Lok Sabha Question No. 762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Mahila e-Haats
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Sanjay Jaiswal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 762

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## MAHILA E-HAATS

762. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: DR. SANJAY JAISWAL :

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

- (a) The aims and objectives of Mahila e-Haats;
- (b) The number of entrepreneurs registered on the 'Mahila e-Haat' portal across the country during the past three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) Whether the e-portal has played a key role in financially empowering the women across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) Whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  fact  that  just  5  entrepreneurs from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have registered under Mahila e-Haat;
- (e) Whether the Government has taken note of the lack of adequate Mahila e-Haat marketing platforms; and
- (f) If so, the details there of including the efforts being made by the Ministry to make Mahila e-Haats accessible to every women entrepreneur in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 'Mahila E-haat', is an online marketing platform for women entrepreneurs.
- (b) to (d)  The State wise list of women entrepreneurs registered at "Mahila E-haat" is Annexed.
- (e) and (f)  Government has promoted platforms such as Government e-Market Place (GeM) and e-market place managed by National Small Industries  Corporation  (NSIC)  to support  the  entrepreneurs. In view thereof, the list of  vendors  registered  at  Mahila  E-haat  has  been  allocated  to  Ministry  of  Food Processing Industries, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Ministry of Commerce and Industry to facilitate their market linkage.
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Annexure

Statement   referred   to   in   reply   to   part   (b)   of   the   Lok   Sabha   Unstarred Question No.  762  to  be  answered  on  05.02.2021  asked  by  Hon'ble  Members  of Parliament,  Shri  Lavu  Sri  Krishna  Devarayalu  &  Dr.  Sanjay  Jaiswal  regarding  " Mahila e-Haats'

| Name of State/UT   |   No. of women entrepreneurs registered under Mahila E-haat |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh     |                                                          05 |
| Assam              |                                                          02 |
| Bihar              |                                                          03 |
| Chhattisgarh       |                                                          15 |
| Delhi              |                                                          36 |
| Goa                |                                                          01 |
| Gujarat            |                                                          12 |
| Haryana            |                                                          09 |
| Jharkhand          |                                                          07 |
| Karnataka          |                                                          12 |
| Kerala             |                                                          35 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |                                                          37 |
| Maharashtra        |                                                          54 |
| Meghalaya          |                                                          07 |
| Odisha             |                                                          03 |
| Punjab             |                                                          07 |
| Rajasthan          |                                                          09 |
| Tamil Nadu         |                                                          08 |
| Telangana          |                                                          09 |
| Uttar Pradesh      |                                                          33 |
| West Bengal        |                                                          17 |
| TOTAL              |                                                         321 |