Parliament Question: Institutional Support to MSMEs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 992 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO MSMEs

992. SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD;

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

(a) whether the Government has strengthened district-level MSME institutional support through District Industries Centres (DICs) and capacity-building initiatives under schemes such as Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) during the last five years, particularly in backward and aspirational districts including those in Bihar;

(b) if so, the details of such institutional support, including manpower, financial assistance and services provided through DICs, State/UT-wise; and

(c) whether the Government has implemented women-specific MSME schemes, including Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development (TREAD), if so, the details thereof and the number of women beneficiaries, amount of subsidy/credit support provided and districts covered under these schemes during the last five years, State/UT-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) and (b): The purpose of Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance” (RAMP) programme is to strengthening Institutions and governance at the Centre and State, improving Centre-State linkages and partnerships, improving access to market and credit, addressing issues of delayed payments to improve overall MSME ecosystem. In addition, RAMP program targeted to scale up implementation capacity and MSME coverage in the States, and enhancing outreach of existing schemes of the Ministry. An Important component of RAMP programme is promoting Centre-State collaboration through preparation of Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs), in which all States/UTs, are invited. All thirty-six States/UTs have signed Letters of Undertaking with the Ministry and submitted Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs) which contains a roadmap for promotion and development of MSMEs in the State. A total of 398 proposals accounting of Rs.3211.75 Cr has been approved under the Scheme. These States have prepared detailed Implementation Plans and have started the implementation. Since the funds under the RAMP is

provided directly to the States/UTs, no financial assistance is provided through District Industries Centres (DICs).

(c): The Government has taken a number of initiatives to increase the participation of women entrepreneurs in the country. The details are given below:: 2 : i. Ministry of MSME implements Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme

(PMEGP) which is a credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating self- employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and rural/urban unemployed youth. Out of the total PMEGP beneficiaries, 39% are women and they are provided higher subsidy (35%) vis- a-vis general category of micro enterprises (upto 25%). The state wise details of women beneficiaries, amount of subsidy/credit support provided is given at Annexure-I.

ii. To encourage entrepreneurship among women, Ministry of MSME implements ‘Skill Upgradation and Mahila Coir Yojana’ under Coir Vikas Yojana, which is an exclusive training programme aimed at skill development of women artisans engaged in the Coir sector.

iii. Participation of women entrepreneurs in trade fairs under Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme is subsidized to the extent of 100% vis-a-vis 80% for other entrepreneurs. iv. Ministry of MSME has launched ‘PM Vishwakarma’ Scheme on 17.09.2023, to provide a number of benefits to the traditional artisans and craftspeople including women, engaged in 18 trades.

v. The Ministry has launched awareness campaign ‘Yashasvini’ to create awareness about its schemes among existing and prospective women entrepreneurs to provide continuum of handholding and capacity building support.

***Annexure-I Details of number of women-led micro enterprises assisted and Margin Money (MM) subsidy disbursed under PMEGP for the last 5 years is given below: (Rs. in Crore) FY 2020-21 FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 S.

State No. of No. of MM No. of MM No. of No. of No MM MM MM enterprises enterprises Subsidy enterprises Subsidy enterprises enterprises Subsidy Subsidy Subsidy Assisted Assisted Assisted Assisted Assisted Andaman 1 42 0.49 43 0.68 24 0.48 12 0.22 12 0.24 Nicobar Andhra 2 856 37.63 1320 56.57 1716 77.46 3457 99.77 1847 82.40 Pradesh Arunachal 3 38 0.94 84 3.44 70 3.01 78 8.46 78 4.26 Pradesh 4 Assam 951 14.38 1272 20.76 907 19.51 761 19.26 1081 32.18 5 Bihar 665 24.42 838 31.01 1335 40.36 2303 70.81 1703 55.11 6 Chandigarh 6 0.09 11 0.33 10 0.34 7 0.16 3 0.21 7 Chhattisgarh 753 20.07 848 23.03 703 25.03 662 26.19 540 23.18 8 Delhi 33 0.65 45 1.55 30 2.00 27 1.79 19 1.07 9 Goa 18 0.54 43 1.45 36 1.48 38 1.54 19 0.92 10 Gujarat** 1841 147.39 2630 204.76 1821 161.08 1821 219.20 1084 138.93 11 Haryana 622 22.21 692 28.34 626 32.15 638 40.22 368 25.84 Himachal 12 431 13.25 472 14.11 352 13.10 344 14.39 257 10.40 Pradesh Jammu 13 3320 62.65 8520 162.28 5035 90.50 7082 118.95 3773 84.14 &Kashmir 14 Jharkhand 444 12.89 502 14.54 613 17.68 671 17.91 438 12.71 15 Karnataka 1492 39.32 1940 51.31 1888 54.59 1654 56.97 883 28.70 16 Kerala 953 18.44 1092 24.95 1257 28.05 1396 33.19 891 23.44 17 Ladakh 0 - 82 2.82 28 1.02 35 1.71 36 1.83 18 Lakshadweep 2 0.10 1 0.01 1 0.01 0 - 0 - Madhya 19 1435 47.00 2385 71.65 1813 66.54 1690 70.46 802 33.19 Pradesh 20 Maharashtra* 1179 36.48 1712 64.64 1523 66.79 1150 63.11 801 54.87 21 Manipur 725 27.45 552 17.35 244 6.99 153 3.24 291 7.54 22 Meghalaya 140 2.27 283 3.74 121 2.68 103 2.74 515 15.68 23 Mizoram 417 6.74 333 7.37 195 6.33 194 8.48 260 8.02 24 Nagaland 310 8.26 535 11.00 196 6.83 244 14.47 600 18.06 25 Odisha 1319 41.21 1874 54.61 1757 54.22 1430 46.88 742 24.50 26 Puducherry 13 0.28 24 0.40 13 0.38 16 0.47 14 0.36 27 Punjab 737 27.50 818 33.43 759 43.02 725 58.23 468 41.52 28 Rajasthan 663 25.65 670 26.67 596 42.18 567 51.74 293 27.88 29 Sikkim 24 0.67 33 0.76 22 0.41 68 2.36 133 4.58 30 Tamil Nadu 2663 57.77 2857 66.20 2856 75.49 3285 81.67 1786 49.67 31 Telangana 734 24.11 1111 38.53 953 39.78 967 46.18 764 36.04 32 Tripura 224 4.50 260 5.45 165 3.73 152 3.37 216 5.33 33 Uttar Pradesh 2777 112.00 3712 143.72 3549 142.10 3733 173.54 1851 84.57 34 Uttarakhand 551 12.86 489 11.84 484 14.48 377 14.75 213 7.10 35 West Bengal 907 36.51 1073 45.22 928 35.90 966 41.65 653 27.95 Total 27285 886.74 91566 1244.51 32626 1175.72 36806 1414.07 23434 972.42 *including Daman and Diu **including Dadra and Nagar Haveli