Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Setting up of Industries in Tribal Areas
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Guman Singh Damor

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1801 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2021

## Setting up of Industries in Tribal Areas

## 1801. SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR:

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

- (a) the scheme of the Government to set up the industries in the tribals dominated districts of the country;
- (b) whether  the  industries  have  been  set  up  in  Scheduled  Tribe  areas  as  per  the scheme of the Government and if so, the details thereof, State-wise ;
- (c) whether  tribal  dominated  districts  of  Alirajpur  has  been  categorised  as  'noindustry area';
- (d) if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  on  any  scheme  to  set  up industries in this districts; and
- (e) if not, whether the Government proposes to formulate any such plan?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry is implementing Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) since 2008-09 through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) as nodal agency at the national level for generating employment in the country including tribal dominated districts by setting up of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector.

Under  PMEGP,  general  category  beneficiaries  can  avail  of  margin  money subsidy  of  25%  of  the  project  cost  in  rural  areas  and  15%  in  urban  areas.    For beneficiaries  belonging  to  special  categories  such  as  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, Minorities, Women, Ex-servicemen, Physically Handicapped, beneficiaries  belonging  to  North  Eastern  Region,  Hill  and  Border  areas,  etc.,  the Margin Money (MM) subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban area. Since its inception  till  30 th June  2021,  around  7  lakh  micro  enterprises  have  been  assisted providing employment to an estimated 57 lakh persons.

- (b): The details of micro units set up by Scheduled Tribe (ST) entrepreneurs during the last three years and current year under PMEGP is given at Annexure.

(c) to (e): No  Sir.  Under  PMEGP,  following  number  of  micro  units  have  been assisted  in  Alirajpur  District  of  Madhya  Pradesh  during  last  three  years  and  current year:

| Year                       |   No. of Units set up |
|----------------------------|-----------------------|
| 2018-19                    |                    95 |
| 2019-20                    |                    66 |
| 2020-21                    |                   111 |
| 2021-22 (as on 23.07.2021) |                     7 |
| Total                      |                   279 |

Further for the FY 2021-22, a provisional target has been fixed under PMEGP to set up 122 micro units in Alirajpur District:

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1801 for answer on 29.07.2021

## Number of micro units# set up under PMEGP by ST entrepreneurs during the last three years and current year (up to 16.07.2021) under PMEGP

| Sl.             | State/UT          | 2018-19         | 2019-20         | 2020-21         | 2021-22 (16.07.2021 )   |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
| I. NORTH ZONE   | I. NORTH ZONE     | I. NORTH ZONE   | I. NORTH ZONE   | I. NORTH ZONE   | I. NORTH ZONE           |
| 1               | Jammu &Kashmir    | 565             | 386             | 344             | 27                      |
| 2               | Ladakh UT         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 68                      |
| 3               | Himachal Pradesh  | 137             | 117             | 106             | 20                      |
| 4               | Punjab            | 1               | 3               | 1               | 0                       |
| 5               | U.T. Chandigarh   | 0               | 0               | 0               | 0                       |
| 6               | Haryana           | 0               | 0               | 3               | 1                       |
| 7               | Delhi             | 0               | 0               | 1               | 0                       |
| 8               | Rajasthan         | 222             | 266             | 226             | 32                      |
|                 | Total -I          | 925             | 772             | 681             | 148                     |
| II.CENTRAL ZONE | II.CENTRAL ZONE   | II.CENTRAL ZONE | II.CENTRAL ZONE | II.CENTRAL ZONE | II.CENTRAL ZONE         |
| 9               | Uttarakhand       | 62              | 52              | 56              | 7                       |
| 10              | Uttar Pradesh     | 8               | 18              | 27              | 5                       |
| 11              | Chhattisgarh      | 338             | 323             | 273             | 42                      |
| 12              | Madhya Pradesh    | 143             | 78              | 256             | 41                      |
|                 | Total -II         | 551             | 471             | 612             | 95                      |
| III. N.E.ZONE   | III. N.E.ZONE     | III. N.E.ZONE   | III. N.E.ZONE   | III. N.E.ZONE   | III. N.E.ZONE           |
| 13              | Sikkim            | 27              | 27              | 25              | 6                       |
| 14              | Arunachal Pradesh | 277             | 158             | 89              | 29                      |
| 15              | Nagaland          | 1204            | 1102            | 739             | 277                     |
| 16              | Manipur           | 602             | 610             | 547             | 148                     |
| 17              | Mizoram           | 1117            | 756             | 805             | 113                     |
| 18              | Tripura           | 205             | 197             | 192             | 73                      |
| 19              | Meghalaya         | 337             | 348             | 314             | 80                      |
| 20              | Assam             | 739             | 421             | 353             | 93                      |
|                 | Total -III        | 4508            | 3619            | 3064            | 819                     |
| IV. EAST ZONE   | IV. EAST ZONE     | IV. EAST ZONE   | IV. EAST ZONE   | IV. EAST ZONE   | IV. EAST ZONE           |
| 21              | Bihar             | 68              | 51              | 61              | 3                       |
| 22              | West Bengal       | 28              | 22              | 21              | 3                       |
| 23              | Jharkhand         | 160             | 149             | 130             | 18                      |
| 24              | Odisha            | 151             | 122             | 115             | 25                      |
| 25              | A &NIslands       | 18              | 2               | 5               | 7                       |
|                 | Total -IV         | 425             | 346             | 332             | 56                      |

| V. WEST ZONE   | V. WEST ZONE   | V. WEST ZONE   | V. WEST ZONE   | V. WEST ZONE   | V. WEST ZONE   |
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| 26             | Gujarat*       | 139            | 122            | 142            | 46             |
| 27             | Maharashtra**  | 183            | 112            | 98             | 22             |
| 28             | Goa            | 3              | 2              | 4              | 1              |
|                | TOTAL - V      | 325            | 236            | 244            | 69             |
| VI. SOUTH ZONE | VI. SOUTH ZONE | VI. SOUTH ZONE | VI. SOUTH ZONE | VI. SOUTH ZONE | VI. SOUTH ZONE |
| 29             | Andhra Pradesh | 77             | 108            | 87             | 11             |
| 30             | Telangana      | 189            | 268            | 235            | 52             |
| 31             | Karnataka      | 204            | 169            | 188            | 46             |
| 32             | Lakshadweep    | 0              | 0              | 2              | 1              |
| 33             | Kerala         | 26             | 12             | 6              | 10             |
| 34             | Tamilnadu      | 74             | 20             | 42             | 10             |
| 35             | Puducherry     | 2              | 0              | 0              | 0              |
|                | TOTAL -VI      | 572            | 577            | 560            | 130            |
|                | GRAND TOTAL    | 7306           | 6021           | 5493           | 1317           |