Lok Sabha Question No. 3206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Pending Applications under Samadhaan Portal
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## PENDING APPLICATIONS UNDER SAMADHAAN PORTAL

3206.        SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

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

- (a) the number of applications filed on the MSME Samadhaan platform viewed by officials and pending consideration, annually from inception till December, 2021;
- (b) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  fifty-seven  per  cent  of  applications  on  MSME  Samadhaan  are currently pending and the reasons for the large number of pendencies therefor; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to restart the closed MSMEs during the last three years and the fund allocation made in 2022-23 in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of number of applications filed on the MSME Samadhaan platform which have been viewed by officials and are pending consideration, annually from inception till December, 2021 are as follows:-
- (b): Currently, 50.28 % applications on MSME Samadhaan are pending. These pendencies are due to two reasons, viz. 28,947 no. of applications on Samadhaan Portal is yet to be viewed by Micro, Small Enterprise Facilitation Councils (MSEFCs) and those which are under consideration by  MSEFCs  are  30,650  no.  of  cases.  The  application  becomes  a  case  after  the  application  is admitted by the MSEFCs.

| Year                    | Cases currently under consideration by MSEFCs   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 31.10.2017 - 31.03.2018 | 766                                             |
| 01.04.2018 - 31.03.2019 | 2,082                                           |
| 01.04.2019 - 31.03.2020 | 5,430                                           |
| 01.04.2020 - 31.03.2021 | 9,621                                           |
| 01.04.2021 - 31.12.2021 | 8,345                                           |

- (c): Under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, the Government has taken various steps for the MSME. Some of them are:
- i. Launch of Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) Subordinate Debt for stressed MSMEs.
- ii. Launch  of  Guaranteed  Emergency  Credit  Line  (GECL)  /  Emergency  Credit  Line Guarantee  Scheme (ECLGS) for Businesses, including MSMEs.
- iii. Launch of 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 crores.

In  addition,  the  Government  had announced the  following initiatives  for  MSMEs  in  the Budget 2022-23:-

- (i)     Udyam, e-Shram, NCS and ASEEM portals will be interlinked for credit facilitation, skilling and recruitment.
- (ii)        GECL  /  ECLGS  to  be  extended  up  to  March,  2023  and  its  guarantee  cover  to  be expanded by Rs. 50,000 crore, with the additional amount  being earmarked exclusively for the hospitality and related enterprises.
- (iii)  Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises scheme to be revamped with required infusion of funds to facilitate additional credit of Rs. 2 lakh crore for MSEs and expand employment opportunities.
- (iv)  Roll out of Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) programme with an outlay of Rs. 6,000 crore over 5 years.

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