Lok Sabha Question No. 2610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Scheme for SC/ST Entrepreneurs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, P.P. Chaudhary, Jagdambika Pal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## SCHEME FOR SC/ST ENTREPRENEURS

## 2610.   SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) whether there is any record maintained by the Government for the ventures owned by SCs/STs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed scheme for nurturing the SC/ST entrepreneurs and to increase the share of goods produced by SC/ST ventures there along with providing easy financial services to SC/ST entrepreneurs;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of industrial plots owned by SC/ST Entrepreneurs;
- (f) the details of SC/ST entrepreneurs who are beneficiaries of Stand-Up India scheme of the Government; and
- (g) whether the Government has any data related to Social Vulnerability Index and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b):  The  total  number  of    SC/ST  MSMEs  which  have  registered  on  the  Udyam Registration  (UR)  portal  as  on  14.03.2022  and  has  been  classified  as  micro,  small  and medium enterprises are 6,81,065 (micro - 6,75,985; small - 4,858; medium - 222).

(c)to(g):    The  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSME)  has  launched National  Scheduled  Caste  and  Scheduled  Tribe  Hub  (NSSH)  in  October  2016  to  boost entrepreneurship among SC/STs and facilitate them for participation in public procurement process  of  the  central  Ministries/Departments  and  CPSEs.  The  hub  has  taken  several interventions which include capacity building programmes; market linkage programmes viz., participation in domestic and foreign exhibitions, organisation of Special Vendor Development Programme, workshops/awareness programmes; subsidy for registration under Single  Point  Registration  Scheme;  subsidy  for  enrollment  on  Government  promoted  ecommerce  portals  such  as  GeM,  e-khadi,  TRIFED,  Tribes  India,  MSME  Mart,  etc.  As reported  on  MSME  Sambandh  Portal,  the  procurement  from  SC-ST  MSEs  has  increased significantly  to  Rs.  819.21  Cr.    in  FY  2021-22  (as  on  15.03.2022)  in  comparison  of  Rs. 544.72 Cr. in FY 2017-18 of total procurement from MSMEs.

In  addition,  the  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment  has  started  'Venture Capital  Fund  for  Scheduled  Castes  (VCF-SC)'  to  promote  entrepreneurship  among  the Scheduled  Castes)  and  to  provide  concessional  finance  to  them.  They  have  also  launched 'Ambedkar Social  Innovation  Incubation  Mission  (ASIIM)'  to  boost  entrepreneurship  and innovation among the SC students / youth (including SC women youths).

Department  of  Financial  Services,  Ministry  of  Finance,  under  the  Stand  Up  India Scheme, also facilitates loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) of value between Rs. 10 lakh and Rs.1.00 Cr. to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a greenfield enterprise in manufacturing,  services  and  trading  sector  including  activities  allied  to  agriculture.  As  on 28.02.2022,  the  number  of  beneficiaries  belonging  to  SC  and  ST  category  are  19,126  and 6,393 respectively.

Further, the data on industrial plots owned by SC/ST Entrepreneurs is not maintained by  the  Ministry.  However,  the  Ministry  implements  various  schemes  and  programmes  for promotion and development of MSME Sector including SC/ST entrepreneurs namely, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship  (ASPIRE),  Credit  Guarantee  Scheme  for  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises (CGTMSE),  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  Cluster  Development  Programme  (MSE-CDP), Entrepreneurship and Sill Development Programme (ESDP), etc.

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