(a) the number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) closed down during
each of the last three years and current year, separately, State and UT-wise;
(b) the number of persons rendered jobless due to such closure during the said
period, State and UT-wise;
(c) whether the Government proposes to revive closed MSMEs; and
(d) if so, the details thereof indicating the package provided/ proposed to be
provided in this regard during the said period, State and UT-wise?
MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI VIRBHADRA SINGH)
(a) Information on closure among Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in
registered sector is obtained only through conduct of Census, which are conducted once
in five years. As per the ‘Final Report of Fourth All India Census of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 2006-07: Registered Sector’, with reference
year 2006-07, State and UT-wise number of enterprises closed down in the country
is given in enclosed Annexure.
(b) The number of persons rendered jobless due to such closure, State and UT-wise
data is not maintained centrally. However, as per the ‘Final Report of Fourth All India
Census of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 2006-07: Registered Sector’ the number of
persons employed in registered sector is 93.09 lakhs which grew by 51.04% compared to
Third All India Census of Small Scale Industries 2001-2002, indicating no net loss of
employment.
(c) & (d) Financial assistance, by way of debt restructuring, including fresh
loans for rehabilitation of sick MSE is provided by primary lending institutions
(PLIs), including commercial banks, which provide credit to the MSEs. Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) has issued following guidelines / instructions to banks
in this respect:
(i) Rehabilitation of sick MSEs (January 2002);
(ii) Debt restructuring mechanism relating to viability criteria, prudential
norms for restructured accounts, provision of additional finance and time frame
for restructuring package (September 2005); and
(iii) Restructuring / rehabilitation policy with non-discretionary one-time
settlement (OTS) scheme for MSE sector (May 2009).