Lok Sabha Question No. 4811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Subsidies under MSME Sector
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Daroga Prasad Saroj

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4811 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.08.2025

## SUBSIDIES UNDER MSME SECTOR

4811. SHRI DAROGA PRASAD SAROJ:

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

- (a) the number of eligible beneficiaries who have been provided subsidies in the MSME sector during the last two years in Uttar Pradesh including Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency and Azamgarh district;
- (b) the  number  of  applications  received  from  unemployed  persons  in  Uttar  Pradesh  including Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency and Azamgarh district during the last two years and the number of such applications provided benefits thereof;
- (c) the number of unemployed persons who have been provided employment during the last five years in the Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency and Azamgarh district and the number of among them given exemption or subsidies by the Government;
- (d) whether  the  Government  had  set  any  targets  for  employment  generation  in  MSME  sector during the last two years and the extent to which those targets have been achieved; and
- (e) the  number  of  eligible  beneficiaries  who  are  yet  to  receive  subsidies  across  the  country including Uttar Pradesh and the reasons for not providing the subsidies?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Details on number of beneficiaries who have been assisted with Margin Money (MM) subsidy under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) during the last two years in Uttar Pradesh including Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency and Azamgarh district is given below:

| Financial Year   | Uttar Pradesh   |   Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency |   Azamgarh district |
|------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|---------------------|
| 2023-24          | 11,689          |                                8 |                 494 |
| 2024-25          | 5,518           |                                4 |                 259 |

- (b): Details on number of applications received and number of micro enterprises assisted under PMEGP in Uttar Pradesh including Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency and Azamgarh district during the last two years is given below:
- (c): During the last  five  years  i.e.  from  FY  2020-21  to  FY  2024-25,  40  micro  entrepreneurs  in Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency and 1620 micro entrepreneurs in Azamgarh district were assisted with  Margin  Money  subsidy  in  setting  up  micro  enterprises  under  PMEGP  thereby  generating estimated employment of 320 persons and 1620 persons respectively.
- (d): PMEGP being a credit linked central sector scheme, no allocation of targets for employment generation  are  done.  Details  on  number  of  estimated  employment  opportunities  generated  under PMEGP during the last two years is given below:

|                | No. of Applications received under PMEGP   | No. of Applications received under PMEGP   | No. of Applications received under PMEGP   | No. of micro enterprises assisted underPMEGP   | No. of micro enterprises assisted underPMEGP   | No. of micro enterprises assisted underPMEGP   |
|----------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Financial Year | Uttar Pradesh                              | Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency             | Azamgarh district                          | Uttar Pradesh                                  | Lalganj Lok Sabha Constituency                 | Azamgarh district                              |
| 2023-24        | 48,885                                     | 39                                         | 1,624                                      | 11,689                                         | 8                                              | 494                                            |
| 2024-25        | 20,514                                     | 18                                         | 448                                        | 5,518                                          | 4                                              | 259                                            |

| Financial Year   | Estimated Employment Generated   |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2023-24          | 7,12,944                         |
| 2024-25          | 4,77,664                         |

(e): Under PMEGP, once an application is submitted by an applicant, a scrutiny is carried out by Implementing agencies before the application is forwarded to the Bank for taking a credit decision. Banks  appraise  the  projects  and  take  their  own  credit  decision  on  the  basis  of  viability  of  each project. Therefore, the final sanction and release of loan is done at the level of the concerned Bank. The  Government  provides  financial  assistance  in  the  form  of  Margin  Money  (MM)  Subsidy  to successful  beneficiaries  whose  projects  have been  duly  sanctioned  by  the  Banks  subject  to availability of funds under PMEGP and in accordance with the prescribed guidelines.

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