A capital investment of over Rs 23,949 crore has been made in more than 2.93 lakh micro, small and medium industries in the State under the Industry based Memorandum during the last two years. Employment to 9.06 lakh unemployed persons has been provided in these industries also.
Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Independent Charge) Sanjay-Satyendra Pathak has informed that a capital investment of 14,401.67 crore has been made in 2.06 lakh industries during 2017-18. Employment to 5.96 lakh persons has been provided in these industries. A total of 1.97 lakh micro, 8019 small and 270 medium scale industries were established in this period.
Besides, Pathak mentioned that in the previous fiscal year, a capital investment of Rs 9,547.32 crore was made and employment to 3.63 lakh persons was provided.
During this tenure, 80,688 micro, 6140 small and 243 medium scale industries were established in the state.
MoS Pathak further added that owing to the new system of UAM registration being implemented in the state after the notification of the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on September 18, 2015, registration are made by entrepreneurs from its place only.
Total 2.93 lakh persons have set up micro, small and medium scale industries in the State through online registration.