MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI KALRAJ MISHRA)
(a): Yes, Madam.
(b)&(d): As per the revised methodology suggested by Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), on the basis of the data on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) published by CSO, MoSPI and final results of the latest Census (Fourth Census), the estimated contribution of MSME sector to GDP, during 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13, are as noted below:
Share of MSME Sector in Total GDP (%) Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Manufacturing Sector MSME 7.39 7.27 7.04 Service Sector MSME 29.30 30.70 30.50 Total 36.69 37.97 37.54
The Government monitors the employment in the MSME sector in the country by conducting All India Census of the sector, periodically. As per the latest Census (Fourth Census), conducted (with base reference year 2006-07), as well as data extracted from Economic Census 2005 conducted by CSO, MoSPI, for activities excluded from Fourth Census, namely wholesale/retail trade, legal, educational & social services, hotel & restaurants, transports and storage & warehousing (except cold storage); the total employment in the sector increased to 805.24 lakh as compared to 249.33 lakh in the Third All India Census of Small Scale Industries, conducted with reference year 2001-02.
Based on the export data maintained by Director General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, Ministry of Commerce and the information available with this Ministry about MSME products having significant export, the share of MSME in India’s total export, for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, has been estimated as 43%, 43% and 42.38% respectively.
(c), (e) & (f): Government aims to increase the share of MSME sector by implementing various schemes / programmes. The major schemes / programmes are Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme, Credit Guarantee Scheme, Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme, Cluster Development Programme, Market Development Assistance Scheme, and Vendor Development Programme for Ancillarisation. Recently, the Public Procurement Policy has been notified by the Ministry in April, 2012, which would mandate 20% of the procurement by Government Departments from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). This would facilitate marketing of products by MSEs.
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