Lok Sabha Question No. 588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Iron, Steel Fabrication and Cloth Sector
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 588

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2024

## IRON, STEEL FABRICATION AND CLOTH SECTOR

588.      SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented any scheme of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the iron, steel fabrication and cloth sector to encourage new market access initiatives;
- (b) if so, the details of benefits being provided to iron, steel fabrication and cloth sectors in MSME under the said scheme; and
- (c) the details of iron and steel fabrication project benefitted under the scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI JITAN RAM MANJHI)

(a) to (c): Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  implements  various  schemes  and programmes aimed at promotion and development of MSME sector. These schemes and programmes include  Credit  Guarantee  Fund  Trust  for  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  (CGTMSE),  Prime  Minister's Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  -  Cluster  Development Programme  (MSE-CDP)  and  Raising  and  Accelerating  MSME  Performance  (RAMP),  MSME Champions Scheme, etc.

Procurement  and  Marketing  Support  (PMS)  scheme,  run  by  Ministry   of  MSME,  extends benefits for creating market access initiatives to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), including iron, steel fabrication  and textile sector, through interventions for participation of individual MSEs in trade fairs,  exhibitions,  organizing  domestic  and  international  trade  fairs  or  exhibitions  for  participation  of MSEs, vendor development programme, adoption of modern packaging technique including adoption of bar code, adoption of e-commerce platform, etc.

The details of beneficiaries under the PMS scheme in iron, steel fabrication and cloth sector are as follows:-

|   S. No. | Sector         |   Total MSEs benefited in the last financial year |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Iron and Steel |                                               393 |
|        2 | Textile        |                                              1587 |

The Government of India is also implementing various schemes/initiatives aimed at promoting the  textiles  sector.  The  major  schemes/  initiatives  include  PM  Mega  integrated  Textile  Regions  and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks Scheme which seeks to create a modern, integrated large scale, world class industrial ecosystem, Production Linked scale Incentive (PLI) Scheme focusing on MMF Fabric, MMF Apparel and Technical Textiles ,Promotion and Market Development, Skilling and Export Promotion; Silk  Samagra-2  for  comprehensive  development  of  sericulture  value  chain;  National  Handloom Development  Program  (NHDP)  and  National  Handicraft  Development  Program  (NHDP)  for  end support for handloom and handicraft sectors etc.

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