Lok Sabha Question No. 824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Holistic Development of MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 824 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2023

## HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF MSMEs

## 824. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has adopted the cluster approach for holistic development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the criteria fixed for selection of locations for the said purpose;
- (c) the details of MSME clusters that have been proposed or has become functional in Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up such cluster in industrially backward districts of Panna, Katni and Chhatarpur of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Ministry  of  MSME  is  implementing  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  Cluster  Development Programme (MSE-CDP) across the country. The objective of the scheme is to enhance the productivity and competitiveness  of  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  (MSEs)  for  their  holistic  development  adopting  cluster development approach by extending financial assistance as GoI grant to establish Common Facility Centers (CFCs)  in  the  existing  clusters  and  establish/up-grade  infrastructural  facilities  in  new/existing  industrial estates/areas/flatted factory complexes. This is Central Sector Scheme and proposals under the scheme are received  from  the  State/UT  Governments  to  address  the  common  needs  of  existing  cluster  in  their States/UTs.

## (c): The Progress of scheme in Madhya Pradesh is appended below:

| Common Facility Centers (CFCs)   | Common Facility Centers (CFCs)   | Common Facility Centers (CFCs)   | Infrastructural Development (ID) Projects   | Infrastructural Development (ID) Projects   | Infrastructural Development (ID) Projects   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| Approved                         | Ongoing                          | Completed                        | Approved                                    | Ongoing                                     | Completed                                   |
| 03                               | 03                               | --                               | 25                                          | 11                                          | 14                                          |

(d) & (e): MSE-CDP is demand driven scheme. Status of proposals for cluster development under MSECDP in industrially  backward  districts  of  Panna,  Katni  and  Chhatarpur  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  is  appended below:

| Name of District   | Nature of Intervention            | Location /Name of the CFC/ID projects          | Project Cost (Rs. in lakh)   | Status                                    |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Chhatarpur         | Up-gradation of Industrial Estate | Chandrapura, District Chhatarpur               | 1220.84                      | Ongoing                                   |
| Katni              | New Industrial Estate             | Lamtara, District Katni Amkuhi, District Katni | 186.25 918.00                | Completed                                 |
| Panna              | NIL                               | -----                                          | -----                        | No demand/ proposal from State Government |

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