the  country  including  Rajasthan  to  promote  rural entrepreneurship. PMEGP is a major credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating selfemployment  opportunities  through  establishment  of  micro-enterprises  in  the  non-farm  sector including the cane and bamboo based micro units by helping traditional artisans and rural/urban unemployed youth. Maximum cost of the project under the scheme in manufacturing sector is Rs. 25.00  Lakh  and  in  service  Sector  Rs.  10.00  Lakh.  Margin  Money  subsidy  payable  by  the Government varies from 15% to 35% for different categories.

- (c):      The  total  number  of  MSME  units  established  across  the  country  under  the  NBM  (as  on 30.06.2021) is given in Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Qn. No. 2766 for answer on 05.08.2021.

Establishment  of Micro/Medium  Product  Development  and  Processing  Units  (in  Nos.) during 2018-19 to 2021-22 (30.06.2021) under NBM

| S. No.           | States                       | Micro/Medium Product Development and Processing Units (in nos.)   |
|------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                | Andhra Pradesh               | -                                                                 |
| 2                | Bihar                        | 1                                                                 |
| 3                | Chhattisgarh                 | 4                                                                 |
| 4                | Gujarat                      | -                                                                 |
| 5                | Himachal Pradesh             | -                                                                 |
| 6                | Jharkhand                    | 7                                                                 |
| 7                | Karnataka                    | 11                                                                |
| 8                | Kerala                       | -                                                                 |
| 9                | Madhya Pradesh               | 79                                                                |
| 10               | Maharashtra                  | 19                                                                |
| 11               | Orissa                       | 26                                                                |
| 12               | Tamil Nadu                   | -                                                                 |
| 13               | Telangana                    | -                                                                 |
| 14               | Uttarakhand                  | 9                                                                 |
| 15               | Uttar Pradesh                | 5                                                                 |
| 16               | Arunachal Pradesh            | 54                                                                |
| 17               | Assam                        | 4                                                                 |
| 18               | Manipur                      | 5                                                                 |
| 19               | Meghalaya                    | 9                                                                 |
| 20               | Mizoram                      | 26                                                                |
| 21               | Nagaland                     | 22                                                                |
| 22               | Sikkim                       | 30                                                                |
| 23               | Tripura                      | 54                                                                |
| Other Institutes | Other Institutes             |                                                                   |
| 1                | BTSG, KFRI (Peechi)          | 2                                                                 |
| 2                | BTSG, ICFRE (Dehradun)       | -                                                                 |
| 3                | BTSG, NECBDC/CBTC (Guwahati) | 1                                                                 |
|                  | GRAND TOTAL                  | 368                                                               |