Question : PRADHAN MANTRI ROZGAR YOJANA

(a) the details of the targets fixed and achievement made under Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) during each of the last three years, State and Union Territory-wise;

(b) the provisions made for releasing loan under the said scheme;

(c) the details of the loan sanctioned/released and utilized during each of the last three years, State and Union Territory-wise;

(d) the details of the applications received and approved as well as beneficiaries under the said scheme during each of the last three years, State and Union Territory-wise;

(e) whether there is a separate provision for the tribal areas under the said scheme;

(f) If so, the details thereof; and

(g) If not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)

(a) The details of the targets fixed and achievement made under Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) during each of the last three years, State and Union Territory-wise are given in the Annexure.

(b) Under PMRY the upper limit of project cost for the industry sector is upto Rs. 5 lakh and for Service/Business Sector it is upto Rs. 2 lakh. The Government provides subsidy limited to 15 per cent of the project cost restricted to ceiling of Rs. 12,500/- per entrepreneur (For North Eastern States, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir, ceiling on the subsidy is Rs. 15,000). Banks are allowed to take margin money from the entrepreneur varying from 5% to 16.25% of the project cost so as to make the total of the subsidy and the margin money equal to 20% of the project cost and the rest is given as loan by the banks.

(c)&(d) The details are given in the Annexure.

(e),(f)&(g)The scheme is implemented both in the urban and rural areas throughout the country. PMRY guidelines provide that assistance to SC/ST beneficiaries should be targeted in such a manner that they are benefited in proportion to their population in the respective district/State. However, the number of SC/ST beneficiaries should not be less than 22.5%. State Governments have been asked to bestow attention to achieving the same.