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Government of India
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
08 MAR 2021 6:17PM by PIB Delhi
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.

BN/MR

 

 

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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