Lok Sabha Question No. 413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: Assistance to SC/ST Women Entrepreneurs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OFINIIIA MIMSTRY OF SOCIALJUSTICE AI\[D EMPOWERMENT LOKSABHA

UNSTARRDD  QIIESTION  NO.413 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2025

## ASSISTAI\CE TO SC/ST WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

## 1413.  SHRI AJAY BHATT:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE  AI\[D EMPOWERMENT  be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  the Govemment has formulated  any action plan to provide assistance  to SC/ST women entrepreneurs  in the county to set up their businesses, if so, the details thereof;  and
- (b) the number  of SC/ST persons/women  entrepreneurs  provided with employment opportunities  in the County, State-wise especially  in Uttarakiand,  during the last three  years?

## AI\SWER

## TIM MIMSTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE  AI\D EMPOWERMENT

@R.  VIREI\IDRA KUMAR)

- (a): Yes, Sir. The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment  is implementing various initiatives to support SC women  entrepreneurs-
- i. The Venture  Capital Fund  for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC),  launched  in 2014-15,  provides concessional  finance to SC women at an interest rute of 3.75%o. The Ministry has also launched  the Ambedkar Social lnnovation  and lncubation Mission  (ASIIM) to support young SC women innovators  with financial assistance ofup to t30 lakh.
- ii. The National  Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation  (NSFDC)  provides concessional  loans to eligible SC persons,  including  women  with annual family income  up to t3 laklr,  through  krm loans up to t45 lakh and microfinance  loans up to t1.25 lakh. NSFDC also ensures 40o/o coverage  of women beneficiaries  and facilitates  market  linkages  and opportunities  under the Public Procurement Policy, which earmarks 3olo procurement for women- owned MSEs.
- iii. For Scheduled  Tribes,  the Ministry of Tribal Affairs  has launched the Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled  Tribes (VCF-ST)  on l0 February 2025, offering concessional  finance between tlO lakh and {5 crore at 4olo interest,  with an additional  0.25olo  concession for ST women (effective  3,75%).  Tlrre scheme  also provides incubation  support  up to {30 lakh, and mandates that at least 30% ofbeneficiaries should preferably  be women.
- iv. Separately,  the National Scheduled  Tribes  Finance and Development  Corporation (NSTFDC)  provides  concessional  loans through its various schemes for the economic development of Scheduled Tribes across the country, including Uttarakhand.  Eligible ST individuals,  SHGs, and cooperative  societies can avail assistance  subject to an annual family income limit of t3.00 lakh.

(b): The details of State-wise numbers  of SC personVwomen  entrepr€neurs  (including Uttarakhand)  under VCF-SC including ASIIM during last three years arc attached at Annexure-I.

The details of State-wise number  of SC personJwomen  entrepreneurs  provided financial assistance by NSFDC for self-employment opporhrnities  in the country, during the last three years are given at Annexure'Il.

The total number  of ST enhepreneurs sanctioned  financial assistance  across the county under Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Tribes  (VCF-ST)  are 4 and out of which 3 no's of entrepreneurs  are women entrepreneurs.

The detail of state-wise (Male-Female)  beneficiaries assisted by NSTFDC  during the last three  years is given  in Annexure-Ill.

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Annexure-I

## Annexure-I referred  in oart  (a)  oflok Sabha Unstarred Ouestion No. 413 for answer on 02.12.2025 reqardins  "Assistance  To SC/ST Women Entrenreneurs"

| Entreprrneurship under VCFSC     | Entreprrneurship under VCFSC   | Entreprrneurship under VCFSC   | Entreprrneurship under VCFSC   |
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| From FY 2021-22 to November 2025 | State                          | SC.Entrepreneurs               | Women Entrepreneurs            |
| From FY 2021-22 to November 2025 | Andhra Pradesh                 | 7                              | I                              |
| From FY 2021-22 to November 2025 | Chattisgarh                    | ,l                             | I                              |
|                                  | Guiarat                        | 2                              | I                              |
|                                  | IIaryana                       | 4                              | 0                              |
|                                  | Himachal Pradesh               | 5                              | a                              |
|                                  | Jharkhand                      | 3                              | I                              |
|                                  | I(amataka                      | t2                             | 6                              |
|                                  | Madhya Pradesh                 | ,                              | I                              |
|                                  | Maharashta                     | 50                             | t2                             |
|                                  | Orissa                         | 3                              | I                              |
|                                  | Punjab                         | I                              | 0                              |
|                                  | Tamilnadu                      | 4                              | 0                              |
|                                  | Telangana                      | 33                             | 0                              |
|                                  | Uttar Pradesh                  | )                              | 0                              |
|                                  | Uttarakhand                    | 2                              | I                              |
|                                  | West Bencal                    |                                | 0                              |
|                                  | Grand Total                    | 134                            | 27                             |

| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | ENTREPRf, NET]RSHIP T'NDER ASIIM   | ENTREPRf, NET]RSHIP T'NDER ASIIM   | ENTREPRf, NET]RSHIP T'NDER ASIIM   |
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | States                             | Total EntreDreneurr                | Women Entreprcneurs                |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Assam                              | l                                  | 0                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Delhi                              | 4                                  | 0                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Gujarat                            | 7                                  | 2                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Kamataka                           | 5                                  | .,                                 |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Maharashfa                         | 42                                 | 9                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Manipur                            | 5                                  | I                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Orissa                             | I                                  | I                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Punjab                             | 2                                  | 0                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Tamil Nadu                         | 8                                  | I                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Telansana                          |                                    |                                    |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Uttarskhond                        | 1                                  | 0                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Uttar Pradesh                      | 3                                  | J                                  |
| FROM 2021-22 To NOVEMBER2025   | Total                              | 83                                 | 20                                 |

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## Annexure-Il  referred in oart  (b)  of Lok Sabha Unstarred Ouestion No. 413 for answer on 02.12.2025 reeardine  "Assistance  To SC/ST Women  Entreureneurs"

|    |                               | 2U2-2023     | 2U2-2023     | 2023-2024    | 2023-2024    | 202+2025     | 202+2025     |
|----|-------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| s. | State                         | Total No. of | No. of Women | Totel No. of | No. of Women | Total No. of | No. of Women |
| I  | Andaman & Nicobar             | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | )            | 0            |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh                | 2997         | 1454         | 11571        | 10462        | E229         | 7053         |
| ,  | Arunachal Pradesh             | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | J            | 0            |
| 4  | Assam                         | 20           | 5            | 952          | 375          | t64          | 5l           |
| 5  | Bihu                          | 5018         | t996         | 2652         | 1053         | 2tt          | 45           |
| 6  | Chandigarh                    | 75           | 37           | ll           | 6            | 7            | I            |
| 7  | Chhattisgarh                  | 325          | 140          | 265          | 105          | 305          | t29          |
| E  | Dadra Nagar Haweli Daman &Diu | I            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            |
| 9  | Delhi                         | 334          | 143          | t4           | 3            | 77           | 24           |
| 10 | Goa                           | 1            | I            | I            | 0            | 3            | t            |
| 11 | Gujarat                       | 347          | ll5          | EI           | 33           | 394          | t43          |
| t2 | Haryana                       | 1441         | 759          | 1486         | 642          | 478          | 216          |
| l3 | Himaihal Pradesh              | 726          | 349          | 453          | 159          | I136         | 876          |
| t4 | Jammu & Kashmir               | l1           | J            | 321          | 156          | 42           | 8            |
| 15 | Jharl:hand                    | 1945         | 773          | lll          | 29           | 88           | t7           |
| t6 | Kamataka                      | 2932         | 1361         | 2280         | 975          | 2828         | 1365         |
| 17 | Kerala                        | 6tt9         | 4306         | 5486         | 4192         | 7632         | 6792         |
| l8 | Ladakh                        | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            |
| l9 | I akchedwee.r.                | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh                | 61           | l6           | 838          | 250          | 374          | 100          |
| 2t | Maharashtra                   | 6215         | 3442         | 752          | 460          | tt23         | 583          |
| 22 | Manipur                       | 42           | 24           | )            | I            | 37           | 20           |
| 23 | Meghalaya                     | 1            | 0            | 1            | 1            | ,            | .,           |
| 24 | Mizoram                       | 0            | 0            | 0            | 0            | 55           | 29           |
| 25 | lrfagalxad                    | 4            | ",           | 0            | 0            | 69           | 36           |
| 26 | Odisha                        | 1209         | 490          | 654          | 356          | 245          | 72           |
| 27 | Puducherry                    | 2397         | t324         | 2993         | 1808         | 1877         | 1196         |
| 28 | Punjab                        | 3972         | 1642         | 5741         | 1640         | 6095         | 3012         |
| 29 | Rajasthan                     | 4494         | 1887         | 1905         | 527          | 785          | 170          |
| 30 | Sikkim                        | 5            | 2            | 4            | 3            | 24           | 10           |
| 3l | Tamil Nadu                    | 3378         | 1465         | 1454E        | 8309         | 5588         | 3950         |
| 32 | Telanqana                     | 653s         | s898         | 2606         | 2401         | 390          | 151          |
| 33 | Tripura                       | 676          | 198          | 1578         | 618          | 127          | ,,)          |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh                 | 2390         | 988          | 7700         | 2139         | 2647         | 6t9          |
| 35 | Uttaral:hand                  | 23           | 8            | 246          | 72           | 267          | 83           |
| 36 | West Bengal                   | 30293        | 30r r6       | 20120        | 20050        | 445          | 9t           |
|    | Totsl :                       | 8:t988       | 58944        | 85372        | 568:t5       | 41750        | 2686E        |

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Annexure-III

## Annexure-Ill referred in  part (b)  of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Ouestion No. 413 for answer on 02.12.2025 resardins  "Assistance  To SC/ST  Women Entreoreneurs"

| st. No.   | Name of the State     | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 202+25   | 202+25   |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|
| st. No.   | Name of the State     | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    | Il{ele   | Female   |
| I         | Andhra Pradesh        | 1882      | 1t787     | 2429      | 24792     | 643      | 122s6    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh     | 216       | r6t9      | 7         | 6         | E        | 9        |
| ,         | Assam                 |           |           | 23        | 20        | l3       | 8        |
| 4         | Bihar                 | 0         | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0        | 0        |
| 5         | Chhatfisocrh          | 730       | 486       | 210       | 293       | 4096     | 741      |
| 6         | Dadra & Nagar [Iaveli | 0         | 0         | 6         | 0         | 0        | 0        |
| 7         | Goa                   | 0         | 0         | I         | 0         | 0        | 0        |
| 8         | Gujarat               | 221       | 5003      | 5215      | 6633      | 9414     | 9047     |
| 9         | Ladakh                |           |           |           |           | 9        | 4        |
| l0        | Himachal Pradesh      | 59        | 6l        | I         | I         | t6       | t'l      |
| ll        | Iammu& Kashmir        | 278       | 257       | 54        | 52        | 371      | 38       |
| t2        | Iharkhand             | 644       | tt2       | 2t6       | t4E7      | 7t       | &        |
| t3        | Karnataka             | E3E       | 1089      | 571       | 432       | 757      | 611      |
| t4        | Kerala'               | 148       | 5lE       | 4t        | 217       | 213      | 354      |
| l5        | Madhya Pradesh        | 3406      | 745t      | 624       | 204       | 1203     | 379      |
| t6        | Maharashtra           | 894       | 310       | I193      | 335       | 8ll      | 194      |
| t7        | Nlanipur              | t9        | 38        | 79        | 95        | 25       | 40       |
| l8        | Meghalaya             | 783       | 444       | I166      | 27        | 68       | 44       |
| t9        | Mizoram               | 1648      | 1936      | t827      | 2746      | 1202     | 2327     |
| 20        | Nagaland              | I         | 0         | 93        | 678       | 58       | 224      |
| 21        | 0disha                | 2200      | 2137      | 6049      | 10976     | 5533     | 9512     |
| 22        | Rajasthan             | 1384      | 472       | 660       | 225       | 875      | 216      |
| 23        | Sikkim                | 0         | 0         | t7        | l0        | 24       | 22       |
| 24        | Ielangam              | 365       | 11496     | 3766      | 7603      | 442      | 1033s    |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu            | 1964      | 1439      | 3328      | 3999      | 2968     | 3469     |
| 26        | Tripura               | l0        | 10        | 1637      | 597       | 524      | 45       |
| 27        | Uttarakhand           | 154       | 90        | 6         | 2         | 317      | 3ll      |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh         |           |           | J         | I         | 2        | 0        |
| 29        | West Bencal           | 687       | 7706      | 540       | 3946      | 416      | 8412     |
|           | Total                 | 18531     | 54461     | 29765     | 65377     | 30079    | 58679    |

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