Lok Sabha Question No. 796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Assistance under PMEGP
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 796 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2025

## ASSISTANCE UNDER PMEGP

796.

DR. C M RAMESH:

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

- (a) the  aims  and  objectives  of  the  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP);
- (b) the number of units assisted under PMEGP in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (c) the quantum of assistance provided to the above units; and
- (d) the steps being taken to support more units under PMEGP in Anakapalli in particular and Andhra Pradesh in general?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry  of  MSME,  through  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  (KVIC),  is implementing  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  for  assisting entrepreneurs in setting up of new micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector across the country. The Objectives of the PMEGP Scheme as per Scheme guidelines are as follows: -
- (i)  To generate employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas of the country through setting up of new self-employment ventures/projects/micro enterprises.
- (ii)  To bring together widely dispersed traditional artisans/ rural and urban unemployed youth and give them self-employment opportunities to the extent possible, at their place.
- (iii) To provide continuous and sustainable employment to a large segment of traditional and prospective artisans and rural and urban unemployed youth in the country, so as to help arrest migration of rural youth to urban areas.
- (b) and (c): No. of units assisted under PMEGP in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh and the quantum of financial assistance provided in the form of Margin Money (MM) subsidy during the last three years and the current year i.e. FY 2022-23 to FY 2025-26 (as on 21.07.2025):

| Financial Year             |   No. of Units assisted |   MMsubsidy disbursed (Rs. in Lakh) |
|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2022-23                    |                      52 |                              348.21 |
| 2023-24                    |                     144 |                              565.34 |
| 2024-25                    |                      86 |                              317.88 |
| 2025-26 (up to 21.07.2025) |                     133 |                              248.63 |

- (d): The  initiatives  taken  by  Government  to  support  more  units  under  PMEGP  across  India including the State of Andhra Pradesh and Anakapalli district include the following:
- i. Enhancement of maximum project cost from Rs. 25 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh for manufacturing sector and from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh for service sector.
- ii. Inclusion of applicants from Aspirational districts and transgenders under Special Category eligible for higher subsidy.
- iii. Industries  related  to  animal  husbandry  like  dairy,  poultry,  aquaculture,  insects  (bees, sericulture, etc.) have been allowed under the scheme.
- iv. Awareness  programmes  in  all  the  States/UTs  including  backward  and  under-performing areas, Aspirational districts, North Eastern Region, etc.
- v. Conduct  of  two-days  free  online  Entrepreneurship  Development  Programme  (EDP)  for prospective entrepreneurs.
- vi. Acceptance of PMEGP applications in physical form from prospective beneficiaries in 11 regional languages since January 2024.

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