DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE, AHMEDNAGAR

CHIEF MINISTER EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGAMME

          Referrence :- GOM, Industries, Energy & Labour Department G.R.  Yojia- 2019/ /

                               /No.121 /Industry-7, Dated 1^st August 2019

1)    Scheme: -

Government of Maharashtra has approved the introduction of a new credit linked subsidy programme called Chief Minister Employment Generation Programme (CMEGP) for generation of employment opportunities through establishment of Micro & Small Enterprises (project cost limited to Rs. 50 lacs) in rural as well as urban areas in the state.

2)    The Scheme Implementation:-

The Scheme will be implemented and monitored by Directorate of Industries (DOI), under the administrative control of Industries Department, Government of Maharashtra. The Scheme will be implemented through District Industries Centers (DICs), Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIB) under the control of Directorate of Industries and also by banks. The subsidy under the scheme will be routed through DOI to the identified banks for eventual distribution to the beneficiaries/entrepreneurs in their bank accounts after the stipulated period.

3)     Vision:-

i.                    To generate employment opportunities in rural as well as urban areas of the state through setting up of new self-employment ventures /projects /micro enterprises /small enterprises (project cost limited to Rs.50 lakhs).

ii.                  To bring together widely dispersed traditional artisans/ rural and urban unemployed youth/ innovative/inventive/ pioneering ideas-ventures and give them self-employment opportunities to the extent possible, at their place of stay.

iii.                To provide continuous and sustainable employment to a large segment of prospective traditional artisans, start-ups, innovative/inventive/ pioneering ideas-ventures to rural and urban unemployed youths in the State, to help arrest migration of rural youth to urban areas.

iv.                iv. To increase the wage-earning capacity of prospective traditional artisans and contribute to increase in the growth rate of rural and urban employment.

4)    Objectives:-

To establish 1,00,000 Micro and Small Enterprises in the next five years and achieve employment opportunities to 8-10 lakh youth in the State. The target for the first financial year 2019-20 is to establish 10,000 enterprises in the State. To achieve this target in rural and urban areas, the Directorate of Industries (DOI) will distribute district wise target to both the agencies i.e. the District Industries Centers (DICs) and Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIB) depending upon backwardness of the district, unemployment, availability of resources, upcoming technologies and population of districts, etc.

     5) Quantum and Nature of Financial Assistance, funding under CMEGP:-

Note:

(1)      The maximum cost of the project/unit admissible under manufacturing sector is Rs.50 lakh. However, if the actual project cost is higher than the prescribed limit and the applicant seeks to become eligible under the scheme by manipulation (by reducing the cost of project) then such projects/units will not be considered.

(2)      The maximum cost of the project/unit admissible under service , Agro-based/ Primary Agro processing sector, E-vehicle based goods transport and other businesses, single brand service ventures (single brand-based chains, mobile service ventures) is Rs.20 lakhs.

(3)      Beneficiary’s Contribution in the project cost will be 5% to 10 % as per the Categories of Beneficiaries under CMEGP scheme and balance amount of the total project cost will be provided by Banks as term loan.

6)      Eligibility criteria under the scheme:-

a)       Any individual between 18 to 45 years of age. For Special category (including SC/ST/Women/ Ex-servicemen/Differently abled) age is relaxed by 5 years.

b)      Applicant(s) should be resident of Maharashtra. In case of birth outside Maharashtra, the applicant must possess domicile certificate.

c)       There will be no income ceiling to become eligible for availing financial assistance.

d)       The constitutions eligible for setting up new units/ventures established under the scheme are Proprietorship, Partnership and Self-Help Groups (SHG’s) registered with respective authorities.

e)       For project/units cost between Rs.10 lakh to Rs.25 lakhs, the required educational criteria for the applicant is minimum 7th standard pass and for project/units above Rs.25 lakh the required educational criteria for the applicant is minimum 10th standard pass. The applicants should also preferably possess respective / relevant skills required for the project.

f)        Only one person from a family will be eligible under the scheme. (Definition of family includes Self and spouse)

g)       Assistance under the Scheme is available only for new projects/ventures.

h)      Registered Self-Help Groups (including those belonging to BPL provided that they have not availed benefits under any other Central & State scheme) are eligible for assistance.

i)       Existing Units and units that have availed benefit under PMRY, REGP, PMEGP or any other subsidy linked scheme of Government of India or State Government and also units that have already availed Government Subsidy under any other scheme of Government of India or State Government are not eligible under the scheme.

7)      Other Eligibility Conditions under CMEGP:-

a) For assistance as a Special Category, a certified copy of the caste / validity certificate or relevant document issued by the competent authority is required to be furnished by the applicant to the concerned implementing agency at the time of making application. Applicants with 21 types of benchmark disabilities covered under “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” should furnish a valid disability certificate.

b) A certified copy of registration of SHG / constitution of the firm (Registrar of Firms) of the proposed project / unit is required, wherever necessary.

c) Cost of the land should not be included in the Project cost. Cost of the ready built-up workshed/gala/workshop is admissible subject to maximum 20% of the total project cost.

d) Long lease / rental Work-shed/Workshop/gala can be included in the project cost subject to restricting such cost to be calculated proportionately on a pro-rata basis for three years.

e) Project cost will include Capital Expenditure (except cost of land) and one cycle of Working Capital. Projects without Capital Expenditure are not eligible for financing under the Scheme. Projects costing more than Rs.5 lakh, which do not require working capital, need clearance from the Regional Office or Controller of the Bank’s Branch and the claims are required to be submitted with such certified copy of approval from Regional Office or Controller, as the case may be.

f) For Service sector & Agro based activities as specified above, new projects Work-shed/shop the maximum cost eligible is limited to 20% of total project cost whereas maximum working capital for such projects will be limited to a maximum of 30% of the total project cost.

g) Assistance under CMEGP is applicable to all new viable micro, small enterprises (project cost limited to Rs.50 lacs) including Village Industries.

 h) SC & ST applicants will have reservation of 20% in the total yearly target.

i) Women applicants will have reservation of 30% in the total yearly target.

j) Differently abled applicants will have reservation of 3% as per the provisions of the Social Welfare Department GR dated 24.2.2019 in the total yearly target.

Note:

1)      The SHGs registered as such specific SC/ST/Women/Differently abled/Ex-Servicemen SHGs or Composite, with necessary provisions in the bye-laws to that effect with concerned authorities are eligible for subsidy applicable to special category under the scheme. However, the SHGs not registered as special category as above, will be eligible for Subsidy applicable to general category.

2)      Only one person from the family is eligible for obtaining financial assistance for setting up of projects under CMEGP. The “family” includes self and spouse.

8)      Eligible Units under the scheme:-

New Manufacturing, Service, Agro-based & Primary Agro processing activities, E-vehicle based goods transport and other businesses, single brand service ventures (single brand-based chains, mobile service ventures) sector projects/units, will be eligible under the CMEGP scheme. State level Monitoring and High-Power Committee will publish list of such eligible and non-eligible projects / units (Negative list) separately as and when required.

9) Implementing Agencies:-

a) The Scheme will be monitored and implemented by Directorate of Industries (DOI) which will be the nodal agency at the State level.

b) Under the administrative control of Directorate of Industries, the General Manager, District Industries Centers (DICs) will implement the scheme in urban areas and under the administrative control of Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Boards (KVIB), the District Khadi and Village Industries Offices (KVIOs) will implement the scheme in rural areas. The implementing agency for project/unit cost of more than Rs.25 lakhs in urban as well as rural areas is District Industries Centre. Such proposals and Cluster linked proposals will be monitored and decided/ approved by the DOI, as and when required.

c) The overall coordination and monitoring of the scheme at the district level will be done by General Manager, District Industries Center (DIC).

d) Regional Joint Director will be responsible for overall monitoring & supervision in their respective regions.

 10) Associated Agencies :–

The details of other agencies to be associated with nodal agencies for speedy implementation of the scheme of CMEGP are as under:

1.  Banks/ Financial Institutions.

2.  Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD)

3.  MAVIM.

4.  Professional Institutions/Technical Colleges recognized by      Government/University and University Grants Commission (UGC)/ All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) having department for vocational guidance or technical courses providing skill-based training like ITI, Rural Polytechnic, Food Processing Training Institute, etc.

5   .Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institutes (MSME-DIs), MSME Tool Rooms and Technical Development Centers, under the administrative control of Office of Development Commissioner, MSME in the State.

6.  National Small Industries Corporation’s (NSIC) offices, Technical Centers, Training Centers, Incubators and Training cum Incubation Centers (TICs) set up in PPP Mode in the State.

7.  National level Entrepreneurship Development Institutes like National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME) and Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati under the administrative control of Ministry of MSME, their branches and the Entrepreneurship Development Centers (EDCs) set up by their Partner Institutions (PIs) in the State.

8.  COIR Board offices in the State.

9.  RSETI’s in the state

10. Maharashtra Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (MCED), regional and   

        district level offices in the State.

11. MITCON Ltd., regional and district level offices in the State.

12. Industrial Cluster’s approved by Government of India or Government of Maharashtra.

13. Prominent Industrial Associations/ Chamber of Commerce and Industries at district  

      level.

11) Financial Institutions:-

a) Public Sector Banks.

b) All Regional Rural Banks in the State.

c) Private Sector Scheduled Commercial Banks approved by State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) headed by Development Commissioner (Industries). 

12) Performance :-