Lok Sabha Question No. 3779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Development of Women Entrepreneurs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3779 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2016

## 3779. DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

## SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is keen on providing equal opportunities and a level playing field for the women to develop themselves as entrepreneurs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- whether the Government has any scheme currently under implementation to develop and nurture women entrepreneurs in the country, and if the details thereof; SO-
- (d) the total funds allocated during each of the last three years for the said scheme, State/UTwise;
- (e) the total number of beneficiaries under this scheme, State-wise; and
- the effective measures taken ' by the Government for the   development of women entrepreneurs and to achieve economic freedom for women?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a): Yes; Madam.
- (6) & (c): Details of the various ongoing and current schemes/programmes implemented by the Government are at ANNEXURE-I. being
- (d) & (e): Details of total funds released during each of the last three years and beneficiaries covered under these schemes are at ANNEXURE-IL
- (f): The Government  has   launched Stand  Up India   scheme  for setting up of Greenfield enterprises in trading, services O manufacturing sector by SC/ST/Women entrepreneurs as well. Under this   Scheme, a sum of Rs. 1157.07 crore has been  disbursed by Scheduled Commercial Banks to 5,936 women entrepreneurs s0 far.

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## Shrimati VSathya Bama for answer on 9.08.2016

## Schemes/Programmes   being   implemented by Government for   developing women entrepreneurship are as follows:-

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Scheme                                            | Administering Ministry/Department              | Brief note on the Scheme towards promoting women entrepreneurship                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) | Ministry of Women Child Development and        | The STEP Scheme aims to provide skills that give employability to women and to provide competencies and skill that  enable women to become self-employed/ entrepreneurs:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|         2 | Prime Minister' $ Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)     | Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises | PMEGP is aimed at generating self-employment   opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non- farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth: General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25 % of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas. For beneficiaries belonging to categories such as SC/ST/Women the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural special                                                      |
|         3 | Skill Upgradation Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY)                    | Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises | areas and 25% in urban areas Under the 'Mahila Coir Yojana' scheme; training programmes are conducted exclusively  for rural women_ The scheme envisages distribution of motorized rattslmotorized traditional ratts and other coir processing equipments at 75% subsidy subject to a maximum of Rs.7500/- which can be operated by women after completion of a two months training programme. During the training period, the women artisans are given stipend amounting Rs.1000/- per month |

|   4_ | Venture Capital Funds for Scheduled Castes(SCs)                   | Ministry of Social Justice and                        | Venture Capital Fund for SCs and CEGSSC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    5 | Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for Scheduled Castes (CEGSSC) | Empowerment                                           | are Social   Sector Initiatives to be implemented nationally in order to promote entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Castes population in India for managing businesses which are oriented towards innovation and growth technologies: While selecting the SC entrepreneurs under Venture Capital Fund for SCs, women SC entrepreneurs are preferred. Under CEGSSC, to encourage the women entrepreneurs; fees are charged at a lower rate For SC women entrepreneurs, the nodal agency i.e. IFCI charges 1.00% instead of 1.50% from Government and 0.75% p.a: instead of' 1.00% p.a. from the Money Lending Institutions: being upfront |
|    6 | Stand-Up India Scheme                                             | Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance | The objective of the Stand-Up India scheme is to facilitate bank loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) between Rs. 10 lakh and 1 Crore to at least one borrower per bank   branch for setting up a Greenfield enterprise in trading; services or manufacturing:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

## ANNEXURE-ILin\_reply to\_part \_(d)

State/UT-wise   funds released and   beneficiaries   covered  during 2013-14 to 2015-16 under STEP Scheme

Rs. in lakh

|    |                   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Beneficiaries         | Beneficiaries   |
|----|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|    | STATES            | 2013-14          |                  | 2015-16          | covered during period | this            |
|    | Andhra Pradesh    | 86.58            |                  | 42.45            | 4900                  |                 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh |                  |                  | 12.68            | 500                   |                 |
| 3  | Assam             | 20.02            | 73.02            | 5.24             | 1479                  |                 |
| 4  | Bihar             |                  |                  | 80.61            |                       |                 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      |                  |                  | 39.47            |                       |                 |
| 8  | Haryana           |                  |                  | 26.76            |                       |                 |
| 9  | Jammu & Kashmir   | 67.44            | 42.30            | 17.54            | 8300                  |                 |
| 10 | Jharkhand         |                  |                  | 29.96            |                       |                 |
| 11 | Kerala            |                  |                  | 20.43            | 1120                  |                 |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 159.20           | 89.78            | 33.04            | 30040                 |                 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh    | 120.14           | 107.74           | 106.67           | 2895                  |                 |
| 14 | Maharashtra       | 48.12            | 10.22            | 59.43            | 3734                  |                 |
| 15 | Manipur           |                  | 220.33           | 101,.24          | 4966                  |                 |
|    | Mizoram           |                  | 10.56            |                  | 150                   |                 |
| 18 | Nagaland          | 21.77            | 47.67            |                  | 1063                  |                 |
| 19 | Orissa            |                  |                  | 52.57            | 250                   |                 |
| 20 | Punjab            |                  | 74.03            | 27.94            | 8537                  |                 |
| 21 | Rajasthan         |                  | 17.10            | 22.09            | 250                   |                 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu        |                  |                  | 37.09            |                       |                 |
| 25 | Uttaranchal       | 53.96            | 18.86            | 51.92            | 5305                  |                 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh     | 51.40            | 20.54            | 328.77           | 2995                  |                 |
| 27 | West Bengal       | 5.41             |                  | 8.02             | 1080                  |                 |
|    | Delhi             |                  |                  | 65.23            |                       |                 |
|    | TOTAL             | 689.36           | 732.15           | 1169.15          | 77564                 |                 |

|         |                          | Margin Money_subsidy utilized   | Margin Money_subsidy utilized   | Margin Money_subsidy utilized   | Beneficiaries assisted   |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sr: No. | States/UTs               | 2013-14                         | 2014-15                         | 2015-16                         | during this period(Nos)  |
| 1_      | Chandigarh               | 27.21                           | 18.11                           | 8.46                            | 29                       |
| 2       | Delhi                    | 56.35                           | 80.98                           | 43.2                            | 161                      |
| 3_      | HHaryana                 | 310.10                          | 636.28                          | 417.23                          | 5751                     |
| 4       | Himachal Pradesh         | 475.08                          | 629.19                          | 402.95                          | 912                      |
| 5 .     | Jammu & Kashmir          | 753.78                          | 611,.75                         | 574.04                          | 1479                     |
| 6_      |                          | 896.38                          | 1280.21                         | 278.71                          |                          |
| 7       | Rajasthan                | 1214.50                         | 1436.89                         | 1074.32                         | 10771                    |
| 8_      | & N. Islands             | 38.99                           | 23.40                           |                                 | 93                       |
| 9       | Bihar                    | 1564.66                         | 883.00                          |                                 | 989                      |
| 10.     | (Jharkhand               | 666.61                          | 420.43                          | 179.51                          | 7681                     |
|         | 11. Orissa               | 1062.96                         | 1263.27                         | 1056.28                         | 14951                    |
|         | 12. |West Bengal    | 1129.75                         | 1252.63                         | 60.75                           | 1481                     |
| 13 .    | Andhra Pradesh           | 2290.78                         | 1903.11                         | 850.78                          | 1280                     |
|         | 14.[Telangana            |                                 | 692.14                          |                                 | 210                      |
| 15.     | Karnataka                | 2029.63                         | 1703.30                         | 980.65                          | 1533                     |
| 16      | Kerala                   | 888.56                          | 868.57                          | 798.3                           | 1692                     |
| 17.     | Lakshadweep              | 0.00                            | 28.61                           |                                 | 31                       |
| 18      | [Pondicherry             | 4.02                            | 44.31                           | 33.68                           | 48                       |
| 19.     | Tamil Nadu               | 1767.32                         | 2225.69                         | 1715.18                         | 3152                     |
| 20.     | Goa                      | 66.63                           | 25.07                           | 67.6                            | 91                       |
| 21 .    | Gujarat                  | 2735.69                         | 3735.41                         | 2771.76                         | 1388                     |
| 22      | Maharashtra              | 1607.78                         | 2570.12                         | 1219.22                         | 2201                     |
| 23_     | Chhattisgarh             | 588.25                          | 483.92                          | 433.91                          | 6351                     |
|         | 24. |Madhya Pradesh | 2714.67                         | 2978.46                         | 2723.33                         | 1816                     |
|         | Uttarakhand              | 488.45                          | 508.34                          | 19.08                           | 529                      |
| 26.     | Uttar Pradesh            | 4882.44                         | 4725.28                         | 2005.4                          | 2990                     |
| 27.     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 146.58                          | 354.41                          |                                 | 338                      |
| 28      | Assam                    | 1350.69                         | 1118.44                         | 581.98                          | 37851                    |
| 29.     | MManipur                 | 464.59                          | 465.95                          | 265.99                          | 578                      |
| 30.     | Meghalaya                | 192.14                          | 30.40                           |                                 | 2821                     |
| 31_     | Mizoram                  | 379.65                          | 317.24                          |                                 | 8081                     |
| 32.     | Nagaland                 | 326.90                          | 373,36                          | 431.24                          | 570                      |
| 33.     | Tripura                  | 423.80                          | 205.66                          | 158.58                          | 528                      |
| 34.     | Sikkim                   | 37.30                           | 24.13                           | 46.38                           |                          |
| 35.     | Total                    | 31582.24                        | 33918.06                        | 19198.51                        | 34350                    |

StateFUT-wise   funds released and beneficiaries   covered during 2013-14 to 2015-16 under Mahila Coir Yojana

Rs. in Lakh

| Sr. No.   | States/UTs   | Subsidy   | Subsidy   | Subsidy   | Beneficiaries assisted during this period(Nos )   |
|-----------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | States/UTs   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | Beneficiaries assisted during this period(Nos )   |
| 1         | Odisha       | 2.88      |           |           | 90                                                |
| 2         | Kerala       | 1.28      | 4.52      | 11.15     | 759                                               |
| 3         | Karnataka    | 10.08     |           |           | 315                                               |
| 4         | Tamil Nadu   |           | 0.90      |           | 38                                                |
| 5         | West Bengal  |           | 3.76      | 2.05      | 193                                               |
| Total     | Total        | 14.24     | 9.18      | 13.20     | 1395                                              |

State/UT-wise   funds   released   and  beneficiaries to 2015-16 under Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes

Rs. In lakh

| Sr; No.   | States      | Funds released   | Funds released   | of covered period   | beneficiaries during this   |
|-----------|-------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sr; No.   | States      | 2014-15          | 2015-16          | of covered period   | beneficiaries during this   |
| 1         | Gujarat     | 100.00           | 342.10           |                     | 3                           |
| 2         | Maharashtra |                  | 75.00            |                     |                             |
|           | Delhi NCR   |                  | 187.17           |                     |                             |
| 4         | Telangana   |                  | 715.00           |                     |                             |
| 6         |             |                  | 1482.30          |                     |                             |
|           |             |                  | 320.00           |                     |                             |
| 7         | Tamil Nadu  |                  | 434.94           |                     |                             |
| 8         | Karnataka   |                  | 800.00           |                     |                             |
| 9         | Pondicherry |                  | 100.00           |                     |                             |
| 10.       | Haryana     |                  | 235.00           |                     | 1                           |
| TOTAL     |             | 100.00           | 4691.51          |                     | 18                          |