The
Ministry of MSME strengthens and develops Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
in the country, which includes backward regions also, through implementation of
various schemes/ programmes relating to credit, infrastructure development,
technology upgradation, marketing, entrepreneurship & skill development
etc. The major schemes include Credit Guarantee
Scheme, Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme, Cluster Development Programme,
National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme, Prime Minister’s Employment
Generation Programme, Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme and
Performance and Credit Rating Scheme.
The MSME
sector generated 594.61 lakh employment as per the Quick Results of Fourth
Census of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector, with reference
year 2006-07.
State/UT-wise Break-up of Employment
in MSME Sector (2006-2007)
|
State Code
|
State
Name
|
Total Employment No.
|
|
1
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR
|
415771
|
|
2
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
310576
|
|
3
|
PUNJAB
|
1729062
|
|
4
|
CHANDIGARH
|
94474
|
|
5
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
399737
|
|
6
|
HARYANA
|
1367915
|
|
7
|
DELHI
|
2821657
|
|
8
|
RAJASTHAN
|
2422543
|
|
9
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
5791479
|
|
10
|
BIHAR
|
1639977
|
|
11
|
SIKKIM
|
25017
|
|
12
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
41591
|
|
13
|
NAGALAND
|
69984
|
|
14
|
MANIPUR
|
116967
|
|
15
|
MIZORAM
|
37639
|
|
16
|
TRIPURA
|
165685
|
|
17
|
MEGHALAYA
|
102485
|
|
18
|
ASSAM
|
1234356
|
|
19
|
WEST BENGAL
|
5831566
|
|
20
|
JHARKHAND
|
712596
|
|
21
|
ODISHA
|
1931929
|
|
22
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
732306
|
|
23
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
2609646
|
|
24
|
GUJARAT
|
3060899
|
|
25
|
DAMAN & DIU
|
76436
|
|
26
|
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
|
81187
|
|
27
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
6465654
|
|
28
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
5943242
|
|
29
|
KARNATAKA
|
3710228
|
|
30
|
GOA
|
141028
|
|
31
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
2328
|
|
32
|
KERALA
|
3024124
|
|
33
|
TAMIL NADU
|
6257596
|
|
34
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
80987
|
|
35
|
ANDMAN & NICOBAR
ISLANDS
|
12035
|
|
ALL INDIA
|
59460703
|
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 Rajya
Sabha today.
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