Lok Sabha Question No. 807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: PMEGP in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Kesineni Sivanath, Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 807 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2025

## PMEGP IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 807. SHRI KESINENI SIVANATH:

SHRI DAGGUMALLA PRASADA RAO:

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

- (a) the number of self-employment ventures sanctioned, set up, and disbursed under the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in Andhra Pradesh during each of the last five years, district-wise;
- (b) the total margin money subsidy allocated, released and utilised in Andhra Pradesh under the scheme during the last five years, year-wise;
- (c) the number of rural and urban beneficiaries covered under the scheme in the State, gender and social category-wise;
- (d) the steps taken to expand the scheme's reach in aspirational districts and coastal areas of the State;
- (e) whether there have been issues reported with the PMEGP application portal and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if  not,  the  number  of  applications  that  have  been  received  in  the  preceding  six  months, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): District-wise  number  of  micro  enterprises  disbursed  and  set  up  under  Prime  Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in Andhra Pradesh during the last  five  years  i.e. from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 is given at Annexure I.
- (b): Margin Money subsidy released/utilized under PMEGP Scheme in Andhra Pradesh during the last five years is given below:
- (c): Number of rural and urban beneficiaries covered under PMEGP in Andhra Pradesh, gender and social category-wise is given at Annexure II.

| Financial Year   |   MMSubsidy released/utilized (Rs. Cr) |
|------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                                  68.66 |
| 2021-22          |                                 100.88 |
| 2022-23          |                                 129.29 |
| 2023-24          |                                 171.99 |
| 2024-25          |                                 143.74 |

(d): The steps taken by the Government under PMEGP to expand its reach across the country including aspirational districts and coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh include:

- 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.  Details  of  awareness  camps  and people's  education  programme  organized  in  aspirational  districts  and  coastal  areas  of Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure III.
- 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.
7. (e): No issues have been reported with the PMEGP application portal.The portal is operational and accepting fresh applications.
8. (f): State/UT-wise  number of applications received under PMEGP  from  01.01.2025  to 18.07.2025 is given at Annexure IV.

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ANNEXURE - I ANNEXURE I: REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 807 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025

| S. No.   | District              |   2020-21 No. of Units disbursed/set up |   2021-22 No. of Units disbursed/set up |   2022-23 No. of Units disbursed/set up |   2023-24 No. of Units disbursed/set up |   2024-25 No. of Units disbursed/set up |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Alluri Sitharama Raju |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      28 |                                      58 |                                      30 |
| 2        | West Godavari         |                                     179 |                                     241 |                                     233 |                                     197 |                                     141 |
| 3        | Guntur                |                                     145 |                                     240 |                                     206 |                                     164 |                                     124 |
| 4        | Kadapa (Ysr)          |                                      69 |                                     119 |                                     153 |                                     168 |                                     144 |
| 5        | Prakasam              |                                     157 |                                     197 |                                     165 |                                     212 |                                     297 |
| 6        | East Godavari         |                                     300 |                                     360 |                                     345 |                                     309 |                                     167 |
| 7        | Vizianagaram          |                                      78 |                                     141 |                                     169 |                                     687 |                                     204 |
| 8        | Krishna               |                                      97 |                                     194 |                                     131 |                                     149 |                                     108 |
| 9        | Kurnool               |                                      75 |                                     149 |                                     152 |                                     162 |                                      78 |
| 10       | Ananthapur            |                                     178 |                                     199 |                                     179 |                                     228 |                                     134 |
| 11       | Chittoor              |                                     132 |                                     206 |                                     163 |                                     240 |                                     163 |
| 12       | Srikakulam            |                                      85 |                                     157 |                                     157 |                                     267 |                                     134 |
| 13       | Anakapalli            |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      52 |                                     144 |                                      86 |
| 14       | Annamayya             |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      49 |                                     630 |                                     178 |
| 15       | Bapatla               |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      47 |                                     146 |                                     101 |
| 16       | Eluru                 |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                     110 |                                     147 |                                      94 |
| 17       | Kakinada              |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      74 |                                     136 |                                     109 |
| 18       | Konaseema             |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      81 |                                     156 |                                     106 |
| 19       | Nanadyal              |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      23 |                                     107 |                                      93 |
| 20       | Ntr                   |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      32 |                                     133 |                                      92 |
| 21       | Palnadu               |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      48 |                                     106 |                                     109 |
| 22       | Parvathipuram Manyam  |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      21 |                                      67 |                                      63 |
| 23       | Sri Satya Sai         |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      77 |                                     215 |                                      84 |
| 24       | Tirupati              |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                      46 |                                     503 |                                     183 |
| 25       | Nellore               |                                      95 |                                     147 |                                     234 |                                     153 |                                     171 |
| 26       | Nizamabad             |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |                                       0 |
| 27       | Visakhapatnam         |                                      77 |                                     127 |                                      98 |                                      93 |                                      56 |
|          | Total                 |                                    1667 |                                    2477 |                                    3073 |                                    5577 |                                    3249 |

## ANNEXURE - II

## ANNEXURE -  II:  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 807 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025

|         |                         | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|---------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Sr. No. | Social Category/ Gender | Rural     | Urban     | Rural     | Urban     | Rural     | Urban     | Rural     | Urban     | Rural     | Urban     |
| 1       | Female                  | 710       | 146       | 1074      | 246       | 1394      | 322       | 2960      | 497       | 1601      | 246       |
| 2       | Male                    | 682       | 139       | 935       | 222       | 1102      | 254       | 1761      | 359       | 1210      | 192       |
| 3       | SC                      | 270       | 33        | 331       | 83        | 440       | 86        | 1054      | 162       | 1188      | 193       |
| 4       | ST                      | 83        | 4         | 74        | 8         | 99        | 16        | 174       | 29        | 210       | 23        |
| 5       | OBC                     | 511       | 137       | 838       | 220       | 983       | 296       | 1937      | 396       | 735       | 142       |
| 6       | Minority                | 15        | 15        | 38        | 10        | 37        | 10        | 34        | 19        | 13        | 6         |
| 7       | General                 | 510       | 96        | 728       | 147       | 938       | 168       | 1522      | 250       | 665       | 74        |

## ANNEXURE - III: REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 807 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025

## Awareness Camps in Aspirational districts and coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh under PMEGP

|   Sl. No. | Date       | District   | Aspirational/ Coastal   | Venue                                               |
|-----------|------------|------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 06.02.2025 | YSR Kadapa | Aspirational            | Anjaneya Swamy Devalayam, Jammalamadugu, YSR Kadapa |
|         2 | 14.03.2025 | Bapatla    | Coastal                 | Velugu Office, Bapatla                              |
|         3 | 14.03.2025 | Bapatla    | Coastal                 | MPDO Office, Chirala, Bapatla District              |
|         4 | 22.03.2025 | YSR Kadapa | Aspirational            | Mandala Samakhya, DRDA, Proddatur, YSR Kadappa      |

People's Education programme in Aspirational districts of Andhra Pradesh under PMEGP

|   Sl. No. | Date                      | District   | Aspirational/ Coastal   | Venue                                                               |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 21.03.2025 and 22.03.2025 | YSR Kadapa | Aspirational            | Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Proddatur, YSR District |

## ANNEXURE - IV

## ANNEXURE-  IV:  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 807 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025

| Sr. No.   | State/UT           |   No. of Received Application by Implementing Agencies (From 01.01.2025 to 18.07.2025) |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman Nicobar    |                                                                                     50 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh     |                                                                                   7536 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                                                                    161 |
| 4         | Assam              |                                                                                   4512 |
| 5         | Bihar              |                                                                                   5662 |
| 6         | Chandigarh-UT      |                                                                                     17 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh       |                                                                                   1968 |
| 8         | Dadra Nagar Haveli |                                                                                      6 |
| 9         | Daman And Diu      |                                                                                     17 |
| 10        | Delhi              |                                                                                    556 |
| 11        | Goa                |                                                                                     64 |
| 12        | Gujarat            |                                                                                   1939 |
| 13        | Haryana            |                                                                                   1865 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh   |                                                                                   1010 |
| 15        | Jammu Kashmir      |                                                                                   8983 |
| 16        | Jharkhand          |                                                                                   2183 |
| 17        | Karnataka          |                                                                                  12990 |
| 18        | Kerala             |                                                                                   2686 |
| 19        | Ladakh             |                                                                                     65 |
| 20        | Lakshadweep        |                                                                                      3 |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                                                    550 |
| 22        | Maharashtra        |                                                                                   8019 |
| 23        | Manipur            |                                                                                    755 |
| 24        | Meghalaya          |                                                                                    566 |
| 25        | Mizoram            |                                                                                    163 |
| 26        | Nagaland           |                                                                                     43 |
| 27        | Odisha             |                                                                                   5748 |
| 28        | Puducherry         |                                                                                     59 |
| 29        | Punjab             |                                                                                   1935 |
| 30        | Rajasthan          |                                                                                   2829 |
| 31        | Sikkim             |                                                                                    271 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu         |                                                                                   9309 |
| 33        | Telangana          |                                                                                   4263 |
| 34        | Tripura            |                                                                                    716 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh      |                                                                                   2790 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand        |                                                                                    413 |
| 37        | West Bengal        |                                                                                   2940 |
| Total     |                    |                                                                                  93642 |