Lok Sabha Question No. 682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Employment Generation by KVIC
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai, Dhanush M Kumar, Rebati Tripura, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Ganesan Selvam, Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## Employment Generation by KVIC

## 682. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  employment  opportunities  generated  by  the  Khadi  and  Village  Industries Commission (KVIC) in the rural and urban areas for SC/ST/OBC and economically weaker sections in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the quantum of funds spent for the purpose by KVIC during the said period, year-wise;
- (c) the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization (MGIRI) in regard to training and capacity building in rural industries;
- (d) whether  the  KVIC  is  implementing  a  new  scheme  for  employment  generation  for  various categories  of  persons  including  war  widows,  ex-servicemen  and  their  dependent  in  rural  and backward areas and if so, the details thereof and the achievement made so far; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to provide more employment opportunities to Khadi workers from rural and backward area of the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Social  Category-wise  units  set  up,  Margin  Money  (MM)  subsidy  disbursed  and estimated  employment  generated  under  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP) in the States of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh during last three years and current year (up to 16.07.2021) is given at Annexure-I.
- (c): Mahatma Gandhi  Institute  for  Rural  Industrialization  (MGIRI)  is  working  in  following  six verticals  for  strengthening  rural  industrialisation  in  micro  and  small  industries  sector  through providing entrepreneurship development trainings, skill development trainings and quality testing and guidance services:
- i. Khadi & Textile
- ii. Bio processing and Herbal
- iii. Rural Chemical Industries
- iv. Rural Craft & Engineering
- v. Rural Energy and Infrastructure
- vi. Management and Systems

MGIRI  has  conducted  168  trainings  from  2018-19  to  2020-21  benefitting  a  total  of  831 participants.  MGIRI  has  also  provided  quality  testing  and  guidance  services  to  125  entrepreneurs during the last three years.

(d): KVIC  is  implementing  PMEGP  scheme  for  employment  generation  for  all  categories  of person including war widows, ex-servicemen, etc. in rural and backward areas. The scheme provides higher rate of subsidy for special categories including ex-servicemen and women, which is 25% in urban areas and 35% in rural areas. Since inception of the scheme in 2008-09 till 2019-20, 1755 exservicemen have set up PMEGP units with MM subsidy of Rs. 3951.32 lakhs.

(e): KVIC  is implementing the Khadi Vikas Yojna Scheme  for generating  employment opportunities for Khadi workers across the country. Under the scheme, KVIC provides assistance to Khadi Institutions for development of Khadi and generation of employment opportunities under its various components, such as

- i. Market Development Assistance (MMDA) to the Khadi institutions and Khadi artisans,
- ii. Interest Subsidy to ensure availability of working capital on reduced rate of interest for Khadi institutions,
- iii. Construction of work-sheds for providing Khadi artisans with sufficient space and congenial environment,
- iv. Assistance to strengthen weak Khadi institutions,
- v. Assistance for modernization of sales outlets of Khadi institutions,
- vi. Training to the artisans.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Qn. No. 682 for answer on 22.07.2021

Social  Category-wise  units  set  up,  Margin  Money  Disbursed  and  estimated  employment generated  under  PMEGP  in  the  States  of  Tamil  Nadu,  Maharashtra,  Tripura  and  Uttar Pradesh during last three years and current year

## Category wise performance for the year 2018-19

| Sr. No.   | State/UT      | No. of Projects   | No. of Projects   | No. of Projects   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   |
|-----------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|           |               | SC                | ST                | OB C              | SC                | ST                | OBC               | SC                      | ST                      | OBC                     |
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh | 698               | 8                 | 2351              | 1880.6 9          | 20.65             | 8815.95           | 558 4                   | 64                      | 1880 8                  |
| 2         | Tripura       | 166               | 20 5              | 223               | 348.82            | 348.5 2           | 452.86            | 132 8                   | 164 0                   | 1784                    |
| 3         | Maharashtra   | 115 1             | 18 3              | 2063              | 2446.5 8          | 299.1 9           | 5955.16           | 920 8                   | 146 4                   | 1650 4                  |
| 4         | Tamilnadu     | 532               | 74                | 3203              | 1143.1 9          | 65.68             | 10637.9 8         | 425 6                   | 592                     | 2562 4                  |

## Category wise performance for the year 2019-20

| Sr. No.   | State/UT      | No. of Project   | No. of Project   | No. of Project   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   |
|-----------|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|           |               | SC               | ST               | OB C             | SC                | ST                | OBC               | SC                      | ST                      | OBC                     |
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh | 78 5             | 18               | 2911             | 2136.1 0          | 63.21             | 10425.0 4         | 628 0                   | 144                     | 2328 8                  |
| 2         | Tripura       | 10 0             | 19 7             | 157              | 187.43            | 356.8 2           | 299.78            | 800                     | 157 6                   | 1256                    |
| 3         | Maharashtra   | 84 2             | 11 2             | 1674             | 1620.2 2          | 139.6 5           | 4231.12           | 673 6                   | 896                     | 1339 2                  |
| 4         | Tamilnadu     | 50 8             | 20               | 2784             | 1205.8 0          | 28.57             | 9536.45           | 406 4                   | 160                     | 2227 2                  |

## Category wise performance for the year 2020-21

| Sr. No.   | State/UT      | No. of Project   | No. of Project   | No. of Project   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   |
|-----------|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|           |               | SC               | ST               | OBC              | SC                | ST                | OBC               | SC                      | ST                      | OBC                     |
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh | 1109             | 27               | 4921             | 2933.44           | 62.1              | 16743.55          | 8872                    | 216                     | 39368                   |
| 2         | Tripura       | 116              | 192              | 143              | 258.41            | 385.29            | 296.48            | 928                     | 1536                    | 1144                    |
| 3         | Maharashtra   | 501              | 98               | 1169             | 1071.14           | 185.18            | 3388.14           | 4008                    | 784                     | 9352                    |
| 4         | Tamilnadu     | 534              | 42               | 2974             | 1287.5            | 37                | 10724.31          | 4272                    | 336                     | 23792                   |

## Category wise performance for the year 2021-22 (up to 16.07.2021)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT      | No. of Project   | No. of Project   | No. of Project   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | MM(Rs. In lakh)   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   | Estimated Employment*   |
|-----------|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|           |               | SC               | ST               | OBC              | SC                | ST                | OBC               | SC                      | ST                      | OBC                     |
| 1         | Uttar Pradesh | 240              | 5                | 972              | 689.01            | 9.98              | 689.01            | 1920                    | 40                      | 7776                    |
| 2         | Tripura       | 0                | 0                | 0                | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| 3         | Maharashtra   | 1                | 0                | 0                | 0.75              | 0                 | 0                 | 8                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| 4         | Tamilnadu     | 0                | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                 | 0.75              | 0                       | 0                       | 8                       |