(a): whether the Government has formulated any scheme to set up at least one small scale industry in every village in order to prevent the migration of people to the urban areas in search of jobs in the Tenth Plan; and
(b): if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES (SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD)
(a)&(b): The setting up of small scale industries (SSI) is an
activity of individual entrepreneurs. The Government facilitates
the development and promotion of small scale industries through
various schemes/programmes implemented uniformly throughout the
country for improving flow of credit, technology upgradation,
infrastructure development, entrepreneurship development,
marketing, fiscal support, etc. Further, the Government implements
employment generation programmes like the Rural Employment
Generation Programme (REGP) and Prime Minister`s Rozgar Yojana
(PMRY) and a National Programme for Rural Industrialisation (NPRI)
for promotion of rural industries. The Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) also implements a Rural
Industries Programme (RIP), an integrated programme for creation
of employment in rural areas through enterprise promotion, to
address the problems of rural unemployment, migration of people to
urban areas, etc.