Lok Sabha Question No. 34 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: National Small Industries Corporation
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 34 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION

## 34.         SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

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

- (a) the  extent  to  which  the  National  Small  Industries  Corporation  (NSIC)  has  been successful in encouraging people to take entrepreneurships during the last four years;
- (b) the number of people who were able to take entrepreneurship with the help of NSIC in the country including the State of Punjab during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government provides any financial support to such entrepreneurs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof during the said period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a)&(b): The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) has been successful  in  encouraging  people  to  take  entrepreneurship  by  providing  training  in  its Training-cum-Incubation Centres (TICs).  NSIC imparts training in entrepreneurship building to the people who want to set up new small business enterprises in any of the manufacturing/ services sectors or seek employment opportunities in these TICs. NSIC has set up 13 TICs on its own and another 100 TICs have been set up under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in various locations of the country for providing training.

State-wise details of number of trainees passed out from NSIC's own TICs and TICs set up under PPP mode during last three years and current year (as on 31.10.2015) including the State of Punjab is enclosed at Annexure.

NSIC has also trained  117  persons in  the  current  year  to  take  up  entrepreneurship, under Livelihood Business Incubation  (LBI)  of  ASPIRE  (A  Scheme  for  Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship) scheme.

(c)&(d) The Ministry of MSME is providing financial support to new entrepreneurs through the following two schemes

(i)  The  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  a  major credit-linked  programme  is  being  implemented  through  Khadi  and  Village  Industries Commission  (KVIC)  which  aimed  at  generating  self  -  employment  opportunities through establishment of micro enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth. Under this scheme, General Category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25% of the project cost in the rural areas and 15% in urban areas. For special categories,  such  as  SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women/Exservicemen/Physically handicapped/ North Eastern Region/hill and border areas, etc., the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas. The maximum project cost in manufacturing sector is Rs. 25 lakh and for service sector, it is Rs. 10 lakh.

(ii) This  Ministry  launched  the  'Credit  Guarantee  Fund  Scheme'  for  small industries with the objective of making available credit to micro and small enterprises, particularly micro enterprises, for loans upto Rs. 100 lakh without collateral/third party guarantees.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a)&(b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 34 for answer on 30.11.2015

## State-wise details of number of trainees passed out from NSIC's own TICs and TICs set up under PPP mode during last three years and current year (as on 31.10.2015)

| S.No.   | Name of state    |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16* |
|---------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1       | Assam            |      1036 |       525 |       672 |        921 |
| 2       | Gujarat          |       105 |       110 |       213 |         93 |
| 3       | Haryana          |        33 |        47 |       113 |         83 |
| 4       | Himachal Pradesh |       917 |       939 |      1090 |        330 |
| 5       | Jammu &Kashmir   |       262 |       410 |       595 |        394 |
| 6       | Karnataka        |       162 |       676 |       311 |        107 |
| 7       | Maharashtra      |         0 |        10 |        11 |          8 |
| 8       | Kerala           |         0 |         6 |         0 |          0 |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh   |        61 |       136 |        45 |         29 |
| 10      | Orrisa           |       118 |        54 |        22 |         26 |
| 11      | Punjab           |       276 |       121 |       304 |        185 |
| 12      | Tamilnadu        |        28 |         0 |        22 |        101 |
| 13      | Uttar Pradesh    |       700 |       526 |      1121 |       1019 |
| 14      | UttraKhand       |         0 |        71 |        36 |        110 |
| 15      | Jharkhand        |         0 |        16 |        55 |        215 |
| 16      | West Bengal      |       217 |       330 |       717 |        927 |
| 17      | Delhi            |       641 |       594 |       456 |        213 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL            |      4556 |      4571 |      5783 |       4761 |