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On: 05 FEB 2024 – As per the Udyam Registration Portal (URP) of the Ministry of MSME, women-owned MSMEs constitute 20.5% of the total number of MSMEs registered on the Portal since its inception in 1st July 2020.  These women-owned MSMEs’ contribution to the employment generated by the total Udyam registered units is 18.73%, involving 11.15% of the total investment. The contribution of the women-owned MSMEs to the total turnover of Udyam registered MSMEs is 10.22%.  As per the data on Udyam Assist Platform (UAP) which registers Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs), the contribution of women-owned IMEs to the total number IMEs (since inception of Udyam Assist portal on 11.01.2023) is 70.49%, and their contribution to employment is 70.84%.

The details of the total number of women-owned MSMEs and their contribution to employment, investment and turnover as available on the URP and UAP is provided in Annexure–I. State-wise details of the same are provided in Annexure-II.

The Ministry of MSME has taken a number of steps to support women-owned MSMEs :

  1. Special drives for registration of women owned MSMEs under Udyam Registration Portal.
  2. 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-owned micro and small enterprises.
  3. 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:
  1. 10% concession in annual Guarantee fees; and
  2. 10 % additional Guarantee coverage of up to 85%, as against the 75% for other entrepreneurs.
  1. 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.
  2. 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. For beneficiaries belonging to special categories such as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/OBC /minorities/women/ ex-serviceman/ physically handicapped/ NER/ Hill and Border areas, etc., higher subsidy is given. 
  3. To encourage participation of women entrepreneurs in trade fairs under Procurement & Marketing Support Scheme, higher subsidy is provided for women owned MSMEs.
  4. “SAMARTH” initiative was 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. 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 National Small Industries Corporation’s Scheme.
  5. MSME Sustainable Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Certification Scheme is an initiative to provide a roadmap to global competitiveness for Indian MSMEs having economic and social impacts in terms of capacity building of MSMEs. The aim of the scheme is that the goods being manufactured by the MSME sector have zero recall from market at the same time has zero effect on environment. Under this scheme to support and empower women entrepreneurs, there is a provision of 100% subsidy on cost of ZED Certification for Women owned MSMEs.
  6. Under incubation component of MSME Innovative Scheme, a special MSME Idea Hackathon 3.0 was organised for Women entrepreneurs wherein 18,888 ideas have been received.

The Ministry of MSME implements the following capacity building programmes for capacity building and skill enhancement for MSMEs, including women entrepreneurs in MSMEs such as:

  • Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (ESDP): The objective of ESDP is to promote new enterprises, to build capacity of existing MSMEs and to inculcate entrepreneurial culture in the country. About 40% of the targeted beneficiaries of ESDPs are mandated to be from weaker sections of the Society (SC/ST/Women/Physical Handicapped). No participation fee will be charged from SC, ST, Physical Handicapped, Below Poverty Line (BPL) participants and Women.
  • Mahila Coir Yojana(MCY) aims at empowerment of women artisans in the coir sector by providing a stipendiary two-month training programme. The women artisans are encouraged to avail assistance under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).                                                       

Annexure – I

Contribution of Women-owned MSMEs to total MSMEs registered on Udyam Registration portal since Inception of the portal(1st July 2020 to 31st Jan 2024)

CategoryTotalEmploymentInvestment
(Rs In Crore)		Turnover
(Rs In Crore)
Women MSME        4,667,278    28,407,069126845.121714992.98
MSMEs      22,819,417151,668,034      1,137,237    16,784,358
%age of Women owned MSMEs 20.5 %18.73%11.15%10.22%

Contribution of Women-owned Informal Micro Enterprises (IMEs) to total IMEs registered on Udyam Assist Platform since Inception of the portal (11.01.2023 to 31.01.2024)

CategoryTotal  (nos)Employment (no.of persons)
Women IME9,108,05811,023,945
IMEs12,920,17715,561,967
%age70.49%70.84%

Annexure-II

State wise Total Women Owned MSMEs Registered & Classified and their Employment , Investment & Turnover Under Udyam Since Inception Till Date
Sl. No.State NameTotalMicroSmallMediumEmploymentInvestment
(Rs In Crore)		Turnover
(Rs In Crore)
1ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS2,9472,9182639,480101.2662.67
2ANDHRA PRADESH217,359213,9873,2281441,803,6727229.4173435.96
3ARUNACHAL PRADESH3,6253,56754428,718271.781393.89
4ASSAM108,744107,82788334580,7071986.6621899.28
5BIHAR161,754159,8331,852691,082,2653671.1247862.88
6CHANDIGARH6,5656,4231301249,671208.073656.33
7CHHATTISGARH53,91452,8111,05944288,1751470.6224502.95
8DELHI97,60394,2413,157205646,7993477.1181793.89
9GOA11,27311,1141491050,776407.33760.09
10GUJARAT252,551246,4035,8712771,217,9578647.54137919.81
11HARYANA129,601126,4003,063138705,7464224.6970724.48
12HIMACHAL PRADESH26,25125,84438522116,790830.1610634.43
13JAMMU AND KASHMIR80,07779,63842712409,3971474.3211366.56
14JHARKHAND82,43981,75965723679,5331509.8417832.42
15KARNATAKA288,510283,5074,7562472,174,8259053.61113609
16KERALA142,144140,3031,75982537,2093289.7341139.99
17LADAKH1,8251,8131115,69992.3198.48
18LAKSHADWEEP112112––4401.769.89
19MADHYA PRADESH158,805155,9912,712102909,8324172.3758636.11
20MAHARASHTRA834,774825,1209,0825723,279,07518338.39251357.15
21MANIPUR26,25026,174697174,618727.543253.65
22MEGHALAYA6,4736,391721026,971249.282533.82
23MIZORAM10,72610,66359453,291496.551428.02
         
24NAGALAND8,0247,99229346,698215.08813.23
25ODISHA106,656105,0411,55659852,2363274.4137897.04
26PUDUCHERRY10,19910,0091731766,493402.284770.79
27PUNJAB179,533177,2532,19189677,5593966.455357.98
28RAJASTHAN220,993216,1794,6082061,166,2925788.93111004.19
29SIKKIM3,0683,04125213,059115.56565.27
30TAMIL NADU623,492615,3857,7054024,279,60817206.32191942.79
31TELANGANA231,685228,4503,0561792,130,6248786.4373600.24
32THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU3,0252,904116529,555155.232792.66
33TRIPURA14,67514,55111410127,684281.133405.02
34UTTARAKHAND41,90441,19169122204,7771176.2115212.89
35UTTAR PRADESH350,542343,9176,3203052,170,0768853.72153964.46
36WEST BENGAL169,160165,7983,2171451,810,7624692.0784054.67
Total:-4,667,2784,594,55069,2623,46628,407,069126845.121714992.98
Report Dated:- 31/01/2024 03:20 PM
State wise Women IMEs and employment data for the women IMEs as on 31.01.2024
S. No.Name of the StateWomen IMEsEmployment
1ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 422           496
2ANDHRA PRADESH             473,932                622,389
3ARUNACHAL PRADESH                 3,993                    4,726
4ASSAM               50,548                  57,489
5BIHAR             870,347                943,812
6CHANDIGARH                 1,843                    1,934
7CHHATTISGARH             194,868                208,396
8DELHI               56,334                  81,766
9GOA                 6,229                    7,784
10GUJARAT             302,580                353,254
11HARYANA             102,780                131,124
12HIMACHAL PRADESH                 3,649                    4,240
13JAMMU AND KASHMIR                 4,090                    4,828
14JHARKHAND             291,164                322,437
15KARNATAKA             496,682                541,306
16KERALA             249,937                292,418
17LADAKH                    360                       377
18LAKSHADWEEP                      25                       139
19MADHYA PRADESH             749,190                810,106
20MAHARASHTRA             764,092                876,967
21MANIPUR               19,036                  26,135
22MEGHALAYA                 2,772                    3,253
23MIZORAM                 6,060                    7,149
24NAGALAND               10,978                  12,379
25ODISHA             374,612                416,386
26PUDUCHERRY               13,381                  16,979
27PUNJAB               88,287                124,546
28RAJASTHAN             262,017                334,349
29SIKKIM                    997                    1,135
30TAMIL NADU             514,273                720,833
31TELANGANA             341,427                452,568
32THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU                 1,455                    1,767
33TRIPURA             115,096                130,198
34UTTARAKHAND               42,132                  50,825
35UTTAR PRADESH             881,950                989,544
36WEST BENGAL         1,810,520            2,469,911
Total:-         9,108,058           11,023,945

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 Rajya Sabha.

Procurement of goods from women entrepreneurs

In accordance with the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order, 2012, an annual procurement of 25% has to be made by Central Ministries/ Government Departments/ Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) from MSEs, including a procurement of 4% from MSEs owned by Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes entrepreneurs and 3% from MSEs owned by Women entrepreneurs. In the F.Y. 2022-23, the procurement from MSEs was 37.14%. The details of annual procurement of goods and services from MSEs during the last five years and the current year are given below:

Financial YearTotal Procurement(Rs. in Crores)Total Procurement from MSEs(Rs.in Crores)Procurement from MSEs owned by SC/ST Entrepreneurs(Rs.in Crores)Procurement MSEs owned by Women Entrepreneurs(Rs.in Crores)
2018-19(166 CPSEs)1,53,484.5140,399.70824.71232.56
2019-20(152 CPSEs)1,31,460.6839,037.13691.43393.51
2020-21(161 CPSEs)1,39,419.8140,717.67768.53749.2
2021-22(162 CPSEs)1,65,383.0453,778.581,302.501,713.27
2022-23(165 CPSEs & 02 Deptt.)1,74,252.3964,724.981,545.302,315.61
2023-24(117 CPSEs & 01 Deptt.)(upto 30th January, 2024)1,33,553.2644,591.93852.671,439.37
  • Source: MSME SAMBANDH Portal (as on 30.01.2024)

(d):      The details of the total number of MSEs benefitted from Financial Year 2018-19 till 2023-24 are given as under:

Financial YearTotal Benefited MSEs
2018-191,29,562
2019-201,61,436
2020-211,82,734
2021-222,38,432
2022-232,52,981
2023-24(upto 30th January, 2024)1,74,639
  • Source: MSME SAMBANDH Portal (as on 30.01.2024)

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 Rajya Sabha.

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