The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) has been
implementing a credit-linked subsidy-based programme named the Prime Minister’s
Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) since 2008-09 to assist
first-generation entrepreneurs to set up micro-enterprises in the non-farm
sector. Under PMEGP, 1.41 lakh
units have been assisted with margin money subsidy of
Rs.2593.78 crore till 30 November 2011.
The Ministry has also undertaken
development of 105 clusters of traditional industries like khadi, village
industries and coir through Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC) and
Coir Board since 2005-06 under the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of
Traditional Industries (SFURTI). About
53,000 artisans have been benefited through SFURTI clusters so far.
Steps
taken to strengthen traditional industries like khadi, village industries and
coir include schemes such as
‘Strengthening Infrastructure of Existing Weak Khadi Institutions and
Assistance for Marketing Infrastructure’, ‘Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans’
and ‘Khadi Karigar Janashree Bima Yojana’ besides a comprehensive ‘Khadi Reform
and Development Programme’ implemented by KVIC as also the scheme of
‘Rejuvenation, Modernization and Technological Upgradation of Coir Industry’
implemented by Coir Board.
State/Union Territory (UT) – wise funds provided to clusters under
SFURTI
|
Sr.
No
|
State/UTs
|
Number of Cluster
|
Funds Provided (Rs in lakh)
|
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
1
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
1
|
1.80
|
1.80
|
12.65
|
13.12
|
|
2
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
5
|
88.1
|
32.20
|
49.77
|
0
|
|
3
|
Harayana
|
3
|
107.52
|
5.40
|
4.86
|
12.07
|
|
4
|
Punjab
|
4
|
56.80
|
69.50
|
13.47
|
10.05
|
|
5
|
Rajasthan
(Jaipur)
|
3
|
74.17
|
27.37
|
19.30
|
8.11
|
|
6
|
Uttaranchal
|
2
|
24.75
|
44.96
|
24.06
|
7.19
|
|
7
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
3
|
37.2
|
3.6
|
20.00
|
13.80
|
|
8
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
7
|
169.91
|
46.58
|
26.89
|
29.46
|
|
9
|
Chattisgarh
|
1
|
26.35
|
1.80
|
45.08
|
2.00
|
|
10
|
Gujarat
|
3
|
35.41
|
3.07
|
6.75
|
5.30
|
|
11
|
Maharashtra
|
4
|
66.56
|
31.06
|
60.80
|
12.03
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
8
|
71.68
|
228.13
|
93.26
|
40.03
|
|
13
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
7
|
86.86
|
38.56
|
70.68
|
42.16
|
|
14
|
Kerala
|
9
|
70.61
|
230.37
|
52.86
|
4.00
|
|
15
|
Tamilnadu
|
13
|
63.05
|
236.44
|
201.81
|
67.72
|
|
16
|
Lakshadweep
|
1
|
0.00
|
0.33
|
0.00
|
6.66
|
|
17
|
Pondicherry
|
1
|
1.76
|
6.23
|
27.34
|
4.42
|
|
18
|
A & N Islands
|
1
|
0.00
|
8.68
|
33.90
|
0.00
|
|
16
|
Bihar
|
3
|
47.90
|
5.40
|
33.90
|
9.80
|
|
17
|
Jharkhand
|
2
|
25.30
|
1.80
|
24.15
|
33.45
|
|
18
|
West Bengal
|
5
|
104.00
|
86.09
|
57.02
|
19.03
|
|
19
|
Orissa
|
4
|
47.01
|
14.14
|
88.50
|
20.65
|
|
20
|
Assam
|
4
|
100.12
|
40.68
|
47.02
|
12.71
|
|
21
|
Tripura
|
3
|
26.43
|
41.58
|
82.61
|
8.99
|
|
22
|
Sikkim
|
1
|
23.80
|
1.80
|
23.20
|
13.60
|
|
23
|
Manipur
|
2
|
52.92
|
3.60
|
29.41
|
17.15
|
|
24
|
Mizoram
|
1
|
17.34
|
1.80
|
17.37
|
0.00
|
|
25
|
Meghalaya
|
1
|
26.62
|
1.80
|
12.94
|
5.00
|
|
26
|
Arunachal
|
1
|
41.10
|
1.80
|
17.10
|
5.00
|
|
27
|
Nagaland
|
2
|
18.60
|
12.10
|
5.28
|
8.04
|
|
|
Total
|
105
|
1513.67
|
1228.67
|
1201.98
|
431.54
|
This
information was given by the Union Cabinet Minister for Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises, Shri Virbhadra Singh in a written reply to a question in the Lok
Sabha today.
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