Lok Sabha Question No. 725 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-04
Subject: Design Clinic Scheme
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Karan Bhushan Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 725

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2025

## DESIGN CLINIC SCHEME

## 725. SHRI KARAN BHUSHAN SINGH:

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

- (a) the number of industry clusters identified under the Design Clinic Scheme in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) the  number  of  workshops  with  their  time  duration,  conducted  in  the  industry  clusters  for design study during the last three years in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise; and
- (c) the amount of funds utilised for financial assistance extended to a group of up to three Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) applicants with reimbursement of initial design work and a group of four or more MSME applicants with reimbursement of initial design work and the funding assistance to final year student projects done for the MSME during the last three financial years in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  runs  a  scheme  i.e.    MSME Innovative  Scheme  launched  on  10.03.2022,  under  which  Design  is  one  of  the  component.  The objective of the scheme is to help MSMEs on design and development of  products and services. The scheme is implemented allover the country through implementing  agencies like  Indian  Institute  of Science  (IISc),  Bengaluru,  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IITs)  (Kanpur,  Indore,  BHU,  Roorkee, Ropar,  Mandi),  NITs  (Tiruchirappalli,  Warangal,  Silchar,  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Jaipur,  Allahabad, J&K,  Bhopal,  Nagpur,  Calicut,  Kurukshetra,  Surathkal,  Raipur).    MSMEs  are  availing  the  design support through the technical guidance and assistance of implementing agency.

No cluster  wise  implementation  is  carried  out  under  the  scheme.  However,  MSMEs  in  the cluster  can  also  directly  avail  the  benefit  under  this  scheme.  As  on  date,  the  details  of  awareness programme  and no of MSMEs participated  during the last 3 years are as follows :-

|   S. No. | District           |   No. of Awareness Programmes |   No. of MSME participated |
|----------|--------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Gautam Budha Nagar |                             6 |                        173 |
|        2 | Kanpur             |                             6 |                        175 |
|        3 | Ghaziabad          |                             1 |                         29 |
|        4 | Varanasi           |                             2 |                         63 |

- (c): The details of progress as on date since the launch of the scheme is as below :

| Year    |   No. of Design Projects-All India |   No. Design Projects- Uttar Pradesh | Number of Student Projects All India   | Number of Student Projects- Uttar Pradesh   |   Amount Approved (GoI) (in Cr.) |
|---------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2022-23 |                                 24 |                                    4 | 1                                      | 0                                           |                             5.36 |
| 2023-24 |                                 23 |                                    6 | 2                                      | 1                                           |                             4.2  |
| 2024-25 |                                 22 |                                    5 | Nil                                    | Nil                                         |                             4.87 |

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