Lok Sabha Question No. 3393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: PM Rozgar Yojana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## PM ROZGAR YOJANA

3393.  SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana is being implemented in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of persons benefited under the scheme during the last three years, Statewise and year-wise;
- (c) the funds allocated and spent under the scheme during the said period; and
- (d) whether the Government is taking steps to increase the scope of the scheme to help more people to avail the benefits of the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a):  As  per information from Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government  has been  implementing  a  credit-linked  subsidy  programme  named  Prime  Minister's  Employment Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  since  2008-09  by  merging  the  two  schemes  that  were  in operation till 31.03.2008 namely Prime Minister's RojgarYojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation  Programme  (REGP)  through  KVIC  as  nodal  agency  at  the  national  level  for generating  employment  in  the  Country  by  setting  up  of  micro-enterprises  in  the  non-farm sector. Under PMEGP, 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 special categories such  as  scheduled  castes,  scheduled  tribes,  OBCs,  minorities,  women,  exservicemen, physically handicapped, beneficiaries belonging to North Eastern Region, hill and border areas, etc.,  the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban area. The maximum cost of project  is  Rs.  25  lakh  in  the  manufacturing  sector  and  Rs.  10  lakh  in  the service sector.

- (b) & (c): Details are at Annex.

(d):  In  order  to  expand the scope of the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme under the modified guidelines, the following activities have now been allowed:

- I. Industries such as processing of pashmina wool and other products like hand spinning and hand weaving.
- II. All rural and urban transport activities. ( A ceiling of 10% on the extent of projects to be financed for transport activities will be applicable in the States/UTs except in specific regions (hilly region, NER, A & N Islands, Goa, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli, J & K and LWE affected districts).
- III. Value added products for tea, coffee, rubber, sericulture, horticulture, & floriculture.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3393  due  for  reply  on 10.08.2015

State-wise margin money subsidy allocated and utilized; number of projects assisted and estimated employment generated

## 2012-13

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                  |   Margin money subsidy allocated (Rs. lakh) |   Margin money subsidy utilized# (Rs. lakh) |   Number of projects assisted |   Estimated employment generated (No. of persons) |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu& Kashmir            |                                     1667.62 |                                     3413.99 |                          2036 |                                             17452 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh          |                                     1449.79 |                                     1350.84 |                           916 |                                              4522 |
| 3         | Punjab                    |                                     1690.67 |                                     1417.92 |                           770 |                                              5206 |
| 4         | UT Chandigarh             |                                      270.76 |                                       68.63 |                            55 |                                               239 |
| 5         | Uttarakhand               |                                     1979.18 |                                     2043.16 |                          1426 |                                              8368 |
| 6         | Haryana                   |                                     1898.54 |                                     1511.38 |                           927 |                                              4867 |
| 7         | Delhi                     |                                      737.96 |                                      133.52 |                           161 |                                              1284 |
| 8         | Rajasthan                 |                                     6737.25 |                                     6223.97 |                          2623 |                                             21252 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh             |                                     14789.8 |                                    12968.42 |                          4529 |                                             49883 |
| 10        | Bihar                     |                                    14468.88 |                                     7669.08 |                          3150 |                                             19106 |
| 11        | Sikkim                    |                                      432.18 |                                       88.49 |                            49 |                                               283 |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                      581.48 |                                      296.50 |                           261 |                                              2364 |
| 13        | Nagaland                  |                                     1049.47 |                                     1101.32 |                           436 |                                              5570 |
| 14        | Manipur                   |                                     1057.31 |                                     1098.49 |                           660 |                                              3541 |
| 15        | Mizoram                   |                                      724.52 |                                      545.82 |                           517 |                                              3201 |
| 16        | Tripura                   |                                      726.11 |                                     2441.35 |                          1604 |                                             10228 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 |                                     1194.87 |                                      869.07 |                           458 |                                              2160 |
| 18        | Assam                     |                                     6614.06 |                                     5801.15 |                          7336 |                                             26976 |
| 19        | West Bengal               |                                     7326.38 |                                     7382.49 |                          6632 |                                             52624 |
| 20        | Jharkhand                 |                                     6792.73 |                                     3423.46 |                          2297 |                                             11466 |
| 21        | Odisha                    |                                     7937.60 |                                     7518.67 |                          3735 |                                             29937 |
| 22        | Chhattisgarh              |                                     4456.87 |                                     3714.39 |                          1748 |                                             12026 |
| 23        | Madhya Pradesh            |                                     9831.73 |                                     9097.43 |                          3201 |                                             27825 |
| 24        | Gujarat*                  |                                     3140.04 |                                     3304.67 |                          1066 |                                             11095 |
| 25        | Maharashtra **            |                                     6875.53 |                                     6794.14 |                          3640 |                                             22358 |
| 26        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                     7189.88 |                                     5655.41 |                          1968 |                                             17982 |
| 27        | Karnataka                 |                                     3718.84 |                                     3580.73 |                          1251 |                                             10103 |
| 28        | Goa                       |                                      775.35 |                                       83.87 |                            46 |                                               355 |
| 29        | Lakshadweep               |                                       267.2 |                                           0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 30        | Kerala                    |                                     3265.59 |                                     3343.35 |                          1872 |                                             12396 |
| 31        | Tamilnadu                 |                                     3584.58 |                                     4916.28 |                          2244 |                                             32723 |
| 32        | Puducherry                |                                      267.73 |                                       83.79 |                            54 |                                               294 |
| 33        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                       299.5 |                                      124.62 |                           216 |                                               560 |
|           | Total                     |                                      123800 |                                   108066.40 |                         57884 |                                            428246 |

- #  including un-utilized  balance funds of previous year.
* including Daman & Diu.
- ** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

## 2013-14

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          |   Margin money subsidy allocated (Rs. lakh) |   Margin money subsidy utilized # (Rs. lakh) |   Number of projects assisted |   Estimated employment generated (No. of persons) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu& Kashmir    |                                     2983.59 |                                      3226.20 |                          1849 |                                             11818 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                     1730.87 |                                      1613.84 |                          1112 |                                              5307 |
| 3         | Punjab            |                                     2665.96 |                                      2477.06 |                           942 |                                              7536 |
| 4         | UT Chandigarh     |                                      304.74 |                                        59.11 |                            55 |                                               385 |
| 5         | Uttarakhand       |                                     1934.23 |                                      2099.99 |                          1236 |                                              7335 |
| 6         | Haryana           |                                     2771.26 |                                      2075.51 |                           939 |                                              6352 |
| 7         | Delhi             |                                     1075.38 |                                       164.74 |                           142 |                                              1136 |
| 8         | Rajasthan         |                                     5554.14 |                                      4064.94 |                          1278 |                                             13280 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     |                                    13786.28 |                                     15104.91 |                          4358 |                                             43449 |
| 10        | Bihar             |                                     8675.93 |                                      7725.19 |                          3121 |                                             20043 |
| 11        | Sikkim            |                                      584.56 |                                       108.09 |                            66 |                                               255 |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     1852.57 |                                       889.42 |                           657 |                                              6570 |
| 13        | Nagaland          |                                     1705.43 |                                      1125.77 |                           419 |                                              4365 |
| 14        | Manipur           |                                     1557.67 |                                      1591.34 |                           733 |                                              5277 |
| 15        | Mizoram           |                                     1117.83 |                                       886.40 |                           777 |                                              5050 |
| 16        | Tripura           |                                     1163.93 |                                      2225.25 |                          1307 |                                              9175 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                                     1333.04 |                                       600.13 |                           414 |                                              1037 |
| 18        | Assam             |                                     6210.97 |                                      7393.07 |                          8279 |                                             24555 |
| 19        | West Bengal       |                                     4627.57 |                                      5596.72 |                          3273 |                                             24189 |
| 20        | Jharkhand         |                                     4738.31 |                                      4533.11 |                          2612 |                                             13060 |
| 21        | Odisha            |                                     5854.95 |                                      4075.76 |                          2222 |                                             20482 |
| 22        | Chhattisgarh      |                                     3623.56 |                                      2118.61 |                           867 |                                              4435 |
| 23        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                     8466.23 |                                      7973.02 |                          2463 |                                             19449 |
| 24        | Gujarat*          |                                     4375.58 |                                      4401.81 |                           914 |                                             13420 |
| 25        | Maharashtra **    |                                     6539.82 |                                      4737.62 |                          2116 |                                             14869 |
| 26        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                     4829.17 |                                      4610.54 |                          1453 |                                             18170 |
| 27        | Karnataka         |                                     4538.84 |                                      7837.31 |                          2760 |                                             25261 |
| 28        | Goa               |                                      490.68 |                                       143.86 |                            42 |                                               214 |
| 29        | Lakshadweep       |                                      758.55 |                                         3.18 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 30        | Kerala            |                                     2278.34 |                                      2756.94 |                          1505 |                                             11507 |
| 31        | Tamilnadu         |                                     4969.70 |                                      5216.93 |                          2269 |                                             29496 |
| 32        | Puducherry        |                                      781.12 |                                        43.17 |                            43 |                                               181 |
| 33        | Andaman &         |                                      619.20 |                                       164.94 |                           237 |                                               887 |
|           | Total             |                                      114500 |                                    107644.48 |                         50460 |                                            368545 |

- #  including un-utilized  balance funds of previous year

* including Daman & Diu

** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

## 2014-15

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                  |   Margin money subsidy allocated (Rs. lakh) |   Margin money subsidy utilized# (Rs. lakh) |   Number of projects assisted |   Estimated employment generated (No. of persons) |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Jammu& Kashmir            |                                      2919.5 |                                     3274.63 |                          1565 |                                             11025 |
| 2         | Himachal Pradesh          |                                     1687.45 |                                     2237.73 |                          1244 |                                              6352 |
| 3         | Punjab                    |                                     2611.49 |                                     3190.88 |                          1153 |                                              6438 |
| 4         | UT Chandigarh             |                                      287.99 |                                       61.46 |                            36 |                                               160 |
| 5         | Uttarakhand               |                                     1882.35 |                                     2153.32 |                          1333 |                                              7889 |
| 6         | Haryana                   |                                     2716.36 |                                     3012.98 |                          1175 |                                              7024 |
| 7         | Delhi                     |                                     1061.04 |                                      189.24 |                           198 |                                              1584 |
| 8         | Rajasthan                 |                                     5369.78 |                                     5249.62 |                          1976 |                                             15002 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh             |                                    13239.41 |                                    16937.53 |                          4891 |                                             48604 |
| 10        | Bihar                     |                                     8277.14 |                                     4111.32 |                          1639 |                                              9240 |
| 11        | Sikkim                    |                                      541.34 |                                       33.52 |                            16 |                                                54 |
| 12        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                     1793.42 |                                     1004.99 |                           652 |                                              2871 |
| 13        | Nagaland                  |                                     1563.64 |                                      878.59 |                           416 |                                              2407 |
| 14        | Manipur                   |                                     1403.65 |                                     1600.76 |                           747 |                                               829 |
| 15        | Mizoram                   |                                     1043.39 |                                      807.98 |                           817 |                                              6736 |
| 16        | Tripura                   |                                      985.02 |                                     1333.65 |                           787 |                                              6333 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                 |                                      1184.8 |                                      971.14 |                           555 |                                              3680 |
| 18        | Assam                     |                                     5388.74 |                                     5397.01 |                          5015 |                                             15535 |
| 19        | West Bengal               |                                     4396.32 |                                     6010.11 |                          3397 |                                             24646 |
| 20        | Jharkhand                 |                                     4547.06 |                                     2871.29 |                          1699 |                                              8495 |
| 21        | Odisha                    |                                     5621.47 |                                     3945.89 |                          2013 |                                             10211 |
| 22        | Chhattisgarh              |                                     3474.41 |                                     2045.68 |                           847 |                                              5821 |
| 23        | Madhya Pradesh            |                                     8182.74 |                                     9241.70 |                          2737 |                                             21896 |
| 24        | Gujarat*                  |                                     4246.72 |                                     6200.52 |                          1289 |                                             18107 |
| 25        | Maharashtra **            |                                     6299.38 |                                     7843.81 |                          3469 |                                             28311 |
| 26        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                     2667.87 |                                     3492.11 |                           937 |                                             12220 |
| 27        | Telangana                 |                                     1954.44 |                                     1889.35 |                           604 |                                              6604 |
| 28        | Karnataka                 |                                     4412.99 |                                     6479.10 |                          2431 |                                             21825 |
| 29        | Goa                       |                                      466.91 |                                      141.76 |                            78 |                                               406 |
| 30        | Lakshadweep               |                                      704.68 |                                       28.61 |                            31 |                                                93 |
| 31        | Kerala                    |                                     2206.51 |                                     2679.28 |                          1344 |                                              9738 |
| 32        | Tamilnadu                 |                                     4824.96 |                                     6733.89 |                          2858 |                                             36190 |
| 33        | Puducherry                |                                      749.95 |                                      112.10 |                            58 |                                               386 |
| 34        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                      593.09 |                                       92.32 |                           161 |                                               790 |
|           |                           |                                      109306 |                                   112253.87 |                         48168 |                                            357502 |

#  including un-utilized  balance funds of previous year.

* including Daman & Diu.

** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

## 2015-16

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   Margin money subsidy allocated (Rs. lakh) |   Margin money subsidy utilized # (Rs. lakh) |   Number of projects assisted |   Estimated employment generated (No. of persons) |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                      3506.8 |                                       186.11 |                           270 |                                              1209 |
| 2       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                     1912.88 |                                           72 |                            38 |                                               214 |
| 3       | Punjab            |                                      3506.8 |                                       494.35 |                           132 |                                               937 |
| 4       | Chandigarh (U.T.) |                                         100 |                                        10.85 |                             2 |                                                63 |
| 5       | Uttarakhand       |                                      2072.2 |                                       232.92 |                           158 |                                               869 |
| 6       | Haryana           |                                      3347.4 |                                       673.42 |                           270 |                                              1042 |
| 7       | Delhi             |                                      1753.4 |                                        22.77 |                            19 |                                               152 |
| 8       | Rajasthan         |                                     5260.43 |                                       640.49 |                           328 |                                              2661 |
| 9       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                       11955 |                                      2175.01 |                           710 |                                              6930 |
| 10      | Bihar             |                                      6057.2 |                                       246.74 |                            95 |                                                 0 |
| 11      | Sikkim            |                                      454.77 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 12      | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     1932.77 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 13      | Nagaland          |                                     1250.62 |                                       385.44 |                           122 |                                               579 |
| 14      | Manipur           |                                     1023.23 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 15      | Mizoram           |                                       909.6 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 16      | Tripura           |                                      909.54 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |                                     1250.62 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 18      | Assam             |                                     3069.86 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 19      | West Bengal       |                                        3188 |                                       508.63 |                           321 |                                              2674 |
| 20      | Jharkhand         |                                      3825.6 |                                       701.92 |                           328 |                                              2624 |
| 21      | Orissa            |                                        4782 |                                       776.64 |                           464 |                                              2481 |
| 22      | Chhattisgarh      |                                      4303.8 |                                        582.4 |                           208 |                                               416 |
| 23      | Madhya Pradesh    |                                      8129.4 |                                       651.44 |                           162 |                                              1325 |
| 24      | Gujarat*          |                                      5260.2 |                                      1497.43 |                           316 |                                              2912 |
| 25      | Maharashtra **    |                                      5738.4 |                                       862.54 |                           406 |                                              3336 |
| 26      | Andhra Pradesh    |                                     2072.28 |                                       373.07 |                            90 |                                              1280 |
| 27      | Telangana         |                                        1594 |                                       173.31 |                            44 |                                               606 |
| 28      | Karnataka         |                                        4782 |                                      1389.32 |                           484 |                                              3173 |
| 29      | Goa               |                                      318.82 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 30      | Lakshadweep       |                                         100 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 31      | Kerala            |                                      2231.6 |                                      1009.02 |                           466 |                                              2261 |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu        |                                      5100.8 |                                       775.95 |                           357 |                                              3014 |
| 33      | Puducherry        |                                         100 |                                            0 |                             0 |                                                 0 |
| 34      | A & N Islands     |                                         100 |                                         33.1 |                            61 |                                               157 |
|         | Total             |                                      101900 |                                     14474.87 |                          5851 |                                             40915 |

#  as on 16.07.2015.

* including Daman & Diu.

** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli