(a) the details of the Small Scale Industrial units being run by the Government in district Satna at Madhya Pradesh, location-wise;
(b) the details of the small scale units closed or on the verge of closing due to financial constraints; and
(c) whether the Government monitors these small scale industries?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING, DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS AND PENSIONERS WELFARE OF THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a): Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units are set up mostly in the private sector. The role of the Government is to assist them in their promotion and development. As reported by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, no SSI unit has been set up by the Government in Satna district.
(b) & (c): The information on closed units is not maintained centrally. However, the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) compiles data on sick SSIs financed by Scheduled Commercial Banks. As per the latest data compiled by the RBI, the number of sick SSI units at the end of March, 2000 in the State of Madhya Pradesh was 6,072. The Government is fully seized of the incidence of industrial sickness among SSI units and has taken various measures to facilitate timely identification and rehabilitation of potentially viable sick units, which inter alia include institutional mechanism in the form of Inter-Institutional Committees (SLIICs), Special Rehabilitation Cells in banks and State Financial Institutions and elaborate guidelines issued by RBI for extending rehabilitation assistance to eligible units.