Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-01
Subject: Technical Training in MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Mukesh Rajput

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1769 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2024

## TECHNICAL TRAINING IN MSMEs

1769. SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT:

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

- (a) the details of various steps taken by the Government to increase the participation of unemployed youth equipped with technical training in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs); and
- (b) the details of percentage of women and youth entrepreneurs registered in MSMEs during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Government  is  implementing  several  schemes/programmes  for  the  benefits  of  unemployed youths in the country including youth equipped with technical training. These include Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Procurement and Marketing Support (PMS) scheme, Credit  Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGSMSE), Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster  Development  Programme  (MSECDP),  Scheme  of  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  traditional Industries  (SFURTI),  A  Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Innovation,  Rural  Industry  &  Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE) etc. The focus of PMEGP is exclusively on employment  generation by setting up of  new micro enterprises.

Steps taken by Government to encourage MSME units and employment opportunities in MSME sector include:

- i. Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP):
- a) Maximum project cost admissible has been enhanced from Rs. 25 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh for manufacturing sector and from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh for service sector.
- b) Applicants  from  Aspirational  districts  and  transgenders  have  been  included  in  Special Category.
- c) Industries  related  to  animal  husbandry  like  dairy,  poultry,  aquaculture,  insects  (bees, sericulture, etc.) have been allowed under the scheme.
- d) COVID years i.e., FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22 have been exempted while considering profitability  of  existing  PMEGP/  REGP/  MUDRA  units  applying  for  2 nd Loan  under PMEGP.
- e) No mandatory EDP for project cost up to Rs. 2 lakh and shorter period of training (up to 5 days) for projects up to Rs. 5 lakh.
- ii. New  revised  criteria  for  classification  of  MSMEs  with  enhanced  thresholds,  based  on Investment and Turnover, to widen the ambit of the MSME sector.
- iii. No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crores.

- iv. Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSEs: Under CGSMSE, through Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE), collateral free loans are provided to MSEs up to a limit  of  Rs.  500  lakh  (w.e.f.  01.04.2023)  with  a  guarantee  coverage  up  to  85%  for  various categories of loans.
- v. Launch of Udyamportal, Udyam Assist Platform, for bringing Informal Micro Enterprises in the  formal  ambit  which  helped  the  registered  IMEs  to  avail  the  benefits  of  Priority  Sector Lending.
- vi. Non-tax benefits extended for 3 years in case of an upward change in status of MSMEs.
- vii. Launch  of  'PM  Vishwakarma'  scheme  on  17.09.2023  to  provide  benefits  such  as  credit support,  skill  training,  marketing  support,  etc.  to  artisans  and  crafts  people  engaged  in  18 traditional  trades.  The  Scheme  will  onboard  the  beneficiaries  on  Udyam  Assist  Platform  as 'entrepreneurs' in the formal MSME ecosystem.

(b): Separate  data  of  the  percentage  of  youth  entrepreneurs  registered  in  MSMEs  is  not  being maintained.  As  per  data  available,  percentage  of  women  owned  MSMEsregistered  under  Udyam  & UAP are as follows:

| Year Wise percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Registered Under Udyam& UAP   | Year Wise percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Registered Under Udyam& UAP   | Year Wise percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Registered Under Udyam& UAP   | Year Wise percentage of Women Owned MSMEs Registered Under Udyam& UAP   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Financial Year                                                          | Total MSMEs                                                             | Women Owned MSMEs                                                       | Women Owned MSMEs%                                                      |
| 2020-21 (01/07/2020 - 31/03/2021)                                       | 28,38,364                                                               | 4,87,930                                                                | 17.19                                                                   |
| 2021-22                                                                 | 51,36,087                                                               | 9,08,372                                                                | 17.69                                                                   |
| 2022-23                                                                 | 85,65,345                                                               | 19,27,101                                                               | 22.50                                                                   |
| 2023-24                                                                 | 2,49,13,203                                                             | 1,28,05,069                                                             | 51.40                                                                   |
| 2024-25 (01/04/2024 - 29/07/2024)                                       | 62,73,080                                                               | 23,75,865                                                               | 37.87                                                                   |
| Total:-                                                                 | 4,77,26,079                                                             | 1,85,04,337                                                             | 38.77                                                                   |

Percentage of women owned enterprises set up under PMEGP during the last 5 years:

| Financial Year   | Total number of enterprises assisted under PMEGP   | Women owned enterprises assisted   | Percentage of women owned of enterprises assisted   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20          | 66,653                                             | 24,720                             | 37%                                                 |
| 2020-21          | 74,415                                             | 27,285                             | 37%                                                 |
| 2021-22          | 1,03,219                                           | 39,158                             | 38%                                                 |
| 2022-23          | 85,167                                             | 32,626                             | 38%                                                 |
| 2023-24          | 89,118                                             | 36,806                             | 41%                                                 |