Lok Sabha Question No. 2649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Mahila Coir Yojana
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, Dhanush M Kumar, Ganesan Selvam, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2649 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2022

## MAHILA COIR YOJANA

2649.                       SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI SELVAM G:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

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

- (a) the  aims  and objectives along with the present implementation status of the Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has failed to achieve the objective for which MCY  was launched and if so, the details thereof along with the challenges faced by the Government in the implementation of the said yojana;
- (c)        the number of rural women artisans who have been provided self-employment  under the MCY;
- (d) the  number of women trained under MCY in the country State-wise especially Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra along with the amount of stipend paid;
- (e) the number of women beneficiaries of the Yojana in the country especially in the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra along with the financial allocation made for this Yojana;
- (f) whether the Government has made any assessment of MCY and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  more  participation  of  women  in  coir  production  and  its distribution ?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry through Coir Board, a statutory body is implementing various skill development activities across the country under the component 'Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana' of Coir Vikas Yojana, a Central Sector Scheme. Among the various skill development programmes under Coir Vikas Yojana, the Scheme Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY) envisages provision for training only to women artisans.

MCY is being implemented by the Coir Board for the empowerment of women artisans in the coir sector with an aim to provide self employment opportunities to rural women artisans in regions processing coconut husk and provides scope for large scale employment as well as improvement of standard of living of rural women artisans. The main objectives of the scheme are as under:

-  To train the personnel artisans in the cadres of Supervisors/ Instructors/ Artisans and to meet the requirement of skilled man power for the development of coir industry.
-  Help in transfer of technology to non-traditional areas through development of skill of coir workers.
-  Assisting  the  MCY  trained  women  artisans  for  procuring  spinning  equipments/coir  processing machineries from the PMEGP.
-  To inculcate quality consciousness among workers at grass root level and to educate them on proper methods of producing standard quality fibre, yarn and products.

The present implementation status of the Scheme MCY in the Country, State/UT wise are as under:

| State/UT             |   No. of women beneficiaries (as on 19.12.2022) |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu           |                                             100 |
| Port Blair, A&N      |                                              40 |
| Karnataka            |                                              40 |
| Gujarat              |                                              40 |
| Maharashtra          |                                             160 |
| Goa                  |                                              20 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |                                              40 |
| Odisha               |                                              80 |
| Kerala               |                                             120 |
| North Eastern Region |                                              60 |
| West Bengal          |                                              40 |

- (b)& (c):      No, Sir. In the FY 2022-23, around 33 nos. of woman artisans who were trained under MCY got employment in units.
- (d): During FY- 2022-23 , 740 nos. of women trained under MCY in the Country. The details of number of women trained in the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra along with the amount of stipend paid are as under :
- (e): During the current year 2022-23, an amount of Rs.234 lakhs has been allocated for MCY.  At present, there are 740 nos. of women beneficiaries in the Country and an amount of Rs.92.96 lakhs released for this Yojana so far for the current year.

| State       |   No. of women beneficiaries (as on 19.12.2022) | Amount of stipend paid(as on 19.12.2022)   |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu  |                                             100 | Rs.6,00,000/-                              |
| Maharashtra |                                             160 | Rs.9,60,000/-                              |

The  details  of  number  of  women  beneficiaries  under  MCY  in  the  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  and Maharashtra along with the financial utilization made for this Yojana are as under:

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| State      |   Financial allocation (as on 19.12.2022) |   Fund Released so far (as on 19.12.2022) |
|------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu |                                      31.2 |                                     13.28 |
| Maharashra |                                      46.8 |                                     16.6  |

- (f):             The Coir Board has done an evaluation study during the year 2020. In the study, it is found that income of rural women has been increased significantly after getting training under MCY. The production of coir has increased and enabled the women spinners to earn a higher income.
- (g): Apart  from  Mahila  Coir  Yojana,  Coir  Board  is  also  implementing  various  skill  development activities  under  Coir  VikasYojana,  across  the  country  like  Training  in  Value  Added  Products,  regular training  Courses,  Awareness  Programme, etc. for  making the  rural women artisans/ unskilled labourers aware  of the working of coir units and improving their skills and thereby motivating them for setting up of their own coir units or coir based industries by availing the assistance under the Scheme PMEGP. With a view to disseminate information on the schemes and latest technologies available in coir sector,  the Board also  organizes  Entrepreneurship  Development  Programmes,  Workshops,  Exposure  Tour  etc.  under  this Scheme. All these programmes help to get more participation of artisans including women artisan to the industry.

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