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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2777
ANSWERED ON TUESDAY 17th MARCH, 2026/ 26 PHALGUNA, 1947(SAKA)
STAND-UP INDIA SCHEME IN KARNATAKA
2777. SHRI BHUBANESWAR KALITA:
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:-
(a) how many beneficiaries under the Stand-Up India Scheme have been supported in each
State, including separate data for Karnataka since 2021;
(b) the details for Women, SC, ST beneficiaries under the scheme regarding the corresponding
loan amounts sanctioned and disbursed, category-wise; and
(c) the types of enterprises set up by these beneficiaries across the States?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a) As on March 2025 a total number of 1.46 lakh loans, have been sanctioned to Women and SC/ST
entrepreneurs across the country under the Stand Up India Scheme since April, 2021.
The state-wise details of beneficiaries including the State of Karnataka is at Annexure.
(b) Category-wise details of loans sanctioned and disbursed under the Scheme since inception in
April, 2016, as on December, 2025 is as under:
No. of loan Sanctioned Disbursed
Category
Accounts Amount (Cr.) Amount (Cr.)
SC
(incl. Women) 52,901 11,168.15 7244.05
ST
(incl. Women) 16,991 3,612.84 2185.09
Women
(Excl. SC/ ST) 2,05,399 48,009.48 31853.15
Total
2,75,291 62,790.47 41282.29
(c) Loans under the Scheme have been extended for setting up greenfield enterprises in the trading,
manufacturing, services sectors and activities allied to agriculture.
*****Annexure as referred to in part (a) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2777 for
17.03.2026 on Stand-Up India Scheme in Karnataka
State -wise details of Loans extended under Stand-Up India Scheme from April, 2021 to
March, 2025
Number of Loans
S. No. State / UT
Sanctioned
1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 214
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 8715
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 729
4 ASSAM 1843
5 BIHAR 5176
6 CHANDIGARH 266
7 CHHATTISGARH 2522
8 DAMAN AND DIU & DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI 79
9 DELHI 2564
10 GOA 471
11 GUJARAT 9828
12 HARYANA 4316
13 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1962
14 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 659
15 JHARKHAND 2220
16 KARNATAKA 9520
17 KERALA 6938
18 LADAKH 550
19 LAKSHADWEEP 1
20 MADHYA PRADESH 8619
21 MAHARASHTRA 16137
22 MANIPUR 280
23 MEGHALAYA 427
24 MIZORAM 379
25 NAGALAND 498
26 ODISHA 4195
27 PUDUCHERRY 270
28 PUNJAB 5169
29 RAJASTHAN 9203
30 SIKKIM 358
31 TAMIL NADU 13368
32 TELANGANA 6649
33 TRIPURA 433
34 UTTAR PRADESH 13077
35 UTTARAKHAND 1585
36 WEST BENGAL 7032
Total 1,46,252