(a) the details of the persons including those belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) employed in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise and
category-wise; and
(b) the steps taken by the Government for the welfare of persons employed in the MSMEs?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI DINSHA PATEL)
(a): As per the Quick Results of Fourth All India Census of micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) with the reference year of 2006-07, the category-wise number of persons
including those belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) and Other
Backward Classes (OBCs) employed in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) during
2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09(latest available) is given in the Table below.
Year Distribution of estimated persons (in lakh) employed in MSMEs SCs STs OBCs Others Total
2006-07 89.26 37.21 202.31 268.50 597.29 2007-08 97.56 40.82 221.56 273.23 633.16 2008-09 102.35 42.65 232.58 286.44 664.01