Question : Promotion of Micro and Small Industries

(a) whether Mithila region often faces natural calamities like flood and drought and people are compel to migrate to big cities as there is no big industry in this region;

(b) if so, whether the problem of migration can be solved to great extent by promoting more and more micro and small industries in this region and if so, the detail thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to provide employment to more and more people through micro and small industries to check mass migration in Mithila region; and

(d) if so, the manner in which it is likely to be done?

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) implements various schemes to support different sectors of MSMEs across the country. These include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Micro and Small Enterprises-Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP), Scheme for Promotion of MSMEs in North Eastern Region and Sikkim, Tool Rooms and Technology Centers, Mission Solar Charkha (MSC), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme, Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (ESDP), Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS).

Ministry of MSME implements Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which is a credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and unemployed youth throughout the country including Mithila Region. The scheme supports entrepreneurs to explore opportunities in their own place and that in turn helps check their migration.