(a) whether the Government have identified ten industries with maximum turnover in small scale sector in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof in terms of value durng the year 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001; and
(c) the details of investment likely to be made in each of these 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 (SMT. VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a): As per the sample survey of registered SSI units conducted during 2000-2001, the top ten industries in terms of production for the reference year 1999-2000 are food products, chemical & chemical products, basic mental industries, hosiery & garments, metal products, rubber & plastic products, machinery & parts except electical, miscellaneous manufacturing industries, electrical machinery & apparatus and paper products & printing.
(b): The value of production in SSI sector during the years 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 is estimated to be Rs. 520650 crores, Rs. 572887 crores and Rs. 639024 crores respectively at current prices. As per the sample survey 2000-2001, the top ten industries mentioned above contributed to 78.19% of the total production of registered SSI sector during 1999-2000.
(c): The investments in SSI sector are made in the private sector by entrepreneurs themselves out of their own funds or from borrowings from institutional and non-institutional sources. However, as per the sample survey 2000-2001, the top ten industries had a fixed investment of 70.95% in the total investment for the registered SSI sector.