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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *322
ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026/ PHALGUNA 25, 1947 (SAKA)
New Enterprises under Stand-up India Scheme
†*322. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:
SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:
Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:
(a) the number of new businesses/enterprises started by the Scheduled Castes (SC) /Scheduled Tribes
(ST) and women entrepreneurs under the Stand-Up India Scheme since its inception in Madhya Pradesh
and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli;
(b) the number of beneficiaries who have been sanctioned bank loans under the said scheme in the country
particularly Khandwa Parliamentary Constituency in Madhya Pradesh and the UT of Dadra and Nagar
Haveli;
(c) the year-wise growth in the total amount of loans sanctioned under the said scheme in the State of
Madhya Pradesh and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli during the period from 2020 to 2025; and
(d) the details of the districts in Madhya Pradesh and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in which the
maximum number of women/SC/ST entrepreneurs have availed loans under the said Scheme?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House
*****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*322
TO BE ANSWERED ON 16TH MARCH, 2026 BY SHRI SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL AND
SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI REGARDING “NEW ENTERPRISES UNDER
STAND-UP INDIA SCHEME”
(a) and (b) The number of loans sanctioned since inception of the Stand Up India Scheme, to Scheduled
Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Women entrepreneurs across the country, State of Madhya
Pradesh including District Khandwa and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, as on 31.03.2025, are as
under:
State/ UT/ SC ST Women
Total
District (incl. Women) (incl. Women) (Gen.)
All India 52,901 16,991 2,05,399 2,75,291
Madhya Pradesh 3290 875 9,567 13732
Khandwa* 55 21 108 184
UT of Dadra and
Nagar Haveli 32 20 123 175
Scheme was valid/operational till March, 2025.
* Constituency-wise data is not maintained centrally.
(c) Year-wise details of amount sanctioned in the State of Madhya Pradesh and UT of Dadra and Nagar
Haveli under the Stand Up India Scheme, from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25, are as under:
Amount of loans Sanctioned
(Rs. in crore)
Financial Year Madhya Pradesh UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
2020-21 130.3 0.56
2021-22 329.11 2.74
2122-23 532.72 3.89
2023-24 706.41 4.45
2024-25 674.13 6.06
(d) Maximum number of SC/ ST and Women entrepreneur loans have been availed in the Indore District
(1973) of Madhya Pradesh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli District (104), till March 2025.
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