As per 4th All India Census
of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), around 594.61 lakh persons are
employed in the MSME sector, including agro, rural, cottage and small scale
industries. The State-wise details of
employment created in rural non-farm sector under erstwhile Rural Employment
Generation Programme (REGP) implemented by the Government from 01.04.1995 to
31.03.2008 through the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and the
present Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) during 2008-09
and 2009-10, are given at Annex.
There has been overall increase
in employment under the khadi and village industries. Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture has reported that employment in
agro-industries is growing with increase in agricultural production,
processing, etc. With mechanization of agriculture and seed processing /
treatment, the agro sector is providing enhanced employment opportunities as
reported by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
The
Government imparts training to persons employed or desirous of setting up of
micro-enterprises through KVIC, a statutory organisation under this Ministry,
through 39 departmental and non-departmental training centres. Under PMEGP, a credit-linked subsidy scheme
of the Government, implemented from 2008-09 through KVIC for generation of
additional employment opportunities by establishing micro enterprises, 690
Training Centres have been accredited by KVIC for providing Entrepreneurship
Development Programme (EDP) training besides tie-up with national level
entrepreneurship development institutions such as National Institute for
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), Noida; National
Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME), Hyderabad; Indian
Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, etc..
Under
PMEGP, financial assistance in the form of margin money subsidy ranging from
15% to 35% of the project cost is provided to first generation entrepreneurs
for setting up new micro-enterprises.
State/Union
Territory (UT) – wise cumulative details of estimated employment opportunities
generated under the khadi and village industries sector
|
S. No.
|
States/UTs
|
Estimated
employment Generated under REGP during
1994-95 to 2007-08
(No. of persons)
|
Estimated
employment Generated under PMEGP during
2008-09 and 2009-10(No. of persons)
|
|
1
|
Chandigarh
|
1580
|
660
|
|
2
|
Delhi
|
5275
|
860
|
|
3
|
Haryana
|
239097
|
9153
|
|
4
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
113482
|
5053
|
|
5
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
144985
|
24620
|
|
6
|
Punjab
|
237323
|
12390
|
|
7
|
Rajasthan
|
511727
|
21266
|
|
8
|
Andaman
& Nicobar Islands
|
7809
|
1030
|
|
9
|
Bihar
|
59601
|
68419
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
41674
|
8110
|
|
11
|
Orissa
|
93636
|
35620
|
|
12
|
West Bengal
|
370292
|
97596
|
|
13
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
12081
|
2720
|
|
14
|
Assam
|
185197
|
36560
|
|
15
|
Manipur
|
19157
|
1166
|
|
16
|
Meghalaya
|
36450
|
1091
|
|
17
|
Mizoram
|
70710
|
1560
|
|
18
|
Nagaland
|
109532
|
289
|
|
19
|
Tripura
|
40812
|
2597
|
|
20
|
Sikkim
|
11730
|
269
|
|
21
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
493070
|
82067
|
|
22
|
Karnataka
|
304434
|
26080
|
|
23
|
Kerala
|
260332
|
19620
|
|
24
|
Lakshadweep
|
501
|
120
|
|
25
|
Pondicherry
|
15261
|
876
|
|
26
|
Tamil Nadu
|
186344
|
57479
|
|
27
|
Dadra and Nagar
Haveli
|
111
|
0
|
|
28
|
Goa
|
25183
|
1418
|
|
29
|
Gujarat
|
67386
|
11090
|
|
30
|
Maharashtra
|
302302
|
38881
|
|
31
|
Chhattishgarh
|
111335
|
9564
|
|
32
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
298681
|
16454
|
|
33
|
Uttarakhand
|
80954
|
12185
|
|
34
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
485968
|
68392
|
|
Total
|
4944012
|
675255
|
This information was given by the Minister
of State (Independent Charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri
Dinsha Patel in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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