Lok Sabha Question No. 4722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: MSME Run by Men and Women
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Mohammad Jawed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4722 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## MSME RUN BY MEN AND WOMEN

## 4722.   SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY: DR. MOHAMMAD JAVED:

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

- (a) whether the Government has recorded data on the percentage of MSMEs run by men and women individually;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last five years and the current year and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has investigated the reason for the gender disparity in the proprietary concerns of MSMEs;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the number of loan applications filed by men and women under various schemes and the corresponding number of applications so rejected during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. The percentage of MSMEs run by men and women and registered on Udyog Aadhar Memorandum Portal is as under:

| Year                             |   Men (%) |   Women (%) |
|----------------------------------|-----------|-------------|
| 2017-18                          |      77.5 |        22.5 |
| 2018-19                          |      79   |        21   |
| 2019-20                          |      78.5 |        21.5 |
| 2020-21(April 2020 to June 2020) |      84.5 |        15.5 |

The percentage of MSMEs run by men and women and registered on Udyam Registration Portal is as under:

| Year                              |   Men (%) |   Women (%) |   Others (%) |
|-----------------------------------|-----------|-------------|--------------|
| 2020-21 (July 2020 to March 2021) |      81.7 |        17.3 |          1.1 |
| 2021-22                           |      81.5 |        17.7 |          0.8 |

(c) & (d): Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  has  not  investigated  the reason  for  gender  disparity  in  MSME  registration.  But,  the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and Medium Enterprises aims to promote women entrepreneurs through the following initiatives. (i)  Under  Public  Procurement  Policy,  out  of  25%  procurement  by  Central  Public  Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) mandated from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), 3% is reserved for women  entrepreneurs.  (ii)  Under  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP),  women  entrepreneurs  are  eligible  to  get  subsidy  at  the  higher  slab.    PMEGP provides margin money subsidy of 35% of the project cost in rural areas and 25% in urban areas to women whereas general category entrepreneurs can avail margin money subsidy of 25% of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas.

(e): As  per  the  information  received  from  SIDBI,  gender  wise  number  of  sanctioned proposals, disbursed proposals and rejected proposals under MSME loan is as under:

|                      | MSMELoans   | MSMELoans   | MSMELoans   | MSMELoans   | MSMELoans   | MSMELoans   | MSMELoans                  | MSMELoans                  |
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                      | 2018-19     | 2018-19     | 2019-20     | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2020-21     | 2021-22 (as on 25.03.2022) | 2021-22 (as on 25.03.2022) |
|                      | Male        | Female      | Male        | Female      | Male        | Female      | Male                       | Female                     |
| Sanctioned Proposals | 31587       | 5577        | 52165       | 8829        | 22726       | 3691        | 7754                       | 1153                       |
| Disbursed Proposals  | 20715       | 3595        | 53183       | 9002        | 20376       | 3352        | 5735                       | 852                        |
| Rejected Proposals   | 32975       | 5033        | 28103       | 4069        | 13283       | 2193        | 4230                       | 665                        |

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