As
per the 4th all India census of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME), about 595.66 lakh persons are employed in the MSME sector, which
includes agro, rural, cottage and small-scale industries.
The
Ministry of MSME has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments to promote agro, rural and cottage industries in the
country through various schemes. In particular, Government has introduced the
PMEGP since 2008-09 as a credit-linked subsidy-based programme for
providing margin money assistance for setting-up of micro- enterprises in the
non-farm sector. Khadi and Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) and Coir Board also actively organize exhibitions of khadi
and village industries products and of coir products from time to time, besides
providing marketing opportunities to the units through their departmental sales
outlets.
State/Union Territory
(UT) – wise estimated employment opportunities generated under REGP/PMEGP
|
S.
No.
|
States/UTs
|
Estimated
employment generated under REGP from 1994-95
to
2007-08
(No. of persons)
|
Estimated
employment generated under PMEGP from 2008-09
to
2010-11
(No. of persons)
|
|
1
|
Chandigarh
|
1580
|
962
|
|
2
|
Delhi
|
5275
|
963
|
|
3
|
Haryana
|
239097
|
19631
|
|
4
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
113482
|
9834
|
|
5
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
144985
|
40606
|
|
6
|
Punjab
|
237323
|
19663
|
|
7
|
Rajasthan
|
511727
|
42784
|
|
8
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
7809
|
985
|
|
9
|
Bihar
|
59601
|
72158
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
41674
|
23680
|
|
11
|
Orissa
|
93636
|
60194
|
|
12
|
West Bengal
|
370292
|
166017
|
|
13
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
12081
|
4840
|
|
14
|
Assam
|
185197
|
66013
|
|
15
|
Manipur
|
19157
|
2792
|
|
16
|
Meghalaya
|
36450
|
3776
|
|
17
|
Mizoram
|
70710
|
5363
|
|
18
|
Nagaland
|
109532
|
1732
|
|
19
|
Tripura
|
40812
|
4250
|
|
20
|
Sikkim
|
11730
|
650
|
|
21
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
493070
|
135875
|
|
22
|
Karnataka
|
304434
|
43398
|
|
23
|
Kerala
|
260332
|
30995
|
|
24
|
Lakshadweep
|
501
|
320
|
|
25
|
Pondicherry
|
15261
|
1633
|
|
26
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
186344
|
89376
|
|
27
|
Goa
|
25183
|
3875
|
|
28
|
Gujarat*
|
67386
|
31804
|
|
29
|
Maharashtra**
|
302413
|
72166
|
|
30
|
Chhattishgarh
|
111335
|
31463
|
|
31
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
298681
|
33921
|
|
32
|
Uttarakhand
|
80954
|
20951
|
|
33
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
485968
|
114461
|
|
|
Total
|
4944012
|
1157091
|
|
|
|
|
|
* including Daman & Diu.
** including Dadra & Nagar
Haveli.
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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