MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)
(a) & (b): Yes Sir. The percentage of MSMEs run by men and women and registered on Udyog Aadhar Memorandum Portal is as under:
Year Men (%) Women (%)
2017-18 77.5 22.5
2018-19 79.0 21.0
2019-20 78.5 21.5
2020-21(April 2020 to June 2020) 84.5 15.5
The percentage of MSMEs run by men and women and registered on Udyam Registration Portal is as under:
Year Men (%) Women (%) Others (%)
2020-21 (July 2020 to March 2021) 81.7 17.3 1.1
2021-22 81.5 17.7 0.8
(c) & (d): Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has not investigated the reason for gender disparity in MSME registration. But, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises aims to promote women entrepreneurs through the following initiatives. (i) Under Public Procurement Policy, out of 25% procurement by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) mandated from Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), 3% is reserved for women entrepreneurs. (ii) Under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), women entrepreneurs are eligible to get subsidy at the higher slab. PMEGP provides margin money subsidy of 35% of the project cost in rural areas and 25% in urban areas to women whereas general category entrepreneurs can avail margin money subsidy of 25% of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas.
(e): As per the information received from SIDBI, gender wise number of sanctioned proposals, disbursed proposals and rejected proposals under MSME loan is as under:
MSME Loans
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 (as on 25.03.2022)
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Sanctioned Proposals 31587 5577 52165 8829 22726 3691 7754 1153
Disbursed Proposals 20715 3595 53183 9002 20376 3352 5735 852
Rejected Proposals 32975 5033 28103 4069 13283 2193 4230 665
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