Self Employment Under Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

The Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was discontinued in 2007-08 and in 2008-09 a new scheme namely Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) has been introduced by merging the two schemes i.e. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP). Number of youth provided self employment under PMEGP during the last two years and current year, State-wise is given is:

Sr. No.	State/UT	Estimated employment generated under PMEGP (No. of persons)
		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16#
1	Jammu& Kashmir	11818	11025	4294
2	Himachal Pradesh	5307	6352	652
3	Punjab	7536	6438	2655
4	UT Chandigarh	385	160	133
5	Uttarakhand	7335	7889	1687
6	Haryana	6352	7024	3920
7	Delhi	1136	1584	821
8	Rajasthan	13280	15002	4578
9	Uttar Pradesh	43449	48604	18163
10	Bihar	20043	9240	9992
11	Sikkim	255	54	11
12	Arunachal Pradesh	6570	2871	93
13	Nagaland	4365	2407	579
14	Manipur	5277	829	772
15	Mizoram	5050	6736	1552
16	Tripura	9175	6333	2997
17	Meghalaya	1037	3680	1776
18	Assam	24555	15535	9018
19	West Bengal	24189	24646	11623
20	Jharkhand	13060	8495	9536
21	Odisha	20482	10211	8240
22	Chhattisgarh	4435	5821	4178
23	Madhya Pradesh	19449	21896	4066
24	Gujarat*	13420	18107	5993
25	Maharashtra **	14869	28311	9927
26	Andhra Pradesh	18170	12220	4191
27	Telangana	--	6604	4742
28	Karnataka	25261	21825	8033
29	Goa	214	406	0
30	Lakshadweep	0	93	0
31	Kerala	11507	9738	4839
32	Tamilnadu	29496	36190	7315
33	Puducherry	181	386	124
34	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	887	790	157
	Total	368545	357502	146657

       #  Upto  30^th October 2015

         * including Daman & Diu                                                                     

         ** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Any individual above 18 years of age is eligible to apply under PMEGP. For setting up of projects costing above Rs.10 lakh in the manufacturing sector and above Rs. 5 lakh in the business /service sector, the beneficiaries should possess at least VIII standard pass educational qualification. General category beneficiaries can avail of margin money subsidy of 25 % of the project cost in rural areas and 15% in urban areas, personal contribution is 10% in rural areas and 5% in urban areas. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as scheduled caste/scheduled tribe/OBC/minorities/women, ex-serviceman, physically handicapped, North Eastern Region (NER), Hill and Border areas etc. the margin money subsidy is 35% in rural areas and 25% in urban areas, personal contribution is 5%.  Assistance under the Scheme is available only for new projects.

The maximum cost of projects is Rs. 25 lakh in the manufacturing sector and Rs. 10 lakh in the service sector.  Any activity, barring a few indicated in the negative list of PMEGP guidelines can be taken up under PMEGP.

Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) is the nodal agency at national level. In States, State Directorates of KVIC, Khadi and Village Industry Boards (KVIBs) and District Industries Centres(DICs) implement the Scheme. In urban areas, only the DICs are the nodal agencies.

Project proposals are invited from potential beneficiaries at district level through press, advertisement, radio, other-multi-media and Panchayati Raj Institutions. Beneficiaries can also apply on-line. District Level Task Force Committees (DLTFCs) headed by the District Collectors/Magistrates scrutinize the applications and recommend the same to the Banks, which take their own credit decision on the basis of viability of each project and sanction the loans. Number of applications recommended by the DLTFCs to the Banks during the last two years and current year is given is:

Sr. No.	State/UT	Number of applications recommended and forwarded to Banks by DLTFC
		2013-14	2014-15	2015-16#
1	Jammu& Kashmir	4752	4282	143
2	Himachal Pradesh	2309	1344	1029
3	Punjab	3660	4206	1835
4	UT Chandigarh	205	184	105
5	Uttarakhand	2809	2403	1040
6	Haryana	3938	3900	651
7	Delhi	1026	1370	532
8	Rajasthan	6998	7150	2290
9	Uttar Pradesh	13002	20022	9305
10	Bihar	11892	11680	674
11	Sikkim	92	89	105
12	Arunachal Pradesh	1601	1364	0
13	Nagaland	693	1514	0
14	Manipur	1714	2392	2949
15	Mizoram	1309	1615	700
16	Tripura	4274	4549	3202
17	Meghalaya	1046	1190	360
18	Assam	16020	17899	4956
19	West Bengal	16942	13009	6924
20	Jharkhand	8437	8771	3814
21	Odisha	10621	11754	4810
22	Chhattisgarh	4329	4944	133
23	Madhya Pradesh	6941	5904	2441
24	Gujarat*	3355	4121	2402
25	Maharashtra **	9054	13694	155
26	Andhra Pradesh	7590	4831	0
27	Telangana	0	3432	0
28	Karnataka	8746	12257	0
29	Goa	163	130	0
30	Lakshadweep	0	46	0
31	Kerala	5056	2933	1880
32	Tamilnadu	6913	8459	4882
33	Puducherry	162	227	191
34	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	331	165	0
	Total	165980	181830	57508

       #  Upto 30^th October 2015

         * including Daman & Diu                                                                     

         ** including Dadra & Nagar Haveli

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 Rajya Sabha here today.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in