Parliament Question: Udyam Sakhi Portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2026 UDYAM SAKHI PORTAL

3217. SHRI AJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched the Udyam Sakhi Portal to promote self-reliance among women in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether any budgetary allocation has been made for the said Portal and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the total number of beneficiaries who have availed benefits through the said Portal, year- wise and State-wise;

(d) whether the Government has launched any scheme for the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs and women-led startups and if so, the details thereof along with the number of women beneficiaries under the said scheme, State-wise; and

(e) the details of the funds allocated and utilised under the said project till date across the country including in Uttarakhand? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a), (b), (c) & (e): The Udyam Sakhi Portal was conceptualized and launched in 2018 to promote women entrepreneurship by providing a digital platform offering information on Government schemes, policies, programmes, business planning, financial assistance, mentoring, training, exhibitions and other support services to enable women to establish and expand their enterprises. An expenditure of ₹43.52 lakh was incurred towards the development of the Portal in 2018. Thereafter, no separate budgetary allocation or project-wise fund allocation/utilisation has been made for the Udyam Sakhi Portal. A total of 4580 women entrepreneurs had registered on the Portal, and the State-wise details of beneficiaries, including Uttarakhand are placed at Annexure-I.

Subsequently, in view of the Government's efforts to mainstream support for women entrepreneurs through a unified digital ecosystem comprising the Udyam Registration Portal (URP), Udyam Assist Platform (UAP) and the Ministry's Yashasvini Initiative, the objectives of the Udyam Sakhi Portal have been subsumed under these platforms. Accordingly, the Udyam Sakhi Portal has been discontinued and a communication in this regard has been issued vide OM dated 01.01.2026.

Women entrepreneurs registered on the Udyam Sakhi Portal have been onboarded to the Udyam Registration Portal/Udyam Assist Platform.

(d): Ministry of MSME has launched several schemes for the economic empowerment of MSMEs (including women owned MSMEs) such as Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE), IC Scheme, Coir Vikas Yojana, SFURTI, ESDP and other interventions. The State-wise details of registered beneficiaries under the said scheme are placed as Annexure-II.

******Annexure-I Annexure in reply to part (a), (b), (c) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3217, due for answer on 6th August, 2026, regarding the number of women who have been registered and benefitted through the Udyam Sakhi Portal, State-wise, including the State of Madhya Pradesh.

Sl. No. State/UT No. of Beneficiaries

1. Andaman and Nicobar 3

2. Andhra Pradesh 427

3. Arunachal Pradesh 0

4. Assam 22

5. Bihar 1,023

6. Chhattisgarh 51

7. Goa 2

8. Gujarat 77

9. Haryana 96

10. Himachal Pradesh 6

11. Jharkhand 34

12. Karnataka 125

13. Kerala 41

14. Madhya Pradesh 81

15. Maharashtra 580

16. Manipur 0

17. Meghalaya 0

18. Mizoram 2

19. Nagaland 40

20. Odisha 17

21. Punjab 54

22. Rajasthan 252

23. Sikkim 0

24. Tamil Nadu 553

25. Telangana 58

26. Tripura 1

27. Uttar Pradesh 380

28. Uttarakhand 26

29. West Bengal 72

30. Jammu & Kashmir 18

31. Delhi 539 Total All States/UTs 4580Annexure –II CGS-Guarantees approved- Women-led MSEs Since inception in 2000 till 31.07.2026 Sr. No. of guarantees Amount approved States / UTs No. appproved (in Rs. crore) 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1,207 133 2 Andhra Pradesh 4,66,036 12,296 3 Arunachal Pradesh 5,182 556 4 Assam 76,896 4,328 5 Bihar 1,54,633 9,387 6 Chandigarh 7,305 571 7 Chhattisgarh 52,470 3,818 8 Delhi 40,572 7,346 9 Goa 10,728 918 10 Gujarat 1,01,298 17,016 11 Haryana 63,282 7,889 12 Himachal Pradesh 37,217 2,670 13 Jammu and Kashmir 1,37,676 3,889 14 Jharkhand 60,546 4,487 15 Karnataka 2,40,755 19,057 16 Kerala 1,73,061 6,726 17 Ladakh 569 53 18 Lakshadweep 126 4 19 Madhya Pradesh 1,43,492 11,669 20 Maharashtra 1,94,830 28,238 21 Manipur 9,042 381 22 Meghalaya 7,960 551 23 Mizoram 6,717 391 24 Nagaland 7,398 382 25 Odisha 1,08,907 9,183 26 Puducherry 6,907 450 27 Punjab 97,142 7,451 28 Rajasthan 1,04,046 10,232 29 Sikkim 3,311 198 30 Tamil Nadu 2,97,764 21,195 31 Telangana 89,875 10,188 The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman 32 and Diu 1,164 291 33 Tripura 11,569 537 34 Uttar Pradesh 4,05,280 24,582 35 Uttarakhand 30,861 2,726 36 West Bengal 1,49,989 12,395 TOTAL 33,05,813 2,42,182Number of Women owned Micro enterprises assisted under PMEGP during FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26:

All India Uttarakhand Number of Margin Money Number of Micro Margin Money Micro (MM) Subsidy FY enterprises (MM) Subsidy enterprises Disbursed (Rs.

Assisted Disbursed (Rs. Cr.) Assisted Cr.) 2021-22 39158 1244.52 489 11.84 2022-23 32626 1175.64 484 14.48 2023-24 36806 1413.99 377 14.75 2024-25 23434 972.42 213 7.10 2025-26 28180 1120.02 158 6.76 IC Scheme Rs. In Crore Financial Total Number and Revised Budgeted Actual Year Beneficiaries percentage of Expenditure of the Expenditure of Women Scheme in that FY the Scheme in Beneficiaries that FY 2021-22 58 2 / 3.5% 3.26 3.24 2022-23 205 37 / 18% 11.30 11.28 2023-24 468 95 / 20% 19.31 19.20 2024-25 528 52 / 10% 20.69 20.03 2025-26 353 42 / 12% 19.07 14.62Coir Board Ministry of MSME The Total No. of beneficiaries under the Scheme Coir Vikas Yojana during the last five years

are furnished below:

Financial Activity Total Number and Actual Expenditure Year No. of percentage of Expenditure of Spent for Beneficiaries Women the Scheme in Women Beneficiaries that FY Entrepreneurs (Rs in lakhs) (Rs in lakhs) Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana (No. 7145 7027- 98.35% 572.37 562.93 of person trained) No. of Entrepreneurs 2020-21 assisted under EMDA/IC 81 6- 7.40% 168.98 18.30 Scheme No. of beneficiaries under 0 0 0 0 HRD training Skill Upgradation & 4570- Mahila Coir Yojana (No. 4755 422.28 405.85

96.11% of person trained) No. of Entrepreneurs 2021-22 assisted under EMDA/IC 0 0 0 0 Scheme No. of beneficiaries under 503- 538 5.44 5.09 HRD training 93.5% Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana (No. 2794 2713 -77.77% 253.40 197.06 of person trained) 2022-23 No. of Entrepreneurs assisted under EMDA/IC 50 4 -8% 106.80 10.38 Scheme No. of beneficiaries under 500 475-95% 5.00 4.75 HRD training Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana (No. 4193 4055-96.71% 366.47 354.41 of person trained) No. of Entrepreneurs 2023-24 assisted under EMDA/IC 64 3- 4.68% 270.94 18.48 Scheme No. of beneficiaries under 500 461- 92.2% 4.82 4.44 HRD training Skill Upgradation & Mahila Coir Yojana (No. 2121 2061- 97.17% 198.98 193.27 of person trained) No. of Entrepreneurs 2024-25 assisted under EMDA/IC 122 6- 4.91% 505.00 28.88 Scheme No. of beneficiaries under 487 461- 94.66% 4.92 4.66 HRD trainingSubmission of Data on Women Entrepreneurs Benefited under SFURTI Scheme Year Wise Actual ##Expenditure Number and % Expenditure Spent for Financial percentage of of the Women Year Women Scheme in Entrepreneurs Total Beneficiaries that FY Beneficiaries (In Cr) 2019-2020 85029 45666 54 181.81 N/A 2020-2021 62754 32581 52 349.10 N/A 2021-2022 61824 33610 54 372.37 N/A 2022-2023 8875 4979 56 1.95 N/A

Note : SFURTI was in continuation till 30.09.2022 only ## Under SFURTI, funds are released for construction CFC, procurement of plant & machinery etc. and not to individual beneficiaries Submission of Data on Women Entrepreneurs benefited under ASPIRE Scheme in Last 5 Years reg.

Financial Total Number and Year Actual ##Expenditure Year Beneficiaries percentage of Wise % Expenditure Spent for Women of the Women Beneficiaries Scheme in Entrepreneurs that FY (In Cr) 2020-2021 6598 * - 13.26 N/A 2021-2022 10569 * - 8.64 N/A 2022-2023 19810 8865 44.75 4.00 N/A 2023-2024 20354 10982 53.95 2.84 N/A 2024-2025 10950 5245 47.89 7.55 N/A 2025-2026 6361 3306 51.97 3.75 N/A (till date) *Note:Gender aggregated data collection initiated in April 2022 ## Under ASPIRE, funds are released to establish Livelihood Business Incubators and not to individual beneficiariesSubmission of Data on Women Entrepreneurs Benefited under ESDP (Last 5 Years) Financial Year Total Number and Actual Expenditure Beneficiaries percentage of Expenditure of Spent for Women Women the Scheme in Entrepreneurs Beneficiaries that FY 2021-22 25453 42.63% NA NA 2022-23 121058 55.36% NA NA 2023-24 201706 58.12% NA NA 2024-25 304120 53.39% NA NA 2025-26 (Till 391518 50.55% NA NA

12.02.2026) Total 1043855 51.76% NA NA