Agro based industries in rural areas
Agro based industries in rural areas
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for assisting entrepreneurs in setting up of new units in non-farm sector including agro-based industries in rural as well as urban areas of the country. Under PMEGP, General Category beneficiaries can avail of Margin Money (MM) 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, Ex-servicemen, Differently- Abled, Trans-genders, beneficiaries belonging to North-eastern Region, Hill and Border areas, and Aspirational Districts, the Margin Money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas. Besides, beneficiaries from General Categories contribute 10% of project cost while beneficiaries from Special Categories contribute 5% of project cost. The maximum cost of project is Rs. 50 lakhs in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 20 lakhs in the service sector.
Since 2018-19, 2nd financial assistance of upto Rs. 1 cr. for upgradation and expansion of well-performing existing PMEGP/REGP/MUDRA units have been introduced with subsidy of 15% (20% for NER and hilly areas).
State/UT-wise details of Margin Money (MM) disbursed and units set up under PMEGP during the last five years and the current year is at Annexure.
The following steps have been taken to promote the village industries including agro-based industries in rural areas:
Annexure
Disbursement of Margin money and number of units set up in agro-based industries in the rural areas under PMEGP
Sr.No.
State/UTs
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
No. of Projects
MM
(Rs. in lakh)
No. of Projects
MM
(Rs. in lakh)
No. of Projects
MM
(Rs. in lakh)
1
ANDAMAN NICOBAR
3
1.92
0
0.00
7
12.10
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
270
1564.81
239
1361.45
316
1562.17
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
25
35.81
33
55.77
19
45.75
4
ASSAM
588
756.25
346
587.86
583
1085.78
5
BIHAR
651
2587.64
436
1691.00
568
2089.96
6
CHANDIGARH-UT
2
8.26
0
0.00
0
0.00
7
CHHATTISGARH
232
746.90
201
742.52
289
845.17
8
DADRA NAGAR HAVELI
0
0.00
0
0.00
1
8.75
9
DELHI
2
5.70
0
0.00
0
0.00
10
GOA
9
42.00
5
32.20
8
30.77
11
GUJARAT
142
990.58
184
1275.95
382
2511.17
12
HARYANA
212
810.88
198
702.85
388
1366.57
13
HIMACHAL PRADESH
152
558.76
134
421.76
185
560.96
14
JAMMU KASHMIR
570
1374.93
386
986.40
831
2158.39
15
JHARKHAND
208
641.25
129
406.83
256
724.32
16
KARNATAKA
557
2105.00
498
1830.17
922
3756.44
17
KERALA
415
1126.90
477
1190.86
845
2063.18
18
MADHYA PRADESH
619
3037.57
531
2375.78
827
3504.36
19
MAHARASHTRA
984
3955.95
723
2557.27
724
2833.05
20
MANIPUR
211
367.90
197
384.49
309
1230.18
21
MEGHALAYA
74
125.71
80
139.28
111
194.45
22
MIZORAM
79
113.38
71
106.27
122
223.85
23
NAGALAND
228
450.38
206
545.00
139
388.81
24
ODISHA
336
996.19
245
875.32
464
1400.05
25
PUDUCHERRY
3
13.64
5
16.79
11
39.67
26
PUNJAB
205
890.19
177
661.59
346
1296.29
27
RAJASTHAN
306
1160.99
350
1314.91
494
1731.88
28
SIKKIM
3
7.63
4
21.45
13
42.56
29
TAMIL NADU
1138
2766.54
1394
2501.38
1822
4618.26
30
TELANGANA
170
898.26
145
770.20
239
1077.18
31
TRIPURA
87
247.50
54
146.53
93
278.55
32
UTTAR PRADESH
1232
5021.96
1374
5628.02
3090
11236.75
33
UTTARAKHAND
310
640.90
233
502.94
528
1222.20
34
WEST BENGAL
432
1714.39
449
2146.56
495
2081.47
35
LADAKH
0
0.00
0
0.00
18
119.71
36
LAKSHADWEEP
0
0.00
0
0.00
3
15.36
Total
10455
35766.64
9504
31979.41
15448
52356.13
Disbursement of Margin money and number of units set up in agro-based industries in the rural areas under PMEGP
Sr. No.
State/UTs
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24 (as on 01.02.2024)
No. of Projects
MM
(Rs. in lakh)
No. of Projects
MM
(Rs. in lakh)
No. of Projects
MM
(Rs. in lakh)
1
ANDAMAN NICOBAR
4
17.03
3
15.94
1
3.81
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
433
2388.24
670
3140.51
1253
3943.52
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
19
72.29
29
102.94
16
162.58
4
ASSAM
765
1411.26
545
1204.99
388
1270.38
5
BIHAR
675
2446.82
1086
3412.80
1252
4469.04
6
CHANDIGARH-UT
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
7
CHHATTISGARH
341
937.04
310
1430.38
167
680.91
8
DADRA NAGAR HAVELI
2
8.82
1
8.75
0
0.00
9
DELHI
3
16.18
0
0.00
0
0.00
10
GOA
24
101.95
14
89.64
15
98.62
11
GUJARAT
443
2810.82
353
2947.54
267
2933.07
12
HARYANA
381
1511.58
341
1533.03
298
1735.62
13
HIMACHAL PRADESH
211
690.60
139
603.62
89
373.50
14
JAMMU KASHMIR
2017
5089.32
924
2254.55
888
2332.76
15
JHARKHAND
276
836.94
322
988.44
241
983.74
16
KARNATAKA
1192
4038.44
1148
3979.65
756
2801.05
17
KERALA
919
2425.24
752
1963.46
435
1069.42
18
MADHYA PRADESH
1186
4385.66
948
4025.11
447
2287.98
19
MAHARASHTRA
1002
3771.20
882
3674.87
561
2825.40
20
MANIPUR
194
667.39
109
333.48
80
187.45
21
MEGHALAYA
162
237.91
60
111.91
34
81.85
22
MIZORAM
114
260.03
68
207.11
65
229.25
23
NAGALAND
256
557.66
124
469.45
74
267.99
24
ODISHA
687
2119.29
612
2052.80
373
1410.18
25
PUDUCHERRY
16
36.59
4
8.79
1
5.16
26
PUNJAB
361
1451.52
353
2197.66
374
2889.87
27
RAJASTHAN
498
1943.27
392
2186.95
261
1658.03
28
SIKKIM
9
30.61
1
3.50
18
51.92
29
TAMIL NADU
1617
4730.97
1622
5065.56
1764
4918.67
30
TELANGANA
320
1453.83
449
2625.26
515
3146.35
31
TRIPURA
109
282.51
92
258.82
67
167.43
32
UTTAR PRADESH
3554
12748.58
3406
12020.81
2666
10617.95
33
UTTARAKHAND
361
922.96
323
964.96
171
648.63
34
WEST BENGAL
577
2801.93
479
1992.63
331
1490.15
35
LADAKH
29
161.00
5
22.40
17
115.85
36
LAKSHADWEEP
3
11.51
0
0.00
0
0.00
Total
18760
63376.98
16566
61898.31
13885
55858.11
This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.
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