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Programmes launched by Government to promote women entrepreneurship across the country

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing Pradhan Mantri YUVA (PM YUVA) Yojana,a pilot scheme, for creating an enabling ecosystem through entrepreneurship education, training, advocacy and easy access to entrepreneurship network.The scheme covers 10 States and 2 Union Territories (viz. i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Delhi and Puducherry). State-wise details (including West Bengal) of beneficiaries (Men and Women separately) covered under Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) and Mentoring Camps organised under the project, are as per details at Annexure-I. In Kalimpong district of West Bengal, a three day Mentoring Camp was organised with 36 flower nursery nanopreneurs (including 24 women participants) towards creation of a Farmer Producers Organisation (FPO) with the local support from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Darjeeling.

To encourage women entrepreneurship within the Country, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing the pilot project, ‘Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs and Startups by Women’ in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Germany. The project pilots incubation and acceleration programmes for women micro entrepreneurs to start new businesses and scale up existing enterprises in Assam, Rajasthan and Telangana. The project has the target to pilot the incubation programme with 250 women and the acceleration programme with 100 women. The first cohort of the support programme ended in April-May, 2020 and the second cohort has commenced in July, 2020.

Further, Govt. of India through Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which has the target to generate self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro enterprises for non-farm sector. The maximum cost of projects covered under the Scheme is Rs. 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 10 lakh in the service sector. Benefit can be availed under PMEGP for setting up of new units only. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories (such as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC /minorities/women, ex-serviceman, physically handicapped, NER, Hill and Border areas, etc.), the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas. The State-wise break-up (including West Bengal) of micro units established by women under PMEGP, during the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20, is given in Annexure-II. The details about the beneficiaries covered in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and North Dinajpur of West Bengal for the last three years (i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20) are as under:-:

Name of the District Number of units established pertaining to women entrepreneurs Margin money Subsidy disbursed

(Rs. In lakh)

Employment Opportunities generated
Darjeeling 66 152.71 270
Kalimpong 04 13.88 42
North Dinajpur 06 10.56 53
  76 177.15 365

 

Furthermore, Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Skill development program through Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) enabling a trainee to take Bank credit and start his/her own Micro-enterprise. RSETIs is a Bank led initiative of Ministry of Rural Development, set up with dedicated infrastructure in each district of the country sponsored, managed and run by Banks with active co-operation from the Government of India and State Government. Presently 585 RSETIs are functional in 27 states (except Goa) and 6 UTs (except Delhi, Chandigarh and Daman & Diu). The scheme is applicable to all the categories including women. Any unemployed youth in the age group of 18-45 years, irrespective of caste, creed, religion, gender and economic status, having aptitude to take up self-employment or wage employment and having some basic knowledge in the related field can undergo training under RSETI. The State/UT-wise total and women candidates trained and settled during the last three years (i.e. 2018-19 to 2020-21) is given in Annnexure-III.

The physical achievement of women (no. of women candidates trained and settled) in Darjeeling and North Dinajpur under the Scheme during the last three years and current year is given below:-

 

Financial Year 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 (as on January, 2021)
Name of the RSETI Women Candidates Trained Women Candidates Settled Women Candidates Trained Women Candidates Settled Women Candidates Trained Women Candidates Settled
CBI Darjeeling 324 113 482 235 64 293
UNBI Uttar Dinajpur 454 258 416 385 88 186

 

In addition to the above, Ministry of Rural Development is also implementing Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) which aims at eliminating rural poverty through promotion of multiple livelihoods for each rural poor household. Out of the SHG beneficiaries of 60,18,886 covered under NRLM Pan-India, 5,54,200 are from West Bengal (Darjeeling GT Area including Kalimpong – 5315 and Uttar Darjeeling – 7,898). Under the Sub-scheme i.e. Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) covered under DAY-NRLM, a total of 194,144 enterprises have been set-up ( up to 31st January, 2021) Pan-India including 5953 in West Bengal (Darjeeling GT Area including Kalimpong – 195 and Uttar Darjeeling – 3). This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Raj Kumar Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

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Annexure-I referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2083 to be answered on 08.03.2021

  Entrepreneurship Development Program under Pilot Project (PM YUVA)
  State Gender
    Men Women Total
1 Assam 280 749 1029
2 Bihar 752 601 1353
3 Delhi 527 478 1005
4 Kerala 1143 674 1817
5 Maharashtra 1038 495 1533
6 Meghalaya 196 153 349
7 Puducherry 113 1 114
8 Tamil Nadu 451 24 475
9 Telangana 1348 778 2126
10 Uttar Pradesh 3648 662 4310
11 Uttarakhand 717 372 1089
12 West Bengal 1727 781 2508
  Total 11940 5768 17708
  Mentoring Camp under Pilot Project (PM YUVA)
    Gender  
  State Men Women Total
         
1 Assam 19 210 229
2 Bihar 20 67 87
3 Delhi 55 107 162
4 Kerala 17 142 159
5 Maharashtra 2 242 244
6 Tamil Nadu 35 105 140
7 Telangana 3 81 84
8 Uttar Pradesh 44 160 204
9 Uttarakhand 30 71 101
10 West Bengal 97 221 318
    322 1406 1728
           

 

 

Annexure-II referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2083 to be answered on 08.03.2021

State-wise break-up (including West Bengal) of micro units established by women under PMEGP

  State/UT No. of projects ( women)
    2018-19 2019-20
1 Andaman Nicobar 51 17
2 Andhra Pradesh 1101 1113
3 Arunachal 99 77
4 Assam 999 798
5 Bihar 861 582
6 Chandigarh-UT 13 8
7 Chattisgarh 726 670
8 Delhi 54 41
9 Goa 30 36
10 Gujarat* 2382 2719
11 Haryana 547 592
12 Himachal 528 447
13 Jammu & Kashmir 2449 1861
14 Jharkhand 428 451
15 Karnataka 1086 1167
16 Kerala 1052 1003
17 Ladakh 0 0
18 Lakshadweep 0 0
19 Madhya Pradesh 738 627
20 Maharashtra** 1965 1636
21 Manipur 533 518
22 Meghalaya 126 117
23 Mizoram 542 389
24 Nagaland 535 481
25 Odisha 1185 1160
26 Puducherry 29 21
27 Punjab 703 681
28 Rajasthan 524 732
29 Sikkim 27 29
30 Tamil Nadu 2463 2841
31 Telangana 668 735
32 Tripura 248 219
33 Uttar Pradesh 1433 1574
34 Uttarakhand 499 467
35 West Bengal 810 911
  Total 25434 24720

 

*Including Daman & Diu, **Including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

 

Annexure-III referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2083 to be answered on 08.03.2021

 

State/UT wise Progress of Women under RSETI (as on 31.01.2021)

 

SI.
No.
State/UT 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21till Jan 2021
Total Women Total Women Total Women
Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained Settled Trained Settled
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 494 270 312 142 489 316 352 213 285 77 257 72
2 Andhra Pradesh 10645 8790 6284 5393 9884 7179 6485 4515 2025 2346 1410 1666
3 Arunachal Pradesh 360 70 234 30 211 294 105 133 9 57 5 23
4 Assam 13087 9678 8299 5784 11922 7680 8387 5325 3857 2035 2993 1341
5 Bihar 26688 19255 16706 12637 24961 18393 14648 11450 8760 6376 4776 3630
6 Chattisgarh 12735 9981 8945 6608 12146 8209 9348 6344 4093 3158 3881 2664
7 D & N Haveli 775 553 584 398 763 509 557 383 436 214 369 205
8 Goa 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gujarat 21470 16751 18999 15004 20447 14321 17688 12861 5952 5056 5708 4590
10 Haryana 15267 8702 8662 4453 14391 10266 9374 6417 7254 4382 5360 2972
11 Himachal Pradesh 5499 4085 4188 3009 4949 3541 4073 2661 2020 1202 1794 1000
12 Jammu & Kashmir 9306 6726 4639 3284 8662 7022 4618 3662 2766 2109 1731 1118
13 Jharkhand 17969 12033 14246 9457 15911 12630 12762 10769 7203 4674 5748 3702
14 Karnataka 26041 20434 15171 11456 24676 20257 14775 12445 9480 8504 4975 5060
15 Kerala 10532 9422 8008 7541 10236 9610 7941 7402 2653 2445 2131 1967
16 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 36 0 36 0 115 49 115 49
17 Madhya Pradesh 35194 22858 23736 14609 31521 20982 21362 14353 11540 10115 9384 7535
18 Maharashtra 25671 19612 16386 12543 24614 19668 17601 14249 10862 6811 8918 5350
19 Manipur 382 268 324 214 495 351 306 247 192 218 84 183
20 Meghalaya 1470 1287 908 866 1629 989 1087 628 683 563 540 403
21 Mizoram 502 365 333 268 939 957 556 548 222 135 96 29
22 Nagaland 355 517 274 330 356 202 209 126 90 77 68 31
23 Odisha 21803 17117 17589 14194 20489 14933 17269 12953 10497 7448 9728 6694
24 Pondicherry 850 626 520 398 762 543 541 388 478 69 352 47
25 Punjab 10516 6797 7627 4704 9280 5605 6775 3907 4155 3109 3283 2270
26 Rajasthan 28602 21552 21052 15947 27023 18789 21310 14620 12073 7406 10383 5759
27 Sikkim 389 206 264 114 364 489 223 350 72 99 50 36
28 Tamil Nadu 24226 19796 14843 11510 27112 17790 19715 12157 9961 6820 8060 4914
29 Telangana 6864 5669 3331 2903 6435 5714 3765 3049 2282 1331 1263 881
30 Tripura 2788 2345 1425 1309 2533 1775 1493 936 1093 623 826 301
31 UT Ladakh 0 0   0 603 233 235 101 154 211 126 71
32 Uttar Pradesh 52721 36600 34636 23416 50845 38051 35508 27717 23382 15874 18411 11060
33 Uttarakhand 7322 5524 5520 3894 6765 5387 5134 4125 5209 3209 3930 2450
34 West Bengal 13149 8418 9755 6278 12576 8960 9897 6976 2656 2129 2256 1796

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