MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)
(a): Government in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which is a credit linked subsidy scheme, for setting up of new micro-enterprises and to generate employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas of the country through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), State Khadi & Village Industries Board (KVIB) and District Industries Centre (DIC). General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25% of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as SC/ST/Women/PH/Minorities/Ex-Servicemen/NER, the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas. The maximum cost of projects is Rs.25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs.10 lakh in the service sector.
State/UT-wise details of employment generated under PMEGP is placed at Annexure-I.
(b): Number of SC/ST/women who got employment under PMEGP scheme during 2011 to 2014 and 2015 to 2018 is placed at Annexure-II.
(c): Yes, Madam, KVIC launched Honey (Bee) Mission in July, 2017 for promoting Beekeeping and generating employment in the beekeeping potential States of the country. The main objective of the Scheme is to encourage scientific beekeeping practice for enhancing the income of farmers and rural youth, promote co-operation among beekeepers and develop market for honey products and bring together the beekeepers, farmers, researchers, Government agencies, agri-business for development of beekeeping industry in the country.
Under Honey(Bee) Mission, 10 bee boxes with bee colony are provided per person. The own contribution of beneficiaries of SC/ST and General category of Non NER State is only 10% and 20% respectively whereas for beneficiaries of NER States, bee boxes and bee colonies are given free of cost.
Financial outlay for Honey (Bee) Mission Program during 2017-18 is Rs.4.91 crore and KVIC distributed 13,505 bee hives (boxes) with bee colonies to 1,384 beneficiaries. During the year 2018-19 KVIC has set a target of 131000 bee boxes with bee colonies to be distributed to 13100 beneficiaries, out of which 40280 have already been distributed to 4084 beneficiaries.
(d): To extract the honey from the honey frames, the honey extractor is provided to Self Help Groups (SHGs) so that the quality honey can be extracted without damaging honey comb and bee eggs. The Self Help Groups are eligible for Margin Money subsidy under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) from 10% to 35% of their project cost depending on the location and category of beneficiaries.
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