(a) whether ''Udyam Sakhi Portal'' launched by the Government has been able to make women self-reliant;
(b) if so, the number of women benefited so far under the same, State-wise details including Gujarat, Bihar and West Bengal;
(c) the manner in which it is encouraging/promoting social enterprises; and
(d) whether it has been successful in removing social inequality and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI NITIN GADKARI)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*262 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 12.03.2020
(a)&(b): Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI), an autonomous body under Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has put in place “Udyam Sakhi” Portal for awareness about government schemes and to facilitate the networking of women start ups, entrepreneurs, investors, incubators, mentors, students and enterprise facilitators. As reported by IDEMI, there are 2012 women registered in the aforesaid categories as on 05.03.2020. The State/Union Territory–wise numbers of registrations are given at Annexure.
(c)&(d): Udyam Sakhi Portal provides a digital platform wherein the women enterprises and social enterprises can access information about various schemes of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Moreover, link to the success stories of various social enterprises has also been provided in the portal. Open access to this information helps in promoting inclusive development.