2 lakh women owned MSMEs registered on UDYAM portal during special drives

2 lakh women owned MSMEs registered on UDYAM portal during special drives

Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

More than 2 lakh women owned MSMEs registered on UDYAM portal during special drives

“SAMARTH” initiative launched to support women-owned MSMEs with skill Development and Market Development Assistance , to train more than 7,500 women candidates from rural and sub-urban areas in the FY 2022-23.
women owned MSMEs registered on UDYAM portal
Posted On: 23 MAR 2023 3:37PM by PIB Delhi
The Government has taken a number of steps to support MSMEs, including women owned enterprises in the country and for increasing participation in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises such as:
  • Special drives for registration of women owned MSMEs under Udyam Registration Portal have been undertaken during 2022-23 and more than 2 lakh women owned MSMEs have registered on the portal during the special drives.
  • To benefit women entrepreneurs, the Public Procurement Policy was amended in 2018 mandating Central Ministries/Departments/ Undertakings to procure at least 3% of their annual procurement from women entrepreneurs.
  • To support Women Entrepreneurs under Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro & Small Enterprises, two provisions have been introduced for women entrepreneurs w.e.f. 01.12.2022. These are:
  • 10% concession in annual Guarantee fees; and
  • 10 % additional Guarantee coverage of up to 85%, as against the 75 % for other entrepreneurs.
  • To encourage entrepreneurship among women, Ministry of MSME implements ‘Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana’ under Coir Vikas Yojana, which is an exclusive training program aimed at skill development of women artisans engaged in the Coir sector.
  • The Ministry also implements Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), which is a major credit-linked subsidy programme aimed at generating self-employment opportunities through establishment of micro enterprises in the non-farm sector by helping traditional artisans and rural/urban unemployed youth. Out of the total PMEGP beneficiaries, 39% are women and they are provided higher subsidy (upto 35%) vis-a-vis non-special category (upto 25%).
  • Participation of women entrepreneurs in trade fairs under Procurement & Marketing Support Scheme is subsidized 100% vis-a-vis 80% for other entrepreneurs.
  •  “SAMARTH” initiative has been launched to support women-owned MSMEs with the objective of providing Skill Development and Market Development Assistance to women and to train more than 7,500 women candidates from rural and sub-urban areas in the FY 2022-23. Under SAMARTH, aspiring and existing women entrepreneurs have been provisioned with 20% Seats in free Skill Development Programs organized under Skill Development Schemes of the Ministry; 20% of MSME Business Delegations for domestic & international exhibitions under the schemes for Marketing Assistance implemented by Ministry; and 20% discount on annual processing fee on NSIC’s Commercial Schemes.
The State-wise details of women owned MSMEs registered under Udyam Portal since its inception till 17.03.2023 is given at Annexure-I.
The Government has taken a number of recent initiatives under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to support the MSME sector for all categories including women in the country especially COVID-19 Pandemic. Some of these include:
  • Rs. 5.00 lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for businesses, including MSMEs;
  • Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through Self Reliant India (SRI) Fund;
  • New revised criteria for classification of MSMEs;
  • No global tenders for procurement up to Rs. 200 crores;
  • “Udyam Registration” for MSMEs, for Ease of Doing Business;
  • Launching of an online Portal “Champions” in June, 2020 to cover many aspects of e- governance including redressing grievances and handholding of MSMEs;
  • Inclusion of retail and wholesale traders as MSMEs;
  • Non-tax benefits extended for 3 years in case of an upward change in status of MSMEs.
  • Launch of Udyam Assist Platform (UAP) on 11.01.2023 to bring Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs) under the formal ambit for availing the benefit under Priority Sector Lending (PSL).
 ANNEXURE-I


State-wise total Women owned MSME registered &
classified under Udyam since inception on 01.07.2020
till 17.03.2023

Sl. No.

State

Micro

Small

Medium

Total

1

ANDHRA PRADESH

1,12,410

2,382

113

1,14,905

2

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

2,166

39

4

2,209

3

ASSAM

58,065

621

26

58,712

4

BIHAR

1,02,895

1,278

47

1,04,220

5

CHHATTISGARH

29,947

750

32

30,729

6

GOA

6,467

103

8

6,578

7

GUJARAT

1,62,752

3,949

161

1,66,862

8

HARYANA

74,451

2,176

90

76,717

9

HIMACHAL PRADESH

14,592

299

12

14,903

10

JHARKHAND

51,223

495

17

51,735

11

KARNATAKA

1,75,808

3,515

164

1,79,487

12

KERALA

86,067

1,387

60

87,514

13

MADHYA PRADESH

91,824

2,026

78

93,928

14

MAHARASHTRA

5,60,948

6,451

359

5,67,758

15

MANIPUR

18,553

57

3

18,613

16

MEGHALAYA

2,914

57

6

2,977

17

MIZORAM

5,832

41

2

5,875

18

NAGALAND

4,216

23

1

4,240

19

ODISHA

62,976

1,086

37

64,099

20

PUNJAB

95,236

1,492

60

96,788

21

RAJASTHAN

1,38,022

3,290

135

1,41,447

22

SIKKIM

1,656

15

2

1,673

23

TAMIL NADU

3,83,436

5,807

275

3,89,518

24

TELANGANA

1,09,394

2,253

113

1,11,760

25

TRIPURA

4,503

70

3

4,576

26

UTTAR PRADESH

1,80,872

4,282

184

1,85,338

27

UTTARAKHAND

25,519

486

15

26,020

28

WEST BENGAL

76,642

2,146

89

78,877

29

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

2,144

26

2

2,172

30

CHANDIGARH

4,070

91

7

4,168

31

DELHI

63,238

2,158

133

65,529

32

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

39,175

313

11

39,499

33

LADAKH

901

6

907

34

LAKSHADWEEP

83

83

35

PUDUCHERRY

6,476

147

7

6,630

36

THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU

1,951

81

5

2,037

Total:

27,57,424

49,398

2,261

28,09,083

This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

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