Lok Sabha Question No. 1755 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-05
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMEGP
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Asaduddin Owaisi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1755 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2024

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMEGP

## 1755. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  units  assisted  under  the  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programme (PMEGP) since its inception, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the estimated employment generated under the scheme;
- (c) whether  the  government  maintains  data  on  the  beneficiaries  under  PMEGP  based  on  social category and religious group, particularly beneficiaries of Muslim community, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the total number of female beneficiaries under the scheme, State/UT and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a) and (b): State/UT-wise number of units assisted and estimated number of employment generated under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) since its inception is given at Annexure I .
- (c): Government does not maintain beneficiaries' data based on religion. Details of social categorywise number of beneficiaries of PMEGP since inception is given as at Annexure II.
- (d): State/UT and year-wise number of women entrepreneurs assisted under PMEGP scheme since inception is given at Annexure III .

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Annexure - I  referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1755 for answer on 05.12.2024.

State/UT-wise number of units assisted and estimated number of employment generated under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) since inception

As on 02.12.2024

| Sr. No.   | State             | No. of Units Assisted   | Estimated Employment Generated   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman Nicobar   | 2,615                   | 14,634                           |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 35,159                  | 404,710                          |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 4,177                   | 31,585                           |
| 4         | Assam             | 65,608                  | 396,961                          |
| 5         | Bihar             | 46,737                  | 387,870                          |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 511                     | 3,418                            |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 29,496                  | 239,881                          |
| 8         | Delhi             | 1,959                   | 15,476                           |
| 9         | Goa               | 1,277                   | 12,802                           |
| 10        | Gujarat*          | 34,390                  | 309,020                          |
| 11        | Haryana           | 21,171                  | 165,223                          |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh  | 16,107                  | 108,162                          |
| 13        | Jammu Kashmir     | 92,302                  | 734,684                          |
| 14        | Jharkhand         | 26,561                  | 182,357                          |
| 15        | Karnataka         | 50,163                  | 409,733                          |
| 16        | Kerala            | 32,107                  | 261,937                          |
| 17        | Ladakh            | 824                     | 6,592                            |
| 18        | Lakshadweep       | 93                      | 368                              |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh    | 48,997                  | 407,601                          |
| 20        | Maharashtra**     | 54,452                  | 431,490                          |
| 21        | Manipur           | 12,030                  | 82,489                           |
| 22        | Meghalaya         | 6,543                   | 44,011                           |
| 23        | Mizoram           | 9,221                   | 73,002                           |
| 24        | Nagaland          | 10,524                  | 87,384                           |
| 25        | Odisha            | 45,658                  | 353,017                          |
| 26        | Puducherry        | 1,067                   | 6,740                            |
| 27        | Punjab            | 20,295                  | 157,605                          |
| 28        | Rajasthan         | 32,658                  | 268,865                          |
| 29        | Sikkim            | 1,045                   | 6,610                            |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu        | 62,759                  | 593,115                          |
| 31        | Telangana         | 18,142                  | 150,522                          |
| 32        | Tripura           | 16,174                  | 122,644                          |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh     | 105,201                 | 919,297                          |
| 34        | Uttarakhand       | 22,798                  | 174,762                          |
| 35        | West Bengal       | 56,226                  | 472,891                          |
| Total     | Total             | 9,85,047                | 80,37,458                        |

Annexure - II  referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 1755 for answer on 05.12.2024.

Social category-wise number of beneficiaries of PMEGP since inception

*FY 2024-25 Data up to 02.12.2024

| Financial Year   | SC       | ST     | OBC      | Minority   | General   | Total    |
|------------------|----------|--------|----------|------------|-----------|----------|
| 2008-09          | 2,404    | 1,040  | 6,375    | 1,939      | 7,408     | 19,166   |
| 2009-10          | 4,551    | 3,663  | 12,107   | 3,406      | 17,191    | 40,918   |
| 2010-11          | 5,285    | 3,707  | 14,989   | 6,452      | 18,631    | 49,064   |
| 2011-12          | 5,851    | 5,127  | 16,821   | 7,171      | 20,165    | 55,135   |
| 2012-13          | 6,142    | 5,890  | 17,088   | 6,530      | 22,234    | 57,884   |
| 2013-14          | 5,189    | 5,921  | 15,947   | 6,154      | 17,282    | 50,493   |
| 2014-15          | 5,606    | 5,069  | 16,064   | 5,553      | 15,876    | 48,168   |
| 2015-16          | 5,127    | 4,941  | 15,014   | 4,951      | 14,307    | 44,340   |
| 2016-17          | 7,604    | 6,053  | 18,097   | 5,900      | 15,258    | 52,912   |
| 2017-18          | 6,610    | 4,219  | 16,858   | 5,219      | 15,492    | 48,398   |
| 2018-19          | 8,683    | 7,306  | 24,148   | 9,034      | 24,256    | 73,427   |
| 2019-20          | 7,759    | 6,021  | 22,486   | 6,743      | 23,644    | 66,653   |
| 2020-21          | 7,909    | 5,497  | 25,533   | 10,335     | 25,141    | 74,415   |
| 2021-22          | 10,161   | 7,225  | 32,751   | 21,667     | 31,415    | 103,219  |
| 2022-23          | 9,142    | 4,850  | 32,084   | 12,999     | 26,092    | 85,167   |
| 2023-24          | 10,364   | 4,681  | 32,602   | 14,597     | 26,874    | 89,118   |
| 2024-25*         | 4,860    | 2,686  | 8,664    | 2,587      | 7,773     | 26,570   |
| Total            | 1,13,247 | 83,896 | 3,27,628 | 1,31,237   | 3,29,039  | 9,85,047 |

## ANNEXURE - III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1755 FOR ANSWER ON 05.12.2024.

State/UT and year-wise number of women entrepreneurs assisted under PMEGP scheme since inception

| Sr. No   | States / UTs      | 2008 -09   | 2009 -10   | 2010 -11   | 2011 -12   | 2012 -13   | 2013 -14   | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | 2019 -20   | 2020 -21   | 2021 -22   | 2022 -23   | 2023 -24   | 2024- 25*   | Total   |
|----------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|---------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar | 14         | 38         | 26 21      |            | 37         | 29         | 42         | 29         | 22         | 38         | 51         | 17         | 42         | 43         | 24         | 12         | 3           | 488     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 378        | 695        | 1,24 0     | 739        | 805        | 793        | 439        | 352        | 294        | 719        | 1,101      | 1,11 3     | 856        | 1,320      | 1,716      | 3,457      | 1,132       | 17,149  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 29         | 12         | 15         | 83         | 43         | 61         | 230        | 14         | 104        | 86         | 99         | 77         | 38         | 84         | 70         | 78         | 35          | 1,158   |
| 4        | Assam             | 229        | 462        | 1,00 0     | 1,071      | 1,541      | 480        | 1,256      | 739        | 1,484      | 581        | 999        | 798        | 951        | 1,272      | 907        | 761        | 471         | 15,002  |
| 5        | Bihar             | 38         | 47         | 86         | 991        | 638        | 80         | 357        | 545        | 915        | 647        | 861        | 582        | 665        | 838        | 1,335      | 2,303      | 668         | 11,596  |
| 6        | Chandigarh        | 8          | 9          | 5          | 16         | 21         | 17         | 4          | 14         | 14         | 18         | 13         | 8          | 6          | 11         | 10         | 7          | -           | 181     |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      | 228        | 120        | 393        | 340        | 412        | 478        | 171        | 260        | 319        | 327        | 726        | 670        | 753        | 848        | 703        | 662        | 273         | 7,683   |
| 8        | Delhi             | 3          | 19         | -          | 57         | 35         | 6          | 69         | 77         | 40         | 43         | 54         | 41         | 33         | 45         | 30         | 27         | 11          | 590     |
| 9        | Goa               | -          | 37         | 52         | 51         | 15         | -          | 14         | 42         | 37         | 19         | 30         | 36         | 18         | 43         | 36         | 38         | 13          | 481     |
| 10       | Gujarat**         | 61         | 249        | 389        | 552        | 285        | 128        | 550        | 430        | 567        | 1,017      | 2,382      | 2,71 9     | 1,841      | 2,630      | 1,821      | 1,821      | 712         | 18,154  |
| 11       | Haryana           | 120        | 88         | 147        | 110        | 169        | 252        | 239        | 207        | 283        | 422        | 547        | 592        | 622        | 692        | 626        | 638        | 201         | 5,955   |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh  | 98         | 119        | 181        | 186        | 240        | 206        | 316        | 260        | 198        | 303        | 528        | 447        | 431        | 472        | 352        | 344        | 124         | 4,805   |
| 13       | Jammu Kashmir     | 261        | 440        | 536        | 378        | 209        | 547        | 490        | 690        | 476        | 1,188      | 2,449      | 1,86 1     | 3,320      | 8,520      | 5,035      | 7,082      | 978         | 34,460  |
| 14       | Jharkhand         | 46         | 81         | 167        | 283        | 320        | 96         | 278        | 282        | 292        | 215        | 428        | 451        | 444        | 502        | 613        | 671        | 62          | 5,231   |
| 15       | Karnataka         | 307        | 176        | 427        | 469        | 270        | 644        | 544        | 528        | 816        | 580        | 1,086      | 1,16 7     | 1,492      | 1,940      | 1,888      | 1,654      | 446         | 14,434  |
| 16       | Kerala            | -          | 683        | 564        | 494        | 762        | -          | 531        | 542        | 635        | 525        | 1,052      | 1,00 3     | 953        | 1,092      | 1,257      | 1,396      | 381         | 11,870  |
| 17       | Ladakh            | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 82         | 28         | 35         | 10          | 155     |
| 18       | Lakshadweep       | -          | -          | 10         | 4          | -          | -          | 31         | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 2          | 1          | 1          | -          | -           | 49      |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh    | 112        | 290        | 525        | 563        | 804        | 235        | 673        | 291        | 512        | 518        | 738        | 627        | 1,435      | 2,385      | 1,813      | 1,690      | 399         | 13,610  |
| 20       | Maharashtra***    | 653        | 756        | 1,06 6     | 823        | 980        | 1,37 0     | 1,195      | 678        | 783        | 1,079      | 1,965      | 1,63 6     | 1,179      | 1,712      | 1,523      | 1,150      | 400         | 18,948  |
| 21       | Manipur           | -          | 48         | 50         | 201        | 217        | -          | 234        | 231        | 223        |            |            | 518        | 725        | 552        |            | 153        | 146         |         |
|          |                   |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | 237        | 533        |            |            |            | 244        |            |             | 4,312   |

*FY 2024-25 Data up to 02.12.2024  **Including Daman and Diu   ***Including Dadra Nagar and Haveli

| 22    | Meghalaya     | -      | 128   | 107    | 203    | 137    | -      | 143    | 160    | 142    | 31     | 126    | 117     | 140    | 283    | 121    | 103    | 132    | 2,073    |
|-------|---------------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|
| 23    | Mizoram       | -      | 58    | 138    | 145    | 233    | -      | 447    | 462    | 128    | 134    | 542    | 389     | 417    | 333    | 195    | 194    | 101    | 3,916    |
| 24    | Nagaland      | 13     | -     | 99     | 216    | 162    | 27     | 194    | 252    | 334    | 427    | 535    | 481     | 310    | 535    | 196    | 244    | 251    | 4,276    |
| 25    | Odisha        | 485    | 376   | 570    | 539    | 883    | 1,01 7 | 510    | 649    | 942    | 777    | 1,185  | 1,16 0  | 1,31 9 | 1,874  | 1,757  | 1,43 0 | 347    | 15,820   |
| 26    | Puducherry    | 21     | 29    | 81     | 32     | 28     | 47     | 21     | 17     | 26     | 21     | 29     | 21      | 13     | 24     | 13     | 16     | 9      | 448      |
| 27    | Punjab        | 65     | 274   | 251    | 232    | 165    | 136    | 390    | 148    | 454    | 580    | 703    | 681     | 737    | 818    | 759    | 725    | 317    | 7,435    |
| 28    | Rajasthan     | 151    | 293   | 450    | 463    | 531    | 317    | 379    | 394    | 314    | 337    | 524    | 732     | 663    | 670    | 596    | 567    | 174    | 7,555    |
| 29    | Sikkim        | 3      | 19    | -      | 26     | 21     | 6      | 13     | 41     | 11     | 15     | 27     | 29      | 24     | 33     | 22     | 68     | 31     | 389      |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu    | 468    | 977   | 827    | 1,142  | 573    | 982    | 1,161  | 1,010  | 1,248  | 1,929  | 2,463  | 2,84 1  | 2,66 3 | 2,857  | 2,856  | 3,28 5 | 747    | 28,029   |
| 31    | Telangana     | -      | -     | -      | -      | -      | -      | 210    | 174    | 218    | 370    | 668    | 735     | 734    | 1,111  | 953    | 967    | 349    | 6,489    |
| 32    | Tripura       | -      | 50    | 117    | 254    | 299    | -      | 146    | 127    | 452    | 261    | 248    | 219     | 224    | 260    | 165    | 152    | 88     | 3,062    |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh | 1,06 6 | 912   | 1,07 6 | 1,434  | 1,076  | 2,23 6 | 1,132  | 1,054  | 1,387  | 1,492  | 1,433  | 1,57 4  | 2,77 7 | 3,712  | 3,549  | 3,73 3 | 1,152  | 30,795   |
| 34    | Uttarakhand   | 72     | 254   | 321    | 200    | 218    | 151    | 267    | 231    | 296    | 327    | 499    | 467     | 551    | 489    | 484    | 377    | 134    | 5,338    |
| 35    | West Bengal   | 1,48 1 | 1,924 | 1,21 8 | 1,981  | 1,483  | 3,10 7 | 718    | 426    | 802    | 406    | 810    | 911     | 907    | 1,073  | 928    | 966    | 256    | 19,397   |
| Total | Total         | 6,410  | 9,663 | 12,134 | 14,299 | 13,612 | 13,448 | 13,394 | 11,356 | 14,768 | 15,669 | 25,434 | 24,72 0 | 27,285 | 39,156 | 32,626 | 36,806 | 10,553 | 3,21,333 |