Ministry of MSME, through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), implements a number of schemes for rural women so as to improve their social and economic conditions, including those living below the poverty line. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh, informed while replying to a question in Lok Sabha today.
He said the MSME Ministry is implementing the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a major credit-linked subsidy scheme since 2008-09, to set up micro enterprises and to generate employment in rural and urban areas of the country. The maximum cost of the project under PMEGP scheme is Rs.25.00 lakhs for manufacturing sector units and Rs.10.00 lakhs for units under service sector. Under the scheme, women entrepreneurs are covered under Special Category and are entitled to 25% and 35% subsidies for the project set up in urban and rural areas respectively. For women beneficiaries, own contribution is only 5% of the project cost while for general category it is 10%. About 30% projects have been setup by women out of total projects set up under PMEGP. The Minister said Women Entrepreneurs have set up 138516 projects since its inception till 23.01.2019. Details of State-wise projects set up by women are as under:
Sl. No. |
State/UT |
Women Entrepreneurs under PMEGP |
1 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
6586 |
2 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2542 |
3 |
Punjab |
3182 |
4 |
Chandigarh |
132 |
5 |
Haryana |
2234 |
6 |
Delhi |
413 |
7 |
Rajasthan |
3887 |
8 |
Uttarakhand |
2767 |
9 |
Uttar Pradesh |
12790 |
10 |
Chhattisgarh |
3252 |
11 |
Madhya Pradesh |
5280 |
12 |
Sikkim |
196 |
13 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
788 |
14 |
Nagaland |
2019 |
15 |
Manipur |
1912 |
16 |
Mizoram |
2321 |
17 |
Tripura |
2053 |
18 |
Meghalaya |
1269 |
19 |
Assam |
10738 |
20 |
Bihar |
5264 |
21 |
West Bengal |
11496 |
22 |
Jharkhand |
2525 |
23 |
Odisha |
6846 |
24 |
A & N Islands |
348 |
25 |
Gujarat |
5941 |
26 |
Maharashtra |
9685 |
27 |
Goa |
326 |
28 |
Andhra Pradesh |
6933 |
29 |
Telangana |
1342 |
30 |
Karnataka |
5302 |
31 |
Lakshadweep |
45 |
32 |
Kerala |
6066 |
33 |
Tamil Nadu |
11732 |
34 |
Puducherry |
304 |
TOTAL |
138516 |
The Minister further informed that Ministry of MSME, through KVIC, implements schemes under its Khadi Programmewith the support of 34 State/UT Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIBs), and 2518 Khadi Institutions. These schemes are providing employment to4.65 lakh persons (cumulative) out of which more than 80% artisans are women. During 2016-17, 14768 projects were set up by Women Entrepreneurs and Margin Money (MM) of 38949.15Lakh Rupees were disbursed. During 2017-18 the number of projects set up by women entrepreneurs was 15669 with MM of 46355.86 Lakh Rupees. State wise details are as follows:
Sl. No. |
State/UT |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
||
No. of Projects set up |
MM subsidy disbursed (Rs. in lakh) |
No. of Projects set up |
MM subsidy disbursed (Rs. in lakh) |
||
1 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
476 |
634.15 |
1188 |
1718.41 |
2 |
Himachal Pradesh |
198 |
422.73 |
303 |
765.23 |
3 |
Punjab |
454 |
1316.11 |
580 |
1861.72 |
4 |
Chandigarh |
14 |
25.07 |
18 |
32.58 |
5 |
Haryana |
283 |
662.57 |
422 |
958.11 |
6 |
Delhi |
40 |
58.51 |
43 |
57.16 |
7 |
Rajasthan |
314 |
1250.10 |
337 |
1332.04 |
8 |
Uttarakhand |
296 |
528.92 |
327 |
676.04 |
9 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1387 |
5030.05 |
1492 |
5417.78 |
10 |
Chhattisgarh |
319 |
977.37 |
327 |
959.80 |
11 |
Madhya Pradesh |
512 |
2100.23 |
518 |
2645.46 |
12 |
Sikkim |
11 |
11.16 |
15 |
19.35 |
13 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
104 |
138.50 |
86 |
121.22 |
14 |
Nagaland |
334 |
626.72 |
427 |
1178.34 |
15 |
Manipur |
223 |
581.75 |
237 |
473.38 |
16 |
Mizoram |
128 |
217.30 |
134 |
133.83 |
17 |
Tripura |
452 |
734.81 |
261 |
393.52 |
18 |
Meghalaya |
142 |
155.15 |
31 |
56.98 |
19 |
Assam |
1484 |
1015.53 |
581 |
528.41 |
20 |
Bihar |
915 |
2115.84 |
647 |
1778.56 |
21 |
West Bengal |
802 |
1535.21 |
406 |
1144.53 |
22 |
Jharkhand |
292 |
494.67 |
215 |
537.20 |
23 |
Odisha |
942 |
2144.02 |
777 |
2095.83 |
24 |
A & N Islands |
22 |
15.33 |
38 |
33.02 |
25 |
Gujarat |
567 |
3905.07 |
1017 |
7785.33 |
26 |
Maharashtra |
783 |
2233.86 |
1079 |
3153.11 |
27 |
Goa |
37 |
95.36 |
19 |
43.08 |
28 |
Andhra Pradesh |
294 |
2631.29 |
719 |
2761.31 |
29 |
Telangana |
218 |
812.76 |
370 |
1534.84 |
30 |
Karnataka |
816 |
2362.30 |
580 |
1853.93 |
31 |
Kerala |
635 |
1112.50 |
525 |
960.76 |
32 |
Tamil Nadu |
1248 |
2955.01 |
1929 |
3314.02 |
33 |
Puducherry |
26 |
49.20 |
21 |
30.98 |
TOTAL |
14768 |
38949.15 |
15669 |
46355.86 |
Giriraj Singh also informed the House about the MSME Ministry’s Village IndustriesProgramme , Mission Solar Charkha , Khadi Reform and Development Programme, Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries, Capacity Building through training programmes and Research and Development (R&D) for stepping up productivity, which have helped women entrepreneurs.
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