Lok Sabha Question No. 3207 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Udyam Sakhi Portal
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3207 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2023

## UDYAM SAKHI PORTAL

3207.   SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

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

- (a) the details and number of women who have been benefited from Udyam Sakhi Portal in the State of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands;
- (b) the manner in which Udyam Sakhi Portal has made women self-reliant;
- (c) the  types  of  services  offered  to  beneficiaries  through  the  said  portal  and  the  number  of beneficiaries in the said States benefited from each service;
- (d) the details of funds spent by the Government on said initiative in the said States;
- (e) the  details  of  the  women  beneficiaries  benefited  through  Udyam  Sakhi  Portal  belonging  to Scheduled  Castes,  Other  Backward  Classes  and  Scheduled  Tribes  and  General  Category  persons  in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu;
- (f) the manner in which the social enterprises are being promoted through the said portal;
- (g) whether it has been successful in removing the social inequality and if so, the details thereof; and
- (h) the other steps taken by the Government to help women entrepreneurs to build and grow their businesses?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of number of women benefited from Udyam Sakhi Portal in the State of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, is as under:
- (b): The Udyam Sakhi Portal provides information on various financial schemes, policies & programmes and the supporting institutions functioning under the administrative control of the Ministry of MSME to make women entrepreneurs self-reliant.

| S. No.   | State               |   No. of Beneficiaries |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Maharashtra         |                    580 |
| 2.       | Tamil Nadu          |                    553 |
| 3.       | Andaman and Nicobar |                      3 |
| Total    | Total               |                   1136 |

- (c): The Udyam Sakhi portal provides the following services to women:
1.  Financial  Schemes  of  Ministry  of  MSME  and  other  central  Ministries/Departments  such  as PMEGP; CGTMSE; MUDRA; TReDS etc.
2. Policies and Programmes of Ministry of MSME & other Central Ministries.
3. Information about preparation of Business plan.
4. Details of Nodal offices / supporting organisations of the Ministry of MSME in the respective States/UTs.
5. Information  about  exhibitions,  trade  fairs  &  international  events  organised  by  the  Ministry  of MSME.

The total number of beneficiaries in State of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands are as under:

- a)     Maharashtra :

580 Nos.

- b)     Tamil Nadu :

553 Nos.

- c)     Andaman & Nicobar Islands :

3 Nos.

- (d):      An  expenditure  of  Rs.  43.52  lakhs  was  incurred  for  development  of  Udyam  Sakhi  Portal, developed  by  the  Institute  for  Design  of  Electrical  Measuring  Instruments  (IDEMI),  an  organization under Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME).
- (e): The  details  of  the  women  beneficiaries  benefited  through  Udyam  Sakhi  Portal  belonging  to Scheduled  Castes,  Other  Backward  Classes  and  Scheduled  Tribes  and  General  Category  persons  in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, is as under:-
- (f) & (g): The Udyam Sakhi Portal helps in disseminating information on Government's schemes, policies and activities to women entrepreneurs, thus helping in women empowerment.
- (h): The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) implements various schemes for promotion and development of MSMEs, including women-owned MSMEs namely Mahila Coir Yojana under Coir Vikas Yojana, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP), 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.

|   S. No. | State       |   SC |   OBC |   ST |   GEN |   Total |
|----------|-------------|------|-------|------|-------|---------|
|        1 | Maharashtra |  152 |    71 |    3 |   354 |     580 |
|        2 | Tamil Nadu  |   42 |   511 |    0 |     0 |     553 |

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