MINISTER OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES & AGRO AND RURAL INDUSTRIES ( SHRI MAHABIR PRASAD )
(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS(a)to(f) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 328 FOR ANSWER ON 18.08.2004.
(a): Under the Prime Minister`s Rozgar Yojana(PMRY), loans are
provided to individual beneficiaries by the implementing banks
against the overall target of beneficiaries allocated to each
State/UTs by the Central Government. In addition, the Central
Government provides funds for subsidy to the Reserve Bank of
India(RBI) for release to the individual beneficiaries through
implementing banks and funds for Entrepreneurial Development
(Training & Contigency etc.) to State/UT Governments. The targetS
are allocated on the basis of population and number of educated
unemployed youth registered with the Employment Exchange in each
State/UT. Performance of the State in the Scheme during the
preceding year, recovery of loan overdues and the specific
requests received from the State/UTs are also given due
consideration. The guidelines for use of these funds are at
Annexure-I.
(b): No, Sir. No such complaints have been received from State/UTs.
(c): Does not arise in view of (b) above.
(d): State-wise details of loans disbursed by banks and financial
assistance provided to State/UT Governments by the Central
Government for Entrepreneurial Development during the last three
years is at Annexure-II. The assistance for subsidy from the
Central Government is authorised to the Reserve Bank of India for
passing on to the individual beneficiaries through the
implementing banks. Hence, the State/UT wise details of assistance
released for subsidy are not available. Funds amounting to Rs.
178.80 crore, Rs. 152.55 crore & Rs. 147.63 crore have been
authorised to Reserve Bank of India for subsidy during the years
2001-02, 2002-03 & 2003-04, respectively.
(e)&(f): Requests have been received from some States/UTs
including the North Eastern States of Assam, Meghalaya and
Nagaland for enhancement of targets for the year 2004-05 under the
PMRY. The targets for these States for the year 2004-05 have been
revised as per their requests.
ANNEXURE - I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 328 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2004.
GUIDELINES FOR USE OF FUNDS UNDER THE PMRY:
(1) For advancing loans by the Implementing Banks:
(a) Industry/Service Sectors : Projects cost upto Rs.2.00 lakh. (b) Business Sector : Project cost upto Rs.1.00 lakh.
(Note: Banks loans constitute 80 per cent of the project cost; remaining 20 per cent is subsidy from the Central Government and margin money contribution from the beneficiary).
(2) Assistance from the Central Government:
(i) Funds for Subsidy:
The funds for subsidy are released @ 15% of the project cost subject to a ceiling of Rs. 7 ,500/- per beneficiary (Rs.15,000/- per beneficiary for NE States, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir).
The funds fOr subsidy are authorized to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and are not released directly to the State/UTs. These funds are passed on to the individual beneficiaries through the implementing banks. The RBI ensures utilization of these funds.
(ii) Funds for training & contingency:
Training funds: Beneficiaries sanctioned loans under the Scheme are required to undergo an Entrepreneurial Development Training for 15-20 working days for setting a project under industry sector and for 7-10 working days for setting a project in service and business sector.
The norms for releasing the financial assistance for Entrepreneurial Development Training is as under:
For industry sector:
Stipend : Rs.300/-. Training expenditure : Rs.700/-. Total : Rs.1,000
For service & business sector: Stipend : Rs.150/- Training expenditure : Rs.350/-. Total : Rs.500/-
(iii) Contingency funds:
The contingency funds are released @ Rs.250/- per beneficiary sanctioned loan. These funds are provided for operative expenses.
The funds for (Training, Contingency etc.) are released to State/UTs. State/UTs who are required to submit utilization of these funds. Surplus/deficit of the previous years is adjusted in the subsequent releases.
(iv) In addition, the funds are released to State/UTs for evaluation of the Scheme etc. in special circumstances.
Annexure-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART-(d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.328 FOR ANSWER ON 18.08.2004
STATE/UT WISE DETAILS OF LOANS DISBURSED BY BANKS AND ASSISTANCE FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR ENTREPRENURIAL
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, CONTINGENCY ETC.) DURING 2001-02, 2002-03, AND 2003-04
UNDER THE PRIME MINISTER`S ROZGAR YOJANA (PMRY)
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004
Name of States/UTs Amount of Assistance Amount of Assistance Amount of Assistartce loan disbursed from Central Loan disbursed from Central Loan disbursed from Central by banks # Government by banks # Government by banks # Government
NORTHERN REGION
Haryana 3944.42 19.73 4227.09 38.86 3406.77 68.99
Himachal Pradesh 1605.63 7.13 1504.99 16.96 1881.3 19.48
Jammu & Kashmir 754.21 4.29 17.15 2.49 556.73 13.16
Punjab 5209.82 103.23 4779.03 30.22 3479.24 78.18
Rajasthan 6886.93 0.00 6542.92 57.83 4562.11 106.01
Chandigarh 89.41 0.48 29.32 0.37 74.37 0.47
Delhi 482.06 0.00 453.90 0.00 486.29 0.00
NORTH EASTERN REGION
Assam 2818.12 42.85 3279.33 110.73 1125.99 58.97
Manipur 157.01 4.50 377.42 0.00 287.85 5.57
Meghalaya 501.53 13.56 197.54 1.86 217.65 7.10
Nagaland 41.53 2.99 138.36 6.84 19.6 1.00
Tripura 643.92 21.40 663.44 17.35 1363.62 18.23
Arunachal Pradesh 381.72 1.74 273.07 3.81 232.57 3.47
Mizoram 43.75 1.62 107.87 4.71 809 3.61
Sikkim 19.37 0.15 13.17 0.10 21.74 0.48
EASTERN REGION
Bihar 7273.89 0.00 6626.81 0.00 6408.17 101.54
Jharkhand 3126.11 45.00 3543.38 0.00 2824.67 0.00
Orissa 4001.49 75.50 4540.69 20.50 1033.52 91.34
West Bengal 1620.15 0.00 1627.77 0.00 1380.48 0.00
Andaman & Nicobar 111.56 1.06 110.23 0.59 100.39 1.06
CENTRAl REGION
Madhya Pradesh 10923.26 94.98 10422.02 120.21 5449.61 149.32
Chhattisgarh 1619.16 17.00 1886.82 0.00 1041.18 36.08
Uttar Pradesh 25412.31 368.92 25561.85 204.37 20709.94 402.53
Uttaranchal 2122.53 34.00 2885.50 0.00 3003.62 25.83
WESTERN REGION
Gujarat 4092.86 31.88 3720.83 666.94 2757.32 20.27
Maharashtra 10584.85 72.28 10425.46 29.15 7719.91 191.31
Daman & Diu 5.73 0.18 1.00 0.07 1 0.04
Goa 119.32 0.47 200.60 0.00 113 0.00
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 8.55 026 7.00 0.11 0 0.15
SOUTHERN REGION
Andhra Pradesh 6319.71 109.65 7934.49 63.92 5350.81 191.44
Karnataka 7159.16 121.27 6328.81 49.76 4222.01 148.93
Kerala 4791.85 117.72 5413.49 55.26 5368.39 112.21
Tamil Nadu 4654.12 106.70 4361.54 40.29 4082.63 147.94
Lakshadweep 15.67 0.11 7.07 0.08 9.11 0.12
Pondicherry 94.71 1.69 101.56 1.02 99.11 5.37
NOT SPECIFIED 844.03 - 826.10 - 700.27 -
ALL INDIA 118480.45 1422.36 119637.62 1544.38 90899.97 2010.20
