(a): the number of Agro and Rural Industries set up in the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi during each of the last three years, State and Union Territory-wise, and current year;
(b): the details of goods being manufactured by these units; and
(c): the amount allocated for setting up these units during the said period alongwith the schemes under which these allocations were made?
MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a): The numbers of industrial units set up by eligible beneficiaries of the two important schemes of the Government (in the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries), viz., Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) and Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi during 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 are given in Annexure - I and II
(b): Details of the groups and products of village industries assisted under the REGP are given in the Annex. Similar information in respect of industries assisted under PMRY is not maintained centrally.
(c): REGP is a Central sector scheme and the approved grants are released to the KVIC which, in turn, releases the funds (towards margin money assistance) to the banks against the projects sanctioned in each State/Union Territory (UT). The details of margin money assistance provided by KVIC under the REGP during 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are given Annexure- IV. Under the PMRY, allocation of the subsidy and release of funds are based on the targets for States/UTs. The subsidy amount is released directly to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which, in turn, releases the necessary amounts to the implementing banks. The amounts of subsidy released to the RBI during 2003-04, 2004- 05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 are given below:
Year Subsidy released under PMRY (Rs. crore)
2003-04 147.63 2004-05 190.48 2005-06 251.36 2006-07 103.69