Lok Sabha Question No. 12 (STARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: NSSH Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri B K Parthasarathi, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *12 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.01.2026

## NSSH SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## *12.    SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI:

SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

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

- (a) the total number of applications received and approved under the National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Hub (NSSH) Scheme in Andhra Pradesh during the last five financial years, year and district-wise;
- (b) the number and percentage of total male and female beneficiaries under various components of the  above  scheme  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  particularly  under  the  Special  Credit  Linked  Capital  Subsidy Scheme (SCLCSS), district and year-wise;
- (c) the  total  amount  of  subsidies  sanctioned  and  disbursed  to  SC/ST  entrepreneurs  in  Andhra Pradesh under different sub-schemes of NSSH, component and year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any special measures to increase women's participation under the NSSH scheme in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  to  enhance  awareness  and  outreach  of  the scheme among SC/ST women entrepreneurs in the State?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  of  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *12 FOR ANSWER ON 29.01.2026.

(a) to (c): The  Government  has  undertaken  wide  range  of  initiatives  and  schemes  to  support Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). The Ministry of Tribal Affairs oversees the holistic development of Scheduled Tribes through flagship initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha  Abhiyan,  Eklavya  Model  Residential  Schools,  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjatiya  Vikas  Mission  and Pradhan  Mantri  Adi  Adarsh  Gram  Yojana.  Likewise,  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment focuses on the socio-economic upliftment of marginalized groups including Scheduled Castes through programmes  such  as  Pradhan  Mantri  Dakshata  Aur  Kushalata  Sampanna  Hitgrahi,  Scheme  for Residential  Education  for  Students  in  High  schools  in  Targeted  Areasand  Support  for  Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise.

Ministry  of  MSME  implements  several  schemes  to  provide  financial,  infrastructure  and  skilling assistance  to  the  MSMEs.  Some  of  the  major  schemes  are  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programme which offers higher margin money subsidies of 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas for  SC/ST/Women  applicants,  Credit  Guarantee  Trust  Fund  for  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises,  PM Vishwakarma, Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme, Procurement and Marketing Support, etc. With consistent effort, registration on Udyam and Udyam Assist Portal have reached 7.5 crore, out of which 1.07 crore are SC/ST owned enterprises.

In order to mainstream the economic activities of SC/ST Micro and Small Enterprises, the Government launched the National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Hub (NSSH) scheme in October 2016 with an aim to promote entrepreneurship amongst the SCs/STs and to achieve the mandated 4% procurement from  SC/ST  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  (MSEs)  under  the  Public  Procurement  Policy  of  the Government. Since its inception, a total of 1.59 lakh SCs/STs have benefitted from various components of the scheme such as Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (SCLCSS), capacity building and training to enhance competitiveness, market linkages etc. The scheme has made a positive impact which is  evident  from  37-fold  increase  in  procurement  from  SC/ST  MSEs  i.e.,  Rs.  99.37  crore  (0.07%)  in 2015-16 to Rs.3731.03 crore (1.73%) in 2024-25.

During the last 5 years, a total of 87510 SC/ST beneficiaries have availed the scheme, out of which 1436 are from the State of Andhra Pradesh. Details of year-wise and district-wise applications received and approved are given in Annexure -I. Year-wise and district wise details of male and female beneficiaries of  various  components  and  SCLCSS  are  given  in  Annexure-II.  The  total  amount  sanctioned  and disbursed under NSSH in the State of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-III.

(d) and (e): To increase participation of SC/ST entrepreneurs including women, the Ministry through its  field  offices/organizations  have  been  organising  conclaves,  vendor  development  programmes, entrepreneurship awareness camps and workshops at various locations across the country. Further, social media  platforms  and  various  modes  of  communications  are  used  to  create  publicity  and  wider awareness. The total number of SC/ST women under NSSH scheme beneficiary is around 25%, whereas for the State of Andhra Pradesh it is 31.82% during the last five years.

Ministry  has  been  consistently  striving  to  increase  women  participation  in  various  schemes  of  the Ministry, by onboarding women onto the Udyam and Udyam Assist portals. As of today, more than 2.99 crore women owned enterprises have registered on Udyam and Udyam Assist Portal, which is 39% of the total registration. The total number of MSMEs registered on Udyam and Udyam Assist Portal for Andhra Pradesh is 38 lakh, out of which 20.75 lakh (54%) are women.

## Annexure I referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *12 to be answered on 29.01.2026

## (i) Year-wise number of applications received and approved in Andhra Pradesh:

| FY      |   Applications Received |   Applications Approved |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 2020-21 |                     482 |                     482 |
| 2021-22 |                     249 |                     245 |
| 2022-23 |                     639 |                     511 |
| 2023-24 |                     286 |                     131 |
| 2024-25 |                      70 |                      67 |
| Total   |                    1726 |                    1436 |

## (ii) District-wise applications received and approved:

| #     |                             | Total Application     | Total Application     |
|-------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| #     | Districts                   | Applications Received | Applications Approved |
| 1     | Alluri Sitharama Raju       | 1                     | 1                     |
| 2     | Anakapalli                  | -                     | -                     |
| 3     | Anantapuram                 | 60                    | 52                    |
| 4     | Annamayya                   | 24                    | 4                     |
| 5     | Bapatla                     | 3                     | 2                     |
| 6     | Chittoor                    | 90                    | 81                    |
| 7     | East Godavari               | 59                    | 51                    |
| 8     | Eluru                       | 9                     | 2                     |
| 9     | Guntur                      | 282                   | 253                   |
| 10    | Kakinada                    | -                     | -                     |
| 11    | Konaseema                   | 5                     | -                     |
| 12    | Krishna                     | 291                   | 275                   |
| 13    | Kurnool                     | 69                    | 63                    |
| 14    | Nandyal                     | 14                    | 11                    |
| 15    | NTR                         | 27                    | 11                    |
| 16    | Palnadu                     | 9                     | 3                     |
| 17    | Parvathipuramu Manyam       | -                     | -                     |
| 18    | Prakasam                    | 160                   | 140                   |
| 19    | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore | 57                    | 40                    |
| 20    | Sri Sathya Sai              | 6                     | 4                     |
| 21    | Srikakulam                  | 31                    | 30                    |
| 22    | Tirupati                    | 9                     | 2                     |
| 23    | Visakhapatnam               | 281                   | 273                   |
| 24    | Vizianagaram                | 47                    | 47                    |
| 25    | West Godavari               | 61                    | 43                    |
| 26    | YSR Kadapa                  | 131                   | 48                    |
| Total | Total                       | 1726                  | 1436                  |

## Annexure II referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *12 to be answered on 29.01.2026

## (i) Year-wise  details  of  male  and  female  beneficiaries  of  various  components  and  SCLCSS  in particular:

| Year       | Male beneficiaries   | Male beneficiaries   | Female beneficiaries   | Female beneficiaries   |
|------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Year       | Total                | SCLCSS               | Total                  | SCLCSS                 |
| 2020-21    | 309                  | 6                    | 173                    | 9                      |
| 2021-22    | 158                  | 5                    | 87                     | 11                     |
| 2022-23    | 358                  | 68                   | 153                    | 34                     |
| 2023-24    | 101                  | 6                    | 30                     | 2                      |
| 2024-25    | 53                   | -                    | 14                     | -                      |
| Total      | 979                  | 85                   | 457                    | 56                     |
| Percentage | 68.18%               | 60.28%               | 31.82%                 | 39.72%                 |

- (ii) District-wise details of male and female beneficiaries:

| S. No.     | Name of district            | Male beneficiaries   | Female beneficiaries   |
|------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
| 1          | Alluri Sitharama Raju       | 0                    | 1                      |
| 2          | Anantapuram                 | 35                   | 17                     |
| 3          | Annamayya                   | 2                    | 2                      |
| 4          | Bapatla                     | 1                    | 1                      |
| 5          | Chittoor                    | 73                   | 8                      |
| 6          | East Godavari               | 39                   | 12                     |
| 7          | Eluru                       | 2                    | 0                      |
| 8          | Guntur                      | 205                  | 48                     |
| 9          | Krishna                     | 143                  | 132                    |
| 10         | Kurnool                     | 58                   | 5                      |
| 11         | Nandyal                     | 6                    | 5                      |
| 12         | NTR                         | 7                    | 4                      |
| 13         | Palnadu                     | 2                    | 1                      |
| 14         | Prakasam                    | 95                   | 45                     |
| 15         | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore | 19                   | 21                     |
| 16         | Sri Sathya Sai              | 3                    | 1                      |
| 17         | Srikakulam                  | 28                   | 2                      |
| 18         | Tirupati                    | 1                    | 1                      |
| 19         | Visakhapatnam               | 175                  | 98                     |
| 20         | Vizianagaram                | 34                   | 13                     |
| 21         | West Godavari               | 15                   | 28                     |
| 22         | YSR Kadapa                  | 36                   | 12                     |
| Total      | Total                       | 979                  | 457                    |
| Percentage | Percentage                  | 68.18%               | 31.82%                 |

## Annexure III referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *12 to be answered on 29.01.2026

Year-wise  details  of  fund  utilised  under  SCLCSS,  capacity  building  training  programme  and  other reimbursement components in the State of Andhra Pradesh:

(Amount in Rs.)

| Year    | SCLCSS       | Capacity Building training programme   | Other reimbursement components   |
|---------|--------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2020-21 | 23494630     | -                                      | 370870                           |
| 2021-22 | 20367406     | -                                      | 317126                           |
| 2022-23 | 97945960     | 2622480                                | 1160370                          |
| 2023-24 | 12535712     | 2800350                                | 978257                           |
| 2024-25 | -            | 2545200                                | 615967                           |
| Total   | 15,43,43,708 | 79,68,030                              | 34,42,590                        |