Employment Generated Under PMEGP

Ministry of MSME, through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for generating self employment opportunities in the country by setting up micro-enterprises in non-farm sector.

 

 The number of micro-enterprises setup under PMEGP and the details of the estimated employment generated by them during the last three years, State -wise is given at Annexure.

 

In addition, KVIC is also implementing the following programmes to provide self-employment opportunities in rural and backward areas:

1. Honey Mission: Under this programme, bee boxes with bee colonies, tool kits and training are provided to supplement the income of farmers, adivasis and rural youth as beekeepers.
2. Kumhar Sashaktikaran Programme: Under this programme, rural potters have been provided with new energy efficient equipment like Electric Pottery Wheels, Blungers, etc. along with training.

 

Ministry is also implementing following schemes for the promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) sector:

1. Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) to organize traditional industries and artisans in to collectives and provide them with sustainable employment with support in procurement of improved equipments, raw materials, construction of Common Facility Centres, training, design, and marketing support, etc.
2. Micro and Small Enterprises-Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) to create Common Facility Centres, Infrastructure Development and Flatted Factory Complexes by organizing 20 or more industries of similar value chain into clusters.
3. Under Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE), collateral free credit facility (term loan and/or working capital) is extended by lending institutions to new and existing micro and small enterprises, including retail activity. The guarantee cover provided under CGTMSE extends from 50% to 85% for credit up to Rs. 2 crore.

 

ANNEXURE

 

Number of micro units set up and estimated employment generated under PMEGP during last three years
		2018-19		2019-20		2020-21
Sr. No.	Name of State	Micro units setup	Estimated Employment generated	Micro units setup	Estimated Employment generated	Micro units setup	Estimated Employment generated
1	Jammu & Kashmir	7529	60232	5355	42840	8575	68600
2	Ladakh (U.T.)	0	0	0	0	281	2248
3	Himachal Pradesh	1399	11192	1226	9808	1208	9664
4	Punjab	1801	14408	1695	13560	1650	13200
5	Chandigarh UT	28	224	14	112	10	80
6	Haryana	2165	17320	2029	16232	1740	13920
7	Delhi	132	1056	93	744	74	592
8	Rajasthan	2359	18872	3024	24192	2772	22176
9	Uttarakhand	2181	17448	1844	14752	2249	17992
10	Uttar Pradesh	5243	41944	6118	48944	9994	79952
11	Chhattisgarh	3094	24752	2810	22480	2718	21744
12	Madhya Pradesh	2526	20208	2175	17400	4854	38832
13	Sikkim	55	440	79	632	57	456
14	Arunachal Pradesh	280	2240	211	1688	98	784
15	Nagaland	1208	9664	1109	8872	740	5920
16	Manipur	1291	10328	1173	9384	1556	12448
17	Mizoram	1123	8984	760	6080	810	6480
18	Tripura	1179	9432	963	7704	842	6736
19	Meghalaya	390	3120	377	3016	359	2872
20	Assam	3737	29896	2587	20696	2939	23512
21	Bihar	3303	26424	2216	17728	2192	17536
22	West Bengal	2413	19304	2222	17776	2070	16560
23	Jharkhand	1797	14376	1544	12352	1522	12176
24	Odisha	3070	24560	2723	21784	3171	25368
25	And. & Nic. Island	229	1832	93	744	155	1240
26	Gujarat	3500	28000	3983	31864	2854	22832
27	Maharashtra	5642	45136	4406	35248	3104	24832
28	Goa	78	624	90	720	58	464
29	Andhra Pradesh	2220	17760	2188	17504	1677	13416
30	Telangana	2051	16408	2174	17392	2025	16200
31	Karnataka	3657	29256	3697	29576	4437	35496
32	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	3	24
33	Kerala	2486	19888	2438	19504	2389	19112
34	Tamilnadu	5185	41480	5173	41384	5188	41504
35	Puducherry	76	608	64	512	44	352
	GRAND TOTAL	73427	587416	66653	533224	74415	595320

       

This reply was given by the Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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