Lok Sabha Question No. 1080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Workers employed in MSME Sector
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Sangeeta Azad

1080.

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION No. 1080 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

## WORKERS EMPLOYED IN MSME SECTOR

SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  information  on  number  of  workers  employed  in  MSME sector, if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has data with respect to the social security and work security of workers employed in MSMEs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to include the same in its next National Sample Survey (NSS) report and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As on 05.02.2024, the numbers of persons employed in the MSMEs which are registered on Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform, are 16,86,64,562 (from 01.07.2020 to 05.02.2024). The State/UT wise details are attached in annexure I.
- (b)  &  (c): The  73 rd round  National  Sample  Survey  on  Unincorporated  Non-agricultural Enterprises conducted by Ministry of Statistics & PI in 2015-16 and the ongoing Annual Survey of  Unincorporated  Sector  Enterprises  collect  information  on  the  contribution  to  insurance, provident  fund  and  other  social  security  schemes  (average  for  a  month)  under  the  block Compensation to workers.

The Government is providing social security to the workers under various Acts, which include The Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, The Employees Compensation Act, 1923 and The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.

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## Annexure refer to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1080 for answer on 08.02.2024

| State/ UT wise Total Employment reported under Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform   | State/ UT wise Total Employment reported under Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform   | State/ UT wise Total Employment reported under Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform   | State/ UT wise Total Employment reported under Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform   | State/ UT wise Total Employment reported under Udyam Registration Portal and Udyam Assist Platform   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.                                                                                                  | State/UTs                                                                                            | Employment                                                                                           | Employment                                                                                           | Employment                                                                                           |
| No.                                                                                                  |                                                                                                      | Udyam Registration Portal*                                                                           | Udyam Assist Platform #                                                                              | Total                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                    | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                          | 6,647,614                                                                                            | 2,018                                                                                                | 6,649,632                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                       | 109,049                                                                                              | 984,995                                                                                              | 1,094,044                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                    | 2,980,583                                                                                            | 8,841                                                                                                | 2,989,424                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                                | 6,175,627                                                                                            | 157,987                                                                                              | 6,333,614                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                                | 1,814,678                                                                                            | 1,235,532                                                                                            | 3,050,210                                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                                    | Chandigarh                                                                                           | 274,770                                                                                              | 8,223                                                                                                | 282,993                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                                         | 9,466,841                                                                                            | 295,427                                                                                              | 9,762,268                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                                    | Delhi                                                                                                | 4,951,976                                                                                            | 188,961                                                                                              | 5,140,937                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                                    | Goa                                                                                                  | 808,691                                                                                              | 20,195                                                                                               | 828,886                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                              | 2,672,196                                                                                            | 606,375                                                                                              | 3,278,571                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                                   | Haryana                                                                                              | 11,835,508                                                                                           | 240,370                                                                                              | 12,075,878                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                     | 2,991,336                                                                                            | 18,518                                                                                               | 3,009,854                                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                                   | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                    | 5,805,016                                                                                            | 35,123                                                                                               | 5,840,139                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                                                            | 18,092,279                                                                                           | 451,925                                                                                              | 18,544,204                                                                                           |
| 15                                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                                            | 447,734                                                                                              | 850,325                                                                                              | 1,298,059                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                                   | Kerala                                                                                               | 91,196                                                                                               | 412,148                                                                                              | 503,344                                                                                              |
| 17                                                                                                   | Ladakh                                                                                               | 142,897                                                                                              | 1,110                                                                                                | 144,007                                                                                              |
| 18                                                                                                   | Lakshadweep                                                                                          | 130,125                                                                                              | 714                                                                                                  | 130,839                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                       | 4,074,756                                                                                            | 1,373,957                                                                                            | 5,448,713                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                                          | 4,225,436                                                                                            | 1,286,896                                                                                            | 5,512,332                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                                   | Manipur                                                                                              | 9,185,023                                                                                            | 34,089                                                                                               | 9,219,112                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                                                            | 46,271                                                                                               | 6,179                                                                                                | 52,450                                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                                              | 17,098,714                                                                                           | 8,911                                                                                                | 17,107,625                                                                                           |
| 24                                                                                                   | Nagaland                                                                                             | 9,285,711                                                                                            | 17,316                                                                                               | 9,303,027                                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                                               | 468,042                                                                                              | 582,023                                                                                              | 1,050,065                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                                   | Puducherry                                                                                           | 14,207,019                                                                                           | 24,345                                                                                               | 14,231,364                                                                                           |
| 27                                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                                               | 1,378,625                                                                                            | 206,479                                                                                              | 1,585,104                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                            | 8,815,141                                                                                            | 495,452                                                                                              | 9,310,593                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                                               | 229,993                                                                                              | 2,474                                                                                                | 232,467                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                           | 292,537                                                                                              | 995,891                                                                                              | 1,288,428                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                                   | Telangana                                                                                            | 5,439,602                                                                                            | 662,669                                                                                              | 6,102,271                                                                                            |
| 32                                                                                                   | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                         | 1,840,101                                                                                            | 3,066                                                                                                | 1,843,167                                                                                            |
| 33                                                                                                   | Tripura                                                                                              | 40,065                                                                                               | 147,449                                                                                              | 187,514                                                                                              |
| 34                                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                        | 3,105                                                                                                | 1,958,956                                                                                            | 1,962,061                                                                                            |
| 35                                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                          | 218,892                                                                                              | 96,368                                                                                               | 315,260                                                                                              |
| 36                                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                                          | 192,268                                                                                              | 2,763,838 16,185,145                                                                                 | 2,956,106 168,664,562                                                                                |
|                                                                                                      | Total:-                                                                                              | 152,479,417                                                                                          |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |