Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme

The Ministry is implementing schemes for imparting training and to promote women entrepreneurship by setting up micro, small and medium enterprises in the rural and urban areas of the country through Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and Coir Board.

KVIC conducts skill development and Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP), to encourage participation of women, KVIC offers free training to women under skill development programme.

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a major credit-linked subsidy scheme since 2008-09, to promote and set up micro, small and medium enterprises and to generate employment in rural and urban areas of the country. The maximum cost of the project under PMEGP scheme is Rs.25.00 lakhs for manufacturing sector units and Rs.10.00 lakhs for units under service sector. Under the scheme the women entrepreneurs are provided 25% and 35% subsidies for the project set up in urban and rural areas respectively. For women beneficiaries, own contribution is only 5% of the project cost while for general category it is 10%.  All the entrepreneurs including women are eligible for 2 weeks Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) after the sanction of their projects from banks for financial assistance to setup their unit and also imparting training under EDP. The State-wise funds allocated for the year 2015-16 including women is:

KVIC – Margin Money allocation under PMEGP scheme for current year 2015-16

Sl.No.	State/UT	2015-16
1	Jammu & Kashmir	3506.80
2	Himachal Pradesh	1912.87
3	Punjab	3506.80
4	Chandigarh	100.00
5	Uttarakhand	2072.20
6	Haryana	3347.40
7	Delhi	1753.40
8	Rajasthan	5260.43
9	Uttar Pradesh	11955.00
10	Bihar	6057.20
11	Sikkim	454.77
12	Arunachal Pradesh	1932.77
13	Nagaland	1250.62
14	Manipur	1023.23
15	Mizoram	909.60
16	Tripura	909.54
17	Meghalaya	1250.62
18	Assam	3069.87
19	West Bengal	3188.00
20	Jharkhand	3825.60
21	Odisha	4782.00
22	Chhattisgarh	4303.80
23	Madhya Pradesh	8129.40
24	Gujarat*	5260.20
25	Maharashtra**	5738.40
26	Andhra Pradesh	2072.28
27	Telangana	1594.00
28	Karnataka	4782.00
29	Goa	318.80
30	Lakshadweep	100.00
31	Kerala	2231.60
32	Tamil Nadu	5100.80
33	Puducherry	100.00
34	A&N Islands	100.00
	TOTAL	101900.00

                         *incl. Daman & Diu

                         **incl. Dagra& Nagar Haveli

Under the Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY), Coir Board is organizing programmes like Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP), Awareness Programme, Workshop, Seminar, Exposure Tour, etc. for attracting more women entrepreneurs to set up coir industrial units.

Coir Board is conducting training programmes under ‘Mahila Coir Yojana’ exclusively for rural women. Under this, training in spinning of coir yarn/various coir processing activities  is imparted to rural women in regions producing coir fibre in the country. The scheme envisages distribution of motorized ratts/motorized traditional ratts and other coir processing equipments at 75 % subsidy subject to a maximum of Rs. 7500/- which can be operated by women after completion of a two months’ training programme. During the training period, the women artisans are given stipend amounting Rs. 1000/- per month.  The State-wise funds allocated under MCY and EDP for the year 2015-16 including women is:

Coir Board – State-wise Financial Allocation under Mahila Coir Yojana and Entrepreneurship Development Programme for the year 2015-16

Sl.No.	State/UT	Training MCY	EDP
1	NE States	17.5	2.4
2	West Bengal	8.75	2.4
3	Odisha	21	3
4	Gujarat	1.75	0.6
5	Maharashtra	7	1.2
6	AP &Telangana	21	3
7	Karnataka	15.75	2.4
8	Goa	1.75	0.6
9	Lakshadweep	8.75	0.6
10	Kerala	36.75	3.6
11	Tamil Nadu	22.75	2.4
12	Puducherry	3.5	1.2
13	A&N Islands	8.75	0.6
	TOTAL	175.00	24.00

This information was given by the Minister of State, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Giriraj Singh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in