Lok Sabha Question No. 732 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-04
Subject: Employment Generation and Industrial Growth
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Dr. Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 732

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2025

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH

## 732. DR. AMAR SINGH:

## Will the MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  evaluated  the  impact  of  ongoing  job  creation  efforts  on  the quality and sustainability of employment opportunities particularly in traditional industrial hubs such as Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of specific initiatives undertaken to promote Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME),  modernize  heavy  industries,  enhance  new  skill  development  programmes  and  facilitate greater participation of women and marginalized groups in the workforce in such regions; and
- (c) the  plans  to  integrate  industrial  clusters  like  Mandi  Gobindgarh  into  global  value  chains  to boost manufacturing-led employment and achieve inclusive growth targets for the coming decade?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) and (b): The  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprise  (MSME)  sector  is  a  vibrant  sector  of  the economy.  The  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States/UTs  through  various schemes,  programmes  and  policy  initiatives  for  promotion,  development  of  MSMEs  in  the  country including  Mandi  Gobindgarh  in  Punjab.  These  schemes/  programmes  include  Prime  Minister's Employment Generation Programme, PM Vishwakarma scheme, Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises, Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme scheme, Micro and Small Enterprises  -  Cluster  Development  Programme,  Raising  and  Accelerating  MSME  Performance, MSME  Champions  Scheme,  etc.  These  schemes  provide  employment  in  manufacturing,  services, trading and women owned enterprises. Since inception of the Udyam Registration portal on 1.7.2020, as many as 19,93,925 MSMEs have registered in Punjab which includes informal micro Enterprises, providing employment to 89,01,520 persons as on 25.11.2025.

The Government has taken a number of initiatives to modernize heavy industries, enhance new skill development programmes and facilitate greater participation of women and marginalized groups in the country, such as:

- i. A network of Technology Centres/Tool Rooms has been established by the Government in the country  to  support  MSMEs  by  providing  access  to  advance  manufacturing  technologies, training & skilling to make them competitive.

- ii. Special drives for registration  of  women-owned MSMEs on Udyam Registration (UR) and Udyam Assist Portals (UAP).
- iii. To support women entrepreneurs, the Public Procurement Policy mandates that 3% of annual procurement by CPSEs/Ministries/Departments must be made from women-owned micro and small enterprises.
- iv. Ministry  of  MSME  implements  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP) which is a credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating self-employment opportunities  through  establishment  of  micro-enterprises  in  the  non-farm  sector  by  helping traditional artisans and rural/urban unemployed youth. Out of the total PMEGP beneficiaries, 39% are women and they are provided higher subsidy (35%) vis-a-vis non-special category (upto 25%).
- v. To  encourage  entrepreneurship  among  women,  Ministry  of  MSME  implements  'Skill Upgradation  and  Mahila  Coir  Yojana'  under  Coir  Vikas  Yojana,  which  is  an  exclusive training programme aimed at skill development of women artisans engaged in the Coir sector.
- vi. Ministry  of  MSME  has  launched  'PM  Vishwakarma'  Scheme  on  17.09.2023,  to  provide  a number of benefits to the traditional artisans and craftspeople including women, engaged in 18 traditional trades.
- vii. The Ministry has launched the awareness campaign 'Yashasvini' to create awareness among existing  and  aspiring  women  entrepreneurs  and  providing  them  with  continuum  of  support through handholding, mentorship, and capacity building.

(c): The Government  is implementing Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) across the country. The objective of the scheme is to integrate MSMEs into local and global value chain by enhancing their productivity and competitiveness. Financial assistance as  GoI  grant  is  provided  to  establish  Common  Facility  Centers  (CFCs)  in  the  existing  clusters  and establish/up-grade  infrastructural facilities in  new/existing  industrial estates/areas/flatted  factory complexes.

Under the scheme, total 06 project of Common Facility Centres (CFCs) and 21 Infrastructure Development  (ID) projects,  including  01  up-gradation  project  at Focal  Point,  Mandi  Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib, have been approved in the State of Punjab under MSE-CDP. Under the scheme 113 CFCs and 251 IDs have been completed across the country till now.

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