Lok Sabha Question No. 3045 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: National SC-ST Hub Scheme
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Raksha Nikhil Khadse

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3045 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## NATIONAL SC-ST HUB SCHEME

## 3045. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

## SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal under consideration to expand the present scope of the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) Scheme by opening more offices in the 5th and 6th Scheduled Areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the proposed locations identified for opening the new offices;
- (c) the number of Scheduled Tribe (ST) applicants who have applied from the State of Maharashtra to avail the benefits of NSSH's Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (SCLCSS) along with the number of applicants who have actually been benefited during the financial year 2022-23; and
- (d) the number of women beneficiaries from STs category under the said scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): National Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Hub (NSSH), a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India was launched in 2016 by the Hon'ble  Prime  Minister.  The  scheme  aims  at  capacity  enhancement  of  SC-ST  entrepreneurs  and promoting  "  entrepreneurship  culture"  amongst  the  SC-ST  population.  NSSH  scheme  is  empowering SC-ST population to participate in the public procurement process and fulfil the mandated target of 4% procurement from SC-ST enterprises under Public Procurement Policy by the Ministries, Departments and CPSEs.

To provide handholding support to the SC/ST entrepreneurs across their business lifecycle, 15 National SC-ST Hub Offices (NSSHOs) have been established by NSIC in various parts of the country (Ludhiana,  Agra,  Lucknow,  Mumbai,  Pune,  Sindhudurg,  Ranchi,  Chennai,  Bengaluru,  Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata, Surat,  Hyderabad, and Jalaun).  These  offices  provide  handholding  support  to  the SC-ST  MSEs  for  Udyam  registration,  GeM  enrolment,  tender  participation,  credit  facilitation  and organizing Awareness Programs/Conclaves/Special Vendor Development Programs, etc. In addition to the above NSSH Offices, NSIC's field officers are also providing on-ground handholding support to the SC/ST  MSEs.  Presently, there is no plan for establishing additional NSSH offices under the scheme.

During FY 2022-23, from the state of Maharashtra, 241 claim applications of Scheduled Tribe (ST) applicant MSEs were uploaded by the PLIs/Nodal banks on the MIS Portal, out of which 136 claim applications have been approved and Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy (SCLCS) amounting to Rs. 13.53 crore has been released.

As on 30.11.2023, SCLCSS subsidy in respect of 74 claim applications of women Scheduled Tribe  (ST)  MSE  applicants  amounting  to  Rs.  8.95  crore  has  been  released  across  the  country  since inception. Out of this, in the state of Maharashtra, subsidy amounting to Rs. 1.44 crore has been released to women Scheduled Tribe (STs) MSE applicants in respect of 12 claim applications.