(a) the details of employment opportunities generated for women through small scale industries
in rural and tribal areas in various States including Madhya Pradesh;
(b) whether the Government proposes to set up new industries for providing more job
opportunities to women;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the time by which the said industries are likely/proposed to be set up?
MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES(SHRI VIRBHADRA SINGH)
(a) to (d): The Government in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has been
implementing programmes/schemes to create employment opportunities for women in rural and
tribal areas including those in Madhya Pradesh through Khadi and Village Industries
Commission(KVIC). These include a credit-linked subsidy programme named ‘Prime Minister’s
Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)’ implemented through KVIC as the national nodal agency
throughout the country, to provide employment opportunities by assisting individual
entrepreneurs/self help groups, including women and help in preventing their migration besides
increasing their earning capacity. At the State/Union Territories level, the scheme is
implemented through field offices of KVIC,State/Union Territory Khadi and Village Industries
Boards (KVIBs) and District Industries Centres (DICs) with involvement of Banks. Under PMEGP,
women entrepreneurs are entitled to a higher rate of margin money assistance at the rate of
35 per cent in rural areas and 25 per cent in urban areas and lower beneficiary contribution
of only 5%. The details of micro enterprises that were assisted and were to be set up by women
entrepreneurs under PMEGP during 2008-09 and 2009-10 are as under:
Year Total number of Number of units by units assisted women entrepreneurs
2008-09 25507 6410 2009-10 39335 8640