Lok Sabha Question No. 847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Study to Estimate the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan, Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 847 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## STUDY TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

## 847.      SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN: SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

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

- (a) the details of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, State/UTwise including Bihar;
- (b)        whether the Government has conducted/ commissioned a study to estimate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on MSMEs across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (c)          whether  the  Government  has  evolved  any  scheme  to  help  MSMEs  to  recover  from  the impact  of  COVID-19  pandemic  with  the  funds  sanctioned  and  disbursed  and  if  so,  the  details thereof along with the number of beneficiaries, State/UT-wise and district-wise in Bihar; and
- (d)      whether the Government promotes the setting up of MSMEs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):         The number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which had registered on Udyam  Registration  (UR)  portal  since  inception  on  01.07.2020  till  15.07.2022,  and  had  been classified  as  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  was  95,91,422.  Out  of  this  91,61,600  were micro; 3,91,742 were small and 38,080 were medium. State/UT-wise details including Bihar are at Annexure.
- (b) & (c):  The Ministry of MSME on 7 th September, 2021 assigned a Study to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to assess the impact of change in MSME classification on the Sector.  The  terms  of  reference  of  the  said  study  inter-alia  also  included  assessment  of  losses suffered by MSME sector due to Covid-19 pandemic. The said study was based on the survey conducted by SIDBI taking a random sample pool comprising 1,029 MSMEs spread across the 20 States and 2 Union Territories. The report of the study submitted on 27 th January, 2022, reveals that 67 percent of the respondent MSMEs were temporarily closed for upto a period of 3 months and more than 50 percent of the respondent units witnessed a decline of more than 25 percent in their revenues during the FY 2020-21. Around 66 percent of the respondents reported a decline in profitability on account of stable fixed costs and decline in revenue. The study reveals that around 65  percent  of  the  MSMEs  surveyed,  have  availed  the  benefits  under  Emergency  Credit  Line Guarantee Scheme and around 36 percent of the respondents (MSMEs) also availed loans under the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises scheme.

The Government of India, under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, announced many measures to help micro, small and medium enterprises to tide over COVID-19 crisis. These include (i) Rs. 20,000 crore  Subordinate  Debt  for  stressed  MSMEs;  (ii)  Rs.  3  lakh  crore  Emergency  Credit  Line Guarantee  Scheme (ECLGS)  for  business,  including  MSMEs  which  has  subsequently  been increased  to  Rs.  5  lakh  crore;  (iii)  Rs.  50,000  crore  equity  infusion  through  Self-Reliant  India Fund;  (iv)  New  revised  criteria  of  classification  of  MSMEs;  (v)  New  registration  of  MSMEs through 'Udyam Registration' for Ease of Doing Business; (vi) No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crore.

All  the  schemes  of  Ministry  of  MSME  are  Central  Sector  Schemes.  Funds  are  not allocated State/UT-wise. The total BE of the Ministry for the FY 2022-23 is Rs.21,422 crore.

(d):              Promotion  and  development  of  enterprises  is  a  State  subject.  The  Ministry  of  Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises supplements the efforts of State Governments/ UTs Administration through  various  schemes,  programmes  and  policy  initiatives  for  promotion,  development  and enhancing  the  competitiveness  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  in  the  country.  The schemes of the Ministry inter-alia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP),  Scheme  of  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI),  Credit Guarantee  Scheme  for  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises,  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP), etc.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 847 for answer on 21.07.2022

|   Sl. No. | State Name                | Micro     | Small   | Medium   | Total     |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------|---------|----------|-----------|
|         1 | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 2,42,401  | 13,831  | 1,219    | 2,57,451  |
|         2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         | 3,668     | 146     | 16       | 3,830     |
|         3 | ASSAM                     | 1,06,122  | 4,518   | 369      | 1,11,009  |
|         4 | BIHAR                     | 3,65,795  | 8,124   | 482      | 3,74,401  |
|         5 | CHHATTISGARH              | 1,17,797  | 6,122   | 724      | 1,24,643  |
|         6 | GOA                       | 16,677    | 836     | 105      | 17,618    |
|         7 | GUJARAT                   | 7,24,434  | 45,193  | 4,707    | 7,74,334  |
|         8 | HARYANA                   | 3,15,545  | 19,992  | 1,861    | 3,37,398  |
|         9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 46,734    | 2,104   | 266      | 49,104    |
|        10 | JHARKHAND                 | 1,49,318  | 4,493   | 332      | 1,54,143  |
|        11 | KARNATAKA                 | 5,34,139  | 24,578  | 2,304    | 5,61,021  |
|        12 | KERALA                    | 2,19,245  | 11,199  | 918      | 2,31,362  |
|        13 | MADHYA PRADESH            | 4,14,309  | 15,949  | 1,230    | 4,31,488  |
|        14 | MAHARASHTRA               | 18,33,765 | 57,707  | 6,792    | 18,98,264 |
|        15 | MANIPUR                   | 29,276    | 337     | 15       | 29,628    |
|        16 | MEGHALAYA                 | 3,907     | 201     | 25       | 4,133     |
|        17 | MIZORAM                   | 5,888     | 110     | 9        | 6,007     |
|        18 | NAGALAND                  | 5,092     | 87      | 8        | 5,187     |
|        19 | ODISHA                    | 1,83,919  | 7,106   | 545      | 1,91,570  |
|        20 | PUNJAB                    | 3,30,812  | 15,435  | 1,441    | 3,47,688  |
|        21 | RAJASTHAN                 | 7,21,005  | 23,851  | 1,845    | 7,46,701  |
|        22 | SIKKIM                    | 2,541     | 82      | 8        | 2,631     |
|        23 | TAMIL NADU                | 9,82,675  | 36,097  | 3,120    | 10,21,892 |
|        24 | TELANGANA                 | 2,86,468  | 15,468  | 1,852    | 3,03,788  |
|        25 | TRIPURA                   | 10,445    | 389     | 26       | 10,860    |
|        26 | UTTAR PRADESH             | 7,40,765  | 29,013  | 2,471    | 7,72,249  |
|        27 | UTTARAKHAND               | 84,102    | 3,386   | 310      | 87,798    |
|        28 | WEST BENGAL               | 2,74,520  | 17,772  | 1,765    | 2,94,057  |
|        29 | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS | 5,564     | 172     | 4        | 5,740     |
|        30 | CHANDIGARH                | 16,465    | 1,160   | 140      | 17,765    |
|        31 | DADAR AND NAGAR HAVELI    | 5,240     | 476     | 88       | 5,804     |
|        32 | DAMAN AND DIU             | 2,356     | 330     | 61       | 2,747     |
|        33 | DELHI                     | 2,44,610  | 22,338  | 2,792    | 2,69,740  |
|        34 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         | 1,17,645  | 2467    | 176      | 1,20,288  |
|        35 | LADAKH                    | 3,655     | 70      | 1        | 3,726     |
|        36 | LAKSHADWEEP               | 323       | 0       | 0        | 323       |
|        37 | PUDUCHERRY                | 14,378    | 603     | 53       | 15,034    |