The Ministry is implementing the scheme of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) for employment generation in the micro sector.  PMEGP, a credit linked subsidy scheme of Government of India, for setting up of new micro-enterprises to generate employment opportunities in the country through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), State Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB)  and District Industries Centre (DIC) in rural and urban areas.

The scheme was introduced in 2008-09 and up to January 2016, 3.50 lakh micro units have been set up by utilizing margin money amounting to ₹ 7004.40 crore.  The total loans disbursed would be around ₹ 28,000 crore (MM subsidy corresponds to average of 25% of the project cost).  29.82 lakh jobs have been created from these units.  During the current FY 2015-16, an allocation of ₹ 1265.68 crore is available, which will be utilized for setting up of about 60,000 micro units providing employment to about 4.5 lakh persons. Upto 31.01.2016, ₹ 657.84 crore margin money has been utilized for setting up of 29,174 projects and providing employment to 2.11 lakh persons.

State-wise targets fixed and achievement thereon under PMEGP scheme for employment generation in KVI sector from 2013-14 and 2014-15 is given below:

State/UT-wise details of Target and Achievement in respect of

Employment Generation under PMEGP for the years 2013-14 & 2014-15

Sl. No.	State/UT	2013-14		2014-15
		Target	Achievement	Target	Achievement
1	Jammu & Kashmir	20920	12301	20648	11025
2	Himachal Pradesh	11848	5188	11664	6352
3	Punjab	18816	7629	18692	6438
4	Chandigarh (UT)	1664	385	1592	160
5	Haryana	19640	5866	19408	7024
6	Delhi	7944	1136	7880	1584
7	Rajasthan	35936	13471	35160	15002
8	Uttarakhand	13096	7335	12864	7889
9	Uttar Pradesh	85096	44044	82784	48604
10	Chhattisgarh	22112	6106	21488	5821
11	Madhya Pradesh	54672	19442	53472	21896
12	Sikkim	3984	255	3800	54
13	Arunachal Pradesh	13872	6570	13616	2871
14	Nagaland	11360	4373	10768	2407
15	Manipur	9984	5277	9328	829
16	Mizoram	7744	5050	7432	6736
17	Tripura	6440	9074	5680	6333
18	Meghalaya	8280	1386	7656	3680
19	Assam	36456	29332	32984	15535
20	Bihar	51040	20013	49352	9240
21	West Bengal	26368	24189	25392	24646
22	Jharkhand	29096	13062	28288	8495
23	Odisha	36088	16653	35096	10211
24	A & N Islands	3752	654	3640	790
25	Gujarat (*)	29072	14777	28520	18107
26	Maharashtra(**)	41248	20183	40216	28311
27	Goa	2824	412	2728	406
28	Andhra Pradesh	29104	18200	16192	12220
29	Telangana	0	0	12040	6604
30	Karnataka	30512	25752	29984	21825
31	Lakshadweep	3584	8	3360	93
32	Kerala	14912	11507	14608	9738
33	Tamil Nadu	33096	29107	32480	36190
34	Puducherry	4816	170	4680	386
	GRAND TOTAL	725376	378907	703492	357502
* including Daman&diu       ** including Dadra & N. Haveli

In addition to PMEGP, Ministry is implementing a large number of schemes which generate direct and indirect employment.  The Ministry through KVIC and Coir Board is generating employment by implementing the schemes of Market Development Assistance (MDA), Interest Subsidy Eligibility Certificate (ISEC) scheme, Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), Coir Udyami Yojana, Development of Production Infrastructure, Skill Upgradation Programmes, Mahila Coir Yojana, establishment of Livelihood Incubation Centres, etc. throughout the country.

Ministry through National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) offers industry oriented, demand driven skill development training programmes through its Technical Centres and facilitates the trainees in employment through placement cells located at its Centres.  Entrepreneurship development training programme are also conducted at NSIC Incubation centres to create self-employment opportunities for the unemployed people.

Total number of Trainees passed from National Small Industries Corporation is as under:

Year	Trainees passed (Nos.)
2013-14	19353
2014-15	21860

26 Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) clusters under Khadi, Village Industries & Coir categories have been granted final approval with a total project cost of ₹ 72 crore benefiting around 25000 artisans. Assistance under SFURTI would be ₹ 54.22 crore.  During the year 2015-16 (upto 31.01.2016) funds of ₹ 20.75 crore has been released.

Employment targets fixed and achievement (cumulative) of Coir Board are as under:

Year	Target (in lakhs)	Achievement (in lakhs)
2013-14	7.50	7.14
2014-15	7.50	7.18

No State-wise targets are fixed under Coir Board.

Under the Assistance to Training Institutions Scheme, targets are annually fixed for conducting training programmes for Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development Programmes (ESDPs)/Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs). The ESPDs/EDPs are aimed at generation of Wage-employment and Self-employment. However, no targets are fixed for generation of employment under the Scheme. During the period FY: 2014-15 and FY: 2015-16 (as on 31.01.2016), 23057 number of trainees were able to get Wage-Employment and 12454 number of trainees were able to get Self-Employment.

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.

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme expands credit linked subsidy to foster micro enterprise creation and job generation nationwide. The Ministry implements the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a credit-linked subsidy scheme delivered via KVIC, KVIB and DIC to establish new micro enterprises in rural and urban areas, with state wise targets, marginsubidy channelled through banks and reported cumulative units, loans disbursed, subsidy utilisation and jobs created; complementary cluster and skill programmes (including SFURTI, Coir Board schemes and NSIC training) support additional employment and entrepreneurship outcomes.