Lok Sabha Question No. 3493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Employment Generation through MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2023

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION THROUGH MSMEs

3493. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  any  new  schemes  for  generating  largescale employment in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector in the country;
- (b) if so, the details there of along with the number of employment generated, State and sectorwise; and
- (c) the number of new MSMEs registered during the last three years in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Ministry  of  MSME,  through  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  (KVIC),  is implementing Prime Minister's Employment  Generation Programme  (PMEGP)  for  assisting entrepreneurs in setting up of new units in the non-farm sector across the country. It aims to provide employment opportunities to traditional artisans/ rural and urban unemployed youth at their doorstep.

Under the scheme, General Category beneficiaries can avail 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 Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, Minorities, Women, Transgenders, Ex-servicemen,  Differently-abled,  beneficiaries  belonging  to  Northeastern  Region,  Aspirational District,  Hill  and  Border  areas, etc.,  the  Margin  Money  subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban area. The maximum cost of project is Rs. 50 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 20 lakh in the service sector.

In addition, following schemes are also being implemented by the Ministry of MSME:

- i. Scheme  of  Fund  for  Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI):  Under  this scheme, traditional industries and artisans are organized into collective manufacturing enterprises for making value added traditional products and provide the artisans with enhanced sustainable employment. Support is provided up to Rs. 2.50 crore (Regular Cluster) for clusters up to 500 artisans  and  upto  Rs.  5.00  crore  (Major  Cluster)  for  clusters  with  more  than  500  artisans.  The major  sectors  covered  under  SFURTI  include  handicrafts,  textiles,  bamboo,  agro-processing, honey, khadi, coir, etc.
- ii. Khadi Vikas Yojana (KVY): The scheme aims to increase productivity and wages of khadi artisans and secure their livelihood. It also assists in improving infrastructure for khadi production and thereby increasing its production and sales. Under the scheme, assistance is provided to Khadi Institutions  and  artisans  through  schemes  such  as  Modified  Marketing Development  Assistance (MMDA), Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC), Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans, Strengthening of Infrastructure of Existing weak Khadi Institutions and Assistance for Marketing Infrastructure,  etc.,  to  increase  Khadi  production  and  provide  sustainable  employment  to  Khadi workers.

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iii. Gramodyog  Vikas  Yojana  (GVY):  Under  the  scheme,  skill  development  training  and advanced  tools  and  equipment  are  provided  to  rural  and  traditional  artisans  for  promoting entrepreneurship among rural people in bee-keeping activities, pottery, agarbatti manufacturing, leather  footwear  activities,  etc.  These  include  components  such  as  Honey  Mission,  Kumhar Sashaktikaran Programme, etc.

State and sector wise number of employment generated under the above schemes are given at Annexure - I.

(c): The number of new MSMEs registered under Udyam during the last three year is placed at Annexure - II.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3493 for answer on 10.08.2023.

## I. State wise employment performance during 2008-09 to 2023-24 (upto 31.07.2023) under PMEGP.

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | Estimated employment generation   |   Estimated employment generation |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman Nicobar   |                                   |                             13642 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                   |                            351587 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   |                             30073 |
| 4         | Assam             |                                   |                            371593 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                                   |                            335150 |
| 6         | Chandigarh-UT     |                                   |                              3338 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |                                   |                            216257 |
| 8         | Delhi             |                                   |                             15124 |
| 9         | Goa               |                                   |                             12242 |
| 10        | Gujarat           |                                   |                            284972 |
| 11        | Haryana           |                                   |                            153063 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   |                             98858 |
| 13        | Jammu Kashmir     |                                   |                            620796 |
| 14        | Jharkhand         |                                   |                            167269 |
| 15        | Karnataka         |                                   |                            369801 |
| 16        | Kerala            |                                   |                            242065 |
| 17        | Ladakh            |                                   |                              5448 |
| 18        | Lakshadweep       |                                   |                               368 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                   |                            360785 |
| 20        | Maharashtra       |                                   |                            406682 |
| 21        | Manipur           |                                   |                             78105 |
| 22        | Meghalaya         |                                   |                             39867 |
| 23        | Mizoram           |                                   |                             69658 |
| 24        | Nagaland          |                                   |                             79688 |
| 25        | Odisha            |                                   |                            328329 |
| 26        | Puducherry        |                                   |                              6558 |
| 27        | Punjab            |                                   |                            145221 |
| 28        | Rajasthan         |                                   |                            254769 |
| 29        | Sikkim            |                                   |                              5274 |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu        |                                   |                            537330 |
| 31        | Telangana         |                                   |                            122688 |
| 32        | Tripura           |                                   |                            117428 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                   |                            824801 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand       |                                   |                            162130 |
| 35        | West Bengal       |                                   |                            457395 |
|           | TOTAL             |                                   |                           7288354 |

## II. State and Sector-wise Details of Sustainable Employment Generated under SFURTI

| S. No       | State             |   Agro |   Bamboo |   Coir |   Handicraft |   Honey | Khadi   |   Textile |   Grand Total |
|-------------|-------------------|--------|----------|--------|--------------|---------|---------|-----------|---------------|
| 1           | Andaman& Nicobar  |      0 |        0 |    400 |            0 |       0 | 0       |         0 |           400 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh    |   7262 |        0 |   3660 |         2256 |       0 | 0       |       320 |         13498 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh |    575 |        0 |      0 |            0 |       0 | 224     |       225 |          1024 |
| 4           | Assam             |   7107 |        0 |      0 |         3484 |       0 | 661     |      7501 |         18753 |
| 5           | Bihar             |   2508 |        0 |      0 |         2579 |       0 | 0       |      1089 |          6176 |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh      |    650 |      903 |      0 |         1527 |       0 | 0       |       389 |          3469 |
| 7           | Gujarat           |      0 |     1429 |   1007 |          959 |       0 | 0       |      3148 |          6543 |
| 8           | Haryana           |      0 |        0 |      0 |          838 |       0 | 0       |      2591 |          3429 |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh  |    500 |        0 |      0 |          351 |       0 | 0       |         0 |           851 |
| 10          | Jammu& Kashmir    |      0 |        0 |      0 |            0 |    1821 | 0       |      1942 |          3763 |
| 11          | Jharkhand         |    809 |     1923 |      0 |         4889 |     251 | 0       |       885 |          8757 |
| 12          | Karnataka         |   2329 |        0 |   7313 |         3501 |     560 | 0       |      5249 |         18952 |
| 13          | Kerala            |   1729 |        0 |   5868 |          800 |     538 | 0       |         0 |          8935 |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh    |   4190 |     6789 |      0 |         6560 |       0 | 332     |      7034 |         24905 |
| 15          | Maharashtra       |   4284 |     2324 |   1050 |         3836 |     620 | 0       |      4488 |         16602 |
| 16          | Manipur           |   7245 |     1280 |      0 |         1266 |     750 | 0       |      2397 |         12938 |
| 17          | Meghalaya         |   1528 |      241 |      0 |            0 |       0 | 0       |         0 |          1769 |
| 18          | Mizoram           |    304 |        0 |      0 |            0 |       0 | 0       |         0 |           304 |
| 19          | Nagaland          |   2217 |      830 |      0 |          270 |       0 | 0       |         0 |          3317 |
| 20          | Odisha            |  24730 |     2877 |   3691 |         8090 |    1631 | 0       |      5883 |         46902 |
| 21          | Punjab            |      0 |        0 |      0 |          618 |    1090 | 0       |         0 |          1708 |
| 22          | Rajasthan         |   6107 |      331 |      0 |         7377 |    1372 |         |      3022 |         18209 |
| 23          | Sikkim            |    872 |        0 |      0 |            0 |       0 | 0       |         0 |           872 |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu        |   1656 |        0 |  20511 |         1630 |     400 | 0       |      1334 |         25531 |
| 25          | Telangana         |   2697 |     1006 |      0 |         1769 |       0 |         |      3637 |          9109 |
| 26          | Tripura           |    301 |      804 |      0 |            0 |       0 | 0       |         0 |          1105 |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh     |   4121 |        0 |      0 |        12024 |    1386 | 0       |     14909 |         32440 |
| 28          | Uttarakhand       |   1607 |        0 |      0 |         1000 |       0 | 0       |         0 |          2607 |
| 29          | West Bengal       |   1414 |        0 |    600 |         2603 |       0 | 0       |      5934 |         10551 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       |  86742 |    20737 |  44100 |        68227 |   10419 | 1217    |     71977 |        303419 |

III. State/UT-wise details of cumulative Employment under Khadi Vikas Yojana for the period upto 2021-22.

| Sr. No.      | States / Union Territories   | Employment   |
|--------------|------------------------------|--------------|
| 1            | Jammu &Kashmir               | 21997        |
| 2            | Ladakh                       | 0            |
| 2            | Himachal Pradesh             | 3369         |
| 3            | Punjab                       | 5188         |
| 4            | Chandigarh (UT)              | 54           |
| 5            | Haryana                      | 56071        |
| 6            | Delhi                        | 1180         |
| 7            | Rajasthan                    | 30519        |
| 8            | Uttarakhand                  | 18016        |
| 9            | Uttar Pradesh                | 136913       |
| 10           | Chhattisgarh                 | 6152         |
| 11           | Madhya Pradesh               | 3700         |
| 12           | Sikkim                       | 0            |
| 13           | Arunachal Pradesh            | 31           |
| 14           | Nagaland                     | 295          |
| 15           | Manipur                      | 166          |
| 16           | Mizoram                      | 14           |
| 17           | Tripura                      | 25           |
| 18           | Meghalaya                    | 59           |
| 19           | Assam                        | 5118         |
| 20           | Bihar                        | 72923        |
| 21           | West Bengal                  | 32578        |
| 22           | Jharkhand                    | 1868         |
| 23           | Odisha                       | 5346         |
| 24           | A &NIslands                  | 0            |
| 25           | Gujarat                      | 18803        |
| 26           | Maharashtra                  | 3087         |
| 27           | Goa                          | 0            |
| 28           | Andhra Pradesh               | 9061         |
| 29           | Telangana                    | 2342         |
| 30           | Karnataka                    | 27540        |
| 31           | Lakshadweep Islands          | 0            |
| 32           | Kerala                       | 14341        |
| 33           | Tamil Nadu                   | 20263        |
| 34           | Puducherry                   | 465          |
| Total 497484 | Total 497484                 | Total 497484 |

## IV. Cumulative number of beneficiaries benefitted under Honey Mission (since 2017-18 to 2022-23) of Gramodyog Vikas Yojana

| Sr. No.   | State /Union Territory   |   No. of Beneficiaries |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu &Kashmir           |                    815 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh         |                    574 |
| 3         | Punjab                   |                     50 |
| 4         | Chandigarh (UT)          |                    410 |
| 5         | Haryana                  |                    555 |
| 6         | Delhi                    |                     40 |
| 7         | Rajasthan                |                    784 |
| 8         | Uttarakhand              |                    820 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh            |                   2285 |
| 10        | Chhattisgarh             |                    433 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh           |                    525 |
| 12        | Sikkim                   |                      5 |
| 13        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                     35 |
| 14        | Nagaland                 |                    590 |
| 15        | Manipur                  |                    580 |
| 16        | Mizoram                  |                    750 |
| 17        | Tripura                  |                    450 |
| 18        | Meghalaya                |                    435 |
| 19        | Assam                    |                    627 |
| 20        | Bihar                    |                   1085 |
| 21        | West Bengal              |                    608 |
| 22        | Jharkhand                |                    585 |
| 23        | Odisha                   |                    462 |
| 24        | A &NIslands              |                      0 |
| 25        | Gujarat                  |                   1031 |
| 26        | Maharashtra              |                   1020 |
| 27        | Goa                      |                     53 |
| 28        | Andhra Pradesh           |                    468 |
| 29        | Telangana                |                    335 |
| 30        | Karnataka                |                    798 |
| 31        | Lakshadweep Islands      |                      0 |
| 32        | Kerala                   |                    740 |
| 33        | Tamil Nadu               |                    775 |
| 34        | Puducherry               |                      0 |
|           | TOTAL                    |                  18723 |

V. Cumulative State-wise beneficiaries benefitted under Kumbhar Sashaktikaran Programme/ Pottery Programme (since 2017-18 to 2022-23)

| Sr. No   | State/ Union Territories   |   Pottery Artisans Benefited |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Jammu &Kashmir             |                         2960 |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh           |                         1520 |
| 3        | Punjab                     |                         1040 |
| 4        | Chandigarh (UT)            |                            0 |
| 5        | Haryana                    |                         3520 |
| 6        | Delhi                      |                          300 |
| 7        | Rajasthan                  |                        14780 |
| 8        | Uttarakhand                |                          800 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh              |                        23200 |
| 10       | Chhattisgarh               |                         1520 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh             |                         2120 |
| 12       | Sikkim                     |                            0 |
| 13       | Arunachal Pradesh          |                            0 |
| 14       | Nagaland                   |                          360 |
| 15       | Manipur                    |                          560 |
| 16       | Mizoram                    |                            0 |
| 17       | Tripura                    |                         1780 |
| 18       | Meghalaya                  |                          480 |
| 19       | Assam                      |                         3480 |
| 20       | Bihar                      |                         3820 |
| 21       | West Bengal                |                         2720 |
| 22       | Jharkhand                  |                         1920 |
| 23       | Odisha                     |                         3340 |
| 24       | Gujarat                    |                         4640 |
| 25       | Maharashtra                |                        13008 |
| 26       | Goa                        |                          720 |
| 27       | Andhra Pradesh             |                         3000 |
| 28       | Karnataka                  |                         4452 |
| 29       | Kerala                     |                          400 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                 |                         4460 |
| 31       | Telangana                  |                         2860 |
|          | TOTAL                      |                       103760 |

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3493 for answer on 10.08.2023. Number of new MSMEs registered under Udyam during the last three year is given below:

| Sl. No.   | Year    | Micro     | Small   | Medium   | Total     |
|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|----------|-----------|
| 1.        | 2020-21 | 2,03,457  | 12,431  | 1,712    | 2,17,600  |
| 2.        | 2021-22 | 3,94,785  | 17,712  | 1,247    | 4,13,744  |
| 3.        | 2022-23 | 6,55,475  | 12,048  | 486      | 6,68,009  |
|           | Total   | 12,53,717 | 42,191  | 3,445    | 12,99,353 |