Lok Sabha Question No. 1128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Participation of Females in MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Lallu Singh, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Sandhya Ray, Nalin Kumar Kateel, Shankar Lalwani, P. C. Mohan, Sanjay Bhatia, Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  1128 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

## PARTICIPATION OF FEMALES IN MSMEs

## 1128. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

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

- (a) the measures taken by the Government to increase the participation of females in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs);
- (b) the percentage of female owners of MSMEs registered during the last five years;
- (c) the  current  number  of  female  owners  of  registered  MSMEs  along  with  the  number  of MSMEs owned by females in 2013;
- (d) the number of MSMEs registered since 2014 to till date, year-wise along with the number of MSMEs that existed in 2013; and
- (e) the  schemes  and  packages  introduced  by  the  Government  to  support  MSMEs  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Existing  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSMEs),  including  the  women-owned MSMEs, register themselves on the Udyam Registration (UR) portal, for availing the benefits of various  Government  schemes.  Field  offices  under  the  Ministry  of  MSME  organize  awareness campaigns for Udyam registration in coordination with MSMEs/ Industry Departments of States/ UTs concerned  and  publicize its  benefits  through  social  media,  print  media  &  electronic  media. During such special campaigns organized in the years 2022 and 2023, more than 6 lakh womenowned existing MSMEs were registered on the UR portal.

The Udyam Assist Platform (UAP), since its operationalization on 11 th January 2023, has 1,35,01,418  Informal  Micro Enterpirses (IMEs) registered as on 06.02.2024.  More than 70% of these IMEs are women-owned enterprises.

- (b): The Udyam Registration (UR) portal was operationalized on 1 st July 2022.  Before this date, (that  is  from  18 th September  2015  to  30 th June  2020),  MSMEs  submitted  Udyam  Adhar Memorandum (UAM) for registering themselves as MSMEs.   The percentage of female owners of MSMEs registered during the last five years under UAM/UR is as under:

|             | Total &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMtill 30/06/2020   | Total &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMtill 30/06/2020   | Total &Women Owned MSMEs along with Share of Percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPsince inception Till Date   | Total &Women Owned MSMEs along with Share of Percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPsince inception Till Date   | Total &Women Owned MSMEs along with Share of Percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPsince inception Till Date   | Total &Women Owned MSMEs along with Share of Percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPsince inception Till Date   |
|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MSMEs       | 2019-20                                                                                              | 2020-21 (01/04/2020 - 30/06/2020)                                                                    | 2020-21 (01/07/2020 - 31/03/2021)                                                                                        | 2021-22                                                                                                                  | 2022-23                                                                                                                  | 2023-24 (till date)                                                                                                      |
| Total       |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                          |
|             | 25,51,629                                                                                            | 11,63,852                                                                                            | 28,46,609                                                                                                                | 51,46,469                                                                                                                | 85,79,178                                                                                                                | 1,98,29,907                                                                                                              |
| Women Owned | 5,49,449                                                                                             | 1,80,665                                                                                             | 4,88,843                                                                                                                 | 9,09,878                                                                                                                 | 19,29,317                                                                                                                | 1,06,77,473                                                                                                              |
| %WomenOwned | 21.53                                                                                                | 15.52                                                                                                | 17.17                                                                                                                    | 17.68                                                                                                                    | 22.49                                                                                                                    | 53.85                                                                                                                    |

(c) & (d): The current number of female owners of registered MSMEs on UR& UAP, along with the number of MSMEs registered on these platforms since 18.9.2015 upto 30.6.2020 on UAM is as follows:

| Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   | Total Number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under UAMSince Inception(18.09.2015)to 30/06/2020   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MSMEs                                                                                                                                         | 2015-16 (18/09/2015 - 31/03/2016)                                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                                                                                       | 2018-19                                                                                                                                       | 2019-20                                                                                                                                       | 2020-21 (01/04/2020 - 30/06/2020)                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                                         |
| Total                                                                                                                                         | 4,93,989                                                                                                                                      | 23,63,033                                                                                                                                     | 15,13,100                                                                                                                                     | 21,13,835                                                                                                                                     | 25,51,629                                                                                                                                     | 11,63,852                                                                                                                                     | 1,01,99,438                                                                                                                                   |
| Women Owned                                                                                                                                   | 3,539                                                                                                                                         | 51,028                                                                                                                                        | 3,40,402                                                                                                                                      | 4,45,404                                                                                                                                      | 5,49,449                                                                                                                                      | 1,80,665                                                                                                                                      | 15,70,487                                                                                                                                     |

| Total number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPSince Inception( 01.07.2020) to 06.02.2024   | Total number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPSince Inception( 01.07.2020) to 06.02.2024   | Total number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPSince Inception( 01.07.2020) to 06.02.2024   | Total number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPSince Inception( 01.07.2020) to 06.02.2024   | Total number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPSince Inception( 01.07.2020) to 06.02.2024   | Total number of MSMEs &Women Owned MSMEs along with Percentage share of Women Owned MSMEs Under Udyam &UAPSince Inception( 01.07.2020) to 06.02.2024   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MSMEs                                                                                                                                                  | 2020-21 (01/07/2020 - 31/03/2021)                                                                                                                      | 2021-22                                                                                                                                                | 2022-23                                                                                                                                                | 2023-24 (01.04.2023 - 06.02.2024)                                                                                                                      | Total                                                                                                                                                  |
| Total                                                                                                                                                  | 28,46,609                                                                                                                                              | 51,46,469                                                                                                                                              | 85,79,178                                                                                                                                              | 1,98,29,907                                                                                                                                            | 3,64,02,163                                                                                                                                            |
| Women Owned                                                                                                                                            | 4,88,843                                                                                                                                               | 9,09,878                                                                                                                                               | 19,29,317                                                                                                                                              | 1,06,77,473                                                                                                                                            | 1,40,05,511                                                                                                                                            |

- (e): The Government has taken a number of steps to support women owned MSMEs and other MSMEs in the country, such as:
- i) Special drives for registration of women owned MSMEs under Udyam Registration Portal.

- ii) To  benefit  women  entrepreneurs,  the  Public  Procurement  Policy  was  amended  in  2018 mandating  Central  Ministries/Departments/  Undertakings  to  procure  at  least  3%  of  their annual procurement from women-owned micro and small enterprises.
- iii) To  support  women  entrepreneurs  under  Credit  Guarantee  Scheme  for  Micro  &  Small Enterprises, two provisions have been introduced for women  entrepreneurs w.e.f. 01.12.2022. These are:
- a) 10% concession in annual Guarantee fees; and
- b) 10  %  additional  Guarantee  coverage  of  up  to  85%,  as  against  the  75%  for  other entrepreneurs.
- iv) To  encourage  entrepreneurship  among  women,  Ministry  of  MSME  implements  'Skill Upgradation  &  Mahila  Coir  Yojana'  under  Coir  Vikas  Yojana,  which  is  an  exclusive training program aimed at skill development of women artisans engaged in the Coir sector.
- v) The  Ministry  also  implements  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP),  which  is  a  major  credit-linked  subsidy  programme  aimed  at  generating  selfemployment  opportunities  through  establishment  of  micro  enterprises  in  the  non-farm sector. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC  /minorities/women,  ex-serviceman,  physically  handicapped,  NER,  Hill  and Border areas, etc., higher subsidy is given.
- vi) To  encourage  participation  of  women  entrepreneurs  in  trade  fairs  under  Procurement  & Marketing Support Scheme, higher subsidy is provided for women owned MSMEs.
- vii) 'SAMARTH' initiative was launched to support women-owned MSMEs with the objective of providing Skill Development and Market Development Assistance to women. Aspiring and  existing  women  entrepreneurs  have  been  provisioned  with  20%  Seats  in  free  Skill Development Programs organized under Skill Development Schemes of the Ministry; 20% of MSME Business Delegations for domestic & international exhibitions under the schemes for Marketing Assistance implemented by Ministry; and 20% discount on annual processing fee on National Small Industries Corporation's Scheme.
- viii) The  Ministry  also  implements  several  other  schemes  for  promotion  and  development  of MSMEs, including women owned MSMEs, namely, Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development  Programme  (MSE-CDP),  Tool  Rooms  &  Technology  Centres,  Scheme  of Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI),  Procurement  and  Marketing Support  Scheme,  Entrepreneurship  and  Skill  Development  Programme  (ESDP),  Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) etc.
- ix) The  cost  of  certification  for  Women-Owned  MSMEs  has  been  subsided  to  100%  w.e.f. 11.11.2023  to  increase  their  participation  under  MSME  Sustainable  (ZED)  Certification Scheme.
- x) MSME Idea Hackathon 3.0 was organized from 27.06.2023 to 10.08.2023 specifically for Women entrepreneurs wherein 18,888 ideas were received.

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