ANNUAL REPORT - Dc Msme

Annual Report
2010-11
Chapter -V KVIC
5.9 MAJOR SCHEMES BEING
IMPLEMENTED BY KVIC
5.9.1 Prime Minister’s Employment
Generation Programme (PMEGP):
The Ministry was implementing two
employment generation credit linked
schemes namely, Prime Minister’s
Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural
Employment Generation Programme
(REGP) since October, 1993 and April,
1995 respectively. By the end of
March 2008, the Ministry was able to
generate an estimated 46.62 lakh and
49.44 lakh additional employment
116
opportunities under PMRY and REGP
respectively.
Keeping in view the varying
parameters and entitlements,
targeting almost the same set of
beneficiaries in rural areas, better
recovery rates under REGP as
compared to PMRY and the existence
of employment generation schemes
being implemented by a number
of States with more attractive
benefits/ assistance/ interventions
like Bangla Swanirbhar Karma
Sansthan Prakalpa (West Bengal);
Shri Dinsha Patel, the then Union MOS (I/C) for MSME addressing the
Workshop on PMEGP
MSME