Question : Udyam Sakhi Portal for Women

(a) whether the Government has introduced Udyam Sakhi Portal to make women self-reliant in the country, and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any budgetary allocation has been made for the said portal and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total number of beneficiaries received benefits through aforesaid portal, State/year-wise;

(d) whether the Government has introduced “economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and start-ups by women” scheme and if so, the number of women benefited under the scheme; State/district wise; and

(e) the details of funds allocated and spent under the said scheme till date in the country including Karnataka?

MINISTER FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

(a): Udyam Sakhi portal (http://udyamsakhi.msme.gov.in) was launched on 08.03.2018 for women entrepreneurs on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Udyam Sakhi is designed for women to feel comfortable in sourcing the right information on one single portal.

(b): No Sir. However, the total expenditure incurred on Udyam Sakhi portal was borne by Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

(c): The Udyam Sakhi portal is a platform for existing/prospective women entrepreneurs to access information. No financial benefit is provided. A total of 2938 women are registered on the portal. The State-wise number of women registered on the portal is given at Annexure.


(d): The Ministry of MSME has not introduced “economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and start-ups by women” scheme.

However, the Ministry implements various Schemes/Programmes for the promotion and development of MSMEs, including women owned MSMEs, namely, Prime Ministers’ Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP), Tool Rooms & Technology Centres, Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme, Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme ( ESDP), Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) etc.

(e): Does not arise.