Women Entrepreneurs in MSMEs

 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)

Category

Total

Employment

Investment
(Rs In Crore)

Turnover
(Rs In Crore)

Women MSME

        4,667,278

    28,407,069

126845.12

1714992.98

MSMEs

      22,819,417

151,668,034

      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)

Category

Total  (nos)

Employment (no.of persons)

Women IME

9,108,058

11,023,945

IMEs

12,920,177

15,561,967

%age

70.49%

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 Name

Total

Micro

Small

Medium

Employment

Investment
(Rs In Crore)

Turnover
(Rs In Crore)

1

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

2,947

2,918

26

3

9,480

101.2

662.67

2

ANDHRA PRADESH

217,359

213,987

3,228

144

1,803,672

7229.41

73435.96

3

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

3,625

3,567

54

4

28,718

271.78

1393.89

4

ASSAM

108,744

107,827

883

34

580,707

1986.66

21899.28

5

BIHAR

161,754

159,833

1,852

69

1,082,265

3671.12

47862.88

6

CHANDIGARH

6,565

6,423

130

12

49,671

208.07

3656.33

7

CHHATTISGARH

53,914

52,811

1,059

44

288,175

1470.62

24502.95

8

DELHI

97,603

94,241

3,157

205

646,799

3477.11

81793.89

9

GOA

11,273

11,114

149

10

50,776

407.3

3760.09

10

GUJARAT

252,551

246,403

5,871

277

1,217,957

8647.54

137919.81

11

HARYANA

129,601

126,400

3,063

138

705,746

4224.69

70724.48

12

HIMACHAL PRADESH

26,251

25,844

385

22

116,790

830.16

10634.43

13

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

80,077

79,638

427

12

409,397

1474.32

11366.56

14

JHARKHAND

82,439

81,759

657

23

679,533

1509.84

17832.42

15

KARNATAKA

288,510

283,507

4,756

247

2,174,825

9053.61

113609

16

KERALA

142,144

140,303

1,759

82

537,209

3289.73

41139.99

17

LADAKH

1,825

1,813

11

1

5,699

92.3

198.48

18

LAKSHADWEEP

112

112

-

-

440

1.76

9.89

19

MADHYA PRADESH

158,805

155,991

2,712

102

909,832

4172.37

58636.11

20

MAHARASHTRA

834,774

825,120

9,082

572

3,279,075

18338.39

251357.15

21

MANIPUR

26,250

26,174

69

7

174,618

727.54

3253.65

22

MEGHALAYA

6,473

6,391

72

10

26,971

249.28

2533.82

23

MIZORAM

10,726

10,663

59

4

53,291

496.55

1428.02

         

24

NAGALAND

8,024

7,992

29

3

46,698

215.08

813.23

25

ODISHA

106,656

105,041

1,556

59

852,236

3274.41

37897.04

26

PUDUCHERRY

10,199

10,009

173

17

66,493

402.28

4770.79

27

PUNJAB

179,533

177,253

2,191

89

677,559

3966.4

55357.98

28

RAJASTHAN

220,993

216,179

4,608

206

1,166,292

5788.93

111004.19

29

SIKKIM

3,068

3,041

25

2

13,059

115.56

565.27

30

TAMIL NADU

623,492

615,385

7,705

402

4,279,608

17206.32

191942.79

31

TELANGANA

231,685

228,450

3,056

179

2,130,624

8786.43

73600.24

 

 

32

THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU

3,025

2,904

116

5

29,555

155.23

2792.66

33

TRIPURA

14,675

14,551

114

10

127,684

281.13

3405.02

34

UTTARAKHAND

41,904

41,191

691

22

204,777

1176.21

15212.89

35

UTTAR PRADESH

350,542

343,917

6,320

305

2,170,076

8853.72

153964.46

36

WEST BENGAL

169,160

165,798

3,217

145

1,810,762

4692.07

84054.67

Total:-

4,667,278

4,594,550

69,262

3,466

28,407,069

126845.12

1714992.98

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 State

Women IMEs

Employment

1

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

 422

           496

2

ANDHRA PRADESH

             473,932

                622,389

3

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

                 3,993

                    4,726

4

ASSAM

               50,548

                  57,489

5

BIHAR

             870,347

                943,812

6

CHANDIGARH

                 1,843

                    1,934

7

CHHATTISGARH

             194,868

                208,396

8

DELHI

               56,334

                  81,766

9

GOA

                 6,229

                    7,784

10

GUJARAT

             302,580

                353,254

11

HARYANA

             102,780

                131,124

12

HIMACHAL PRADESH

                 3,649

                    4,240

13

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

                 4,090

                    4,828

14

JHARKHAND

             291,164

                322,437

15

KARNATAKA

             496,682

                541,306

16

KERALA

             249,937

                292,418

17

LADAKH

                    360

                       377

18

LAKSHADWEEP

                      25

                       139

19

MADHYA PRADESH

             749,190

                810,106

20

MAHARASHTRA

             764,092

                876,967

21

MANIPUR

               19,036

                  26,135

22

MEGHALAYA

                 2,772

                    3,253

23

MIZORAM

                 6,060

                    7,149

24

NAGALAND

               10,978

                  12,379

25

ODISHA

             374,612

                416,386

26

PUDUCHERRY

               13,381

                  16,979

27

PUNJAB

               88,287

                124,546

28

RAJASTHAN

             262,017

                334,349

29

SIKKIM

                    997

                    1,135

30

TAMIL NADU

             514,273

                720,833

31

TELANGANA

             341,427

                452,568

32

THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU

                 1,455

                    1,767

33

TRIPURA

             115,096

                130,198

34

UTTARAKHAND

               42,132

                  50,825

35

UTTAR PRADESH

             881,950

                989,544

36

WEST BENGAL

         1,810,520

            2,469,911

Total:-

         9,108,058

           11,023,945