Lok Sabha Question No. 463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Women Entrepreneurship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 463

ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## 463. SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to   State:-

- (a) the data relating to the increase in number of women entrepreneurs in the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  programme  to  promote  women  entrepreneurship  across  the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra; and
- (d) whether the Government is planning to launch any special programme for promotion of entrepreneurship in the rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENERUSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) The data relating to the number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises owned by women registered on Udyam Registration  Portal  of  the  M/o  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  during  the  last  three  years  is  placed  at Annexure-I .

## (b), (c) & (d) :

- I.     Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing various schemes/programmes to promote women entrepreneurship in urban as well as rural areas across the country, including the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The details of the various initiatives taken by MSDE are as under:
2. (i) Economic  Empowerment  of  Women  Entrepreneurs  and  Start-ups  by  Women  (WEE) project  was supported  by  'Deutsche  Gesellschaft  fur  Internationale  Zusammenarbeit'  (GIZ)  on  behalf  of  the  German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in partnership with the MSDE to improve the  framework  conditions  for  women-led  enterprises  in  India.  The  project  aimed  to  pilot  incubation  and acceleration programmes for women micro entrepreneurs, enabling them to start new businesses and scale up existing enterprises in the States of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Eight North Eastern States  of  the  Country.  Under  the  title  of  'Her&Now',  the  WEE  project  had  carried  out  a  film  and  media campaign to share the stories of successful Women Entrepreneurs and to foster a positive mindset change on gender roles and norms in the society. Till now, over 908 Women Entrepreneurs have been supported under the project  under  both  incubation  and  acceleration  support  programmes.  The  State-wise/region-wise  number  of women entrepreneurs supported under the project under both incubation and acceleration support programmes since 2018 is as under:
3. (ii) Entrepreneurship Development in Six Holy Cities aiming to catalyse local entrepreneurial activities through involvement of potential and existing entrepreneurs, unemployed youth, college dropouts, youth from backward community etc. The project was implemented in Bodh Gaya, Kollur, Haridwar, Puri, Pandharpur, and Varanasi. The total number of women participants trained under the project is 7,881. The details of number of women participants trained under the project is as under:
- II.     Further, the details of the various initiatives taken by other Ministries/Departments in this regard in the country are as under:
5. (i) Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), the sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM) implemented by Ministry of Rural Development, has the objective of supporting Self Help Groups (SHGs) and their family members to set-up small enterprises in the non-farm sector. SVEP projects are implemented in blocks and the project durations are of four years. SVEP  develops  an  ecosystem  for  enterprise  development  in  rural  areas,  with  SHG  households,  which includes  Community  Enterprise  Fund  (CEF)  (a  dedicated  fund  for  providing  loans  to  entrepreneurs)  and Cadre  of  Community  Resource  Persons-Enterprise  Promotion  (CRP-EP)  (for  providing  Business  Support Services). Under SVEP, the project cost for one block is Rs 6.50 Crore (inclusive of Govt. of India and State Share) out of which Govt. of India (GoI) share is 90% for North Eastern Region (NER) and Hilly states while it is 60% for the remaining States. As on 30.06.2023, under SVEP, a total of 2.39 lakh enterprises have been supported all over the country. The details of the state-wise number of enterprises supported are placed at Annexure-II .
6. (ii) Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a Scheme of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), which is a major credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating selfemployment opportunities through establishment of new microenterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional  artisans  and  unemployed  youth.  The  Scheme  was  launched  during  2008-09.  Under  PMEGP general category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25% of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC/Minorities/Women, Transgender, Ex-Serviceman, Physically Handicapped, North Eastern Region (NER), Aspirational Districts, Hilly and Border areas etc. the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas  and  25% in  urban areas. Women are covered as special category under PMEGP and are entitled to higher rate of subsidy and lower personal contribution.  Under PMEGP, 35% to 40% of the total margin money subsidy is disbursed to women. The State-wise number of women owned units assisted and Margin Money released under PMEGP during the FY 2022-23 is as under:

| Region                      | Partner                      |   No. of women entrepreneurs supported |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| NER - 8 states              | Dhriiti - The Courage Within |                                    233 |
| Rajasthan - 9 districts     | Startup Oasis                |                                    105 |
| Telangana - 26 districts    | WEHub                        |                                    109 |
| Maharashtra - 3 districts   | Mann Deshi Foundation        |                                    120 |
| Uttar Pradesh - 4 districts | Empower Foundation           |                                    341 |
| Total                       |                              |                                    908 |

| S No.   | District and State      | Number of women Participants Trained   |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Bodh Gaya, Bihar        | 603                                    |
| 2.      | Kollur, Karnataka       | 271                                    |
| 3.      | Pandharpur, Maharashtra | 3,606                                  |
| 4.      | Puri, Odisha            | 1,288                                  |
| 5.      | Haridwar, Uttarakhand   | 1,333                                  |
| 6.      | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | 780                                    |
|         | Total                   | 7,881                                  |

| State          |   Number of units |
|----------------|-------------------|
| Kerala         |                24 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                28 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                 7 |
| Odisha         |                 3 |
| Maharashtra    |                 2 |
| Gujarat        |                 1 |
| Goa            |                 1 |
| Telangana      |                 1 |
| West Bengal    |                 6 |
| Bihar          |                 1 |
| Total          |                74 |

MSME  also    implements  several  other  schemes  for  promotion  and  development  of  MSMEs,  including women  owned  MSMEs,  namely,  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  Cluster  Development  Programme  (MSECDP),  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.

- (iii) Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW)  is  implementing  'Innovation  and  AgriEntrepreneurship Development' programme under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) from 2018-19 with an objective to promote innovation and agripreneurship by providing financial support and nurturing the  incubation  ecosystem  in  the  country.  DA&FW  has  appointed  five  Knowledge  Partners  (KPs)  and twenty four RKVY Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs) from across the country for implementation of this programme.  Technical  and  financial  support  is  provided  to  startups  to  launch  their  products,  services, business platforms, etc into the market and facilitate them to scale up their products and operations to attain business  viability.  Start-ups  are  trained  and  incubated  at  RKVY  Agribusiness  Incubator  (R-ABI)  centre appointed under the programme.  A financial support upto Rs. 5.00 lakh is provided at the idea/pre seed stage  and  upto  Rs.  25  lakh  at  the  seed  stage  as  grant-in-aid  to  eligible  and  selected  startups  under  the programme.  So far, a total of 1,176 agri-startups have been trained and supported under the programme in the country with technical and financial assistance of Rs. 75.25 crore.  Out of these, 284 are women led start-ups working in various fields of agriculture & allied sector.

## Annexure-I

The State-wise number of Women owned Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises registered on Udyam Registration Portal of the M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises during the last 3 years is as under:

| SNo.   | State                                    | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24 (Till 18.07.2023)   |
|--------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 461       | 738       | 991       | 253                         |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh                           | 12,837    | 34,690    | 70,935    | 26,846                      |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 160       | 690       | 1,459     | 336                         |
| 4.     | Assam                                    | 2,911     | 20,446    | 37,561    | 11,746                      |
| 5.     | Bihar                                    | 14,514    | 38,539    | 53,522    | 14,676                      |
| 6.     | Chandigarh                               | 824       | 1,525     | 1,925     | 801                         |
| 7.     | Chhattisgarh                             | 4,188     | 9,656     | 18,173    | 5,859                       |
| 8.     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 453       | 700       | 930       | 308                         |
| 9.     | Delhi                                    | 13,456    | 21,881    | 31,643    | 10,044                      |
| 10.    | Goa                                      | 1,128     | 1,865     | 3,767     | 1,143                       |
| 11.    | Gujarat                                  | 37,519    | 54,745    | 78,716    | 27,887                      |
| 12.    | Haryana                                  | 12,586    | 24,577    | 41,963    | 17,236                      |
| 13.    | Himachal Pradesh                         | 1,891     | 4,597     | 8,805     | 2,597                       |
| 14.    | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 3,008     | 13,351    | 24,401    | 10,854                      |
| 15.    | Jharkhand                                | 5,806     | 14,086    | 33,858    | 7,468                       |
| 16.    | Karnataka                                | 29,784    | 57,588    | 96,326    | 27,989                      |
| 17.    | Kerala                                   | 14,732    | 25,249    | 50,275    | 12,912                      |
| 18.    | Ladakh                                   | 81        | 354       | 513       | 354                         |
| 19.    | Lakshadweep                              | 5         | 20        | 58        | 9                           |
| 20.    | Madhya Pradesh                           | 14,334    | 30,289    | 53,111    | 15,988                      |
| 21.    | Maharashtra                              | 1,23,361  | 1,91,510  | 2,65,217  | 77,271                      |
| 22.    | Manipur                                  | 4,037     | 5,183     | 9,887     | 1,146                       |
| 23.    | Meghalaya                                | 196       | 642       | 2,308     | 911                         |
| 24.    | Mizoram                                  | 421       | 1,516     | 4,176     | 1,195                       |
| 25.    | Nagaland                                 | 194       | 1,108     | 3,047     | 1,114                       |
| 26.    | Odisha                                   | 7,852     | 20,749    | 38,288    | 11,738                      |
| 27.    | Puducherry                               | 1,051     | 2,295     | 3,466     | 1,117                       |
| 28.    | Punjab                                   | 13,579    | 28,634    | 58,035    | 28,275                      |
| 29.    | Rajasthan                                | 29,503    | 46,273    | 69,265    | 24,161                      |
| 30.    | Sikkim                                   | 87        | 600       | 1,032     | 390                         |
| 31.    | Tamil nadu                               | 70,511    | 1,27,327  | 2,01,688  | 64,460                      |
| 32.    | Telangana                                | 23,220    | 35,454    | 56,124    | 21,142                      |
| 33.    | Tripura                                  | 227       | 798       | 4,075     | 2,412                       |
| 34.    | Uttar Pradesh                            | 30,610    | 58,576    | 1,01,046  | 66,124                      |
| 35.    | Uttarakhand                              | 4,140     | 8,539     | 14,092    | 4,477                       |
| 36.    | West Bengal                              | 9,418     | 25,617    | 47,325    | 16,790                      |
|        | Total                                    | 4,89,085  | 9,10,407  | 14,88,003 | 5,18,029                    |

## State-wise Number of Enterprises supported under SVEP

| S. No.      | State             | Number of Enterprises Supported (till June, 2023)   |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 17,495                                              |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | -                                                   |
| 3           | Assam             | 3,676                                               |
| 4           | Bihar             | 22,430                                              |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | 16,565                                              |
| 6           | Goa               | 21                                                  |
| 7           | Gujarat           | 5,939                                               |
| 8           | Haryana           | 9,170                                               |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  | 248                                                 |
| 10          | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2,763                                               |
| 11          | Jharkhand         | 19,539                                              |
| 12          | Karnataka         | 297                                                 |
| 13          | Kerala            | 27,391                                              |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh    | 24,328                                              |
| 15          | Maharashtra       | 4,831                                               |
| 16          | Manipur           | 1,356                                               |
| 17          | Meghalaya         | 903                                                 |
| 18          | Mizoram           | 1,150                                               |
| 19          | Nagaland          | 4,089                                               |
| 20          | Odisha            | 13,040                                              |
| 21          | Punjab            | 2,036                                               |
| 22          | Rajasthan         | 8,891                                               |
| 23          | Sikkim            | 49                                                  |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu        | 4,269                                               |
| 25          | Telangana         | 13,125                                              |
| 26          | Tripura           | 161                                                 |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh     | 20,372                                              |
| 28          | Uttarakhand       | 2,198                                               |
| 29          | West Bengal       | 12,729                                              |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 2,39,061                                            |

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## Annexure-II