All you need to know about Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme

Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is a credit-linked subsidy programme launched by the government of India in 2008. It is a merger of two schemes, namely, Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojna and Rural Employment Generation Programme. The program focuses on generative self-employment chance via micro-enterprise start in the non-farm sector by helping unemployed youth and traditional artisans.

The PMEGP Scheme is being implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) at the national level and at the State level, the Scheme is being implemented through State Khadi and Village Industries Commission Directorates.

Objectives of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme

• Generation of sustainable and uninterrupted self-employment opportunities in urban and rural areas of the country.
• Providing sustainable and uninterrupted employment to a large segment of rural and urban unemployed youth, traditional and prospective artisans through the establishment of micro-enterprises.
• Facilitating the financial institution’s partaking for higher credit influx to the micro sector.

Eligibility

• Individuals with age of 18 years or more.
• VIII passed candidate is required for a project above Rs 5 lakh in the service sector and above Rs 10 lakh in the manufacturing sector.
• Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act- 1860.
• Production based co-operative societies.
• Self-help groups and charitable trust.

Areas of Operation

The area included in any village and includes the area included in any town. Population should not more than twenty thousand or such other figure as the Central Government may specify from time to time. For the the urban area, only District Industries Centres (DIC) are included.

Negative list of activities

• Businesses/ Industries linked with sericulture, cultivation, floriculture, horticulture.
• Manufacture of containers of recycled plastic/polythene carry bags of less than 20 microns
• Rural transport (except houseboat, shikara, tourist boat in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and in Jammu & Kashmir, auto rickshaw and cycle rickshaw.)
  CNG auto rickshaw will be allowed only in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and North Eastern Region of the country with the prior approval of Chief Secretary of the State on merit.

Margin

The margin money share is 5% of the cost of the project for special category borrowers and 10% for General category borrowers.

Illustration: Suppose Miss Ananya applies to XYZ bank for Rs 10 lakh loan, the bank might finance only 80% of the loan amount (ie Rs 8,00,000/-). The balance 20% (ie Rs 2,00,000/-) is called as margin money and Ananya has to make arrangements for the same.

Subsidy

• For General Category eligible subsidy is 25% of the cost of the project in rural areas and 15% in urban areas.
• For Special Category eligible subsidy is 35% of the cost of the project in rural areas and 25% in urban areas.

Quantum of margin money subsidy

How does this scheme work?

Let’s assume Mr. Brown, a young new entrepreneur from Bangalore Urban, wants to apply for the PMEGP scheme.
Estimated Project Cost – Rs 10 lakh
Mr. Brown’s Contribution (Mandatory as per PMEGP) – Rs 1 lakh (10% of Rs 10 lakh)
Amount Received By Mr. Brown – Rs 9 lakh

Note: The margin money (ie 15% of the Project Cost – Rs 1,50,000/-) commonly withheld by the bank will be repay to the bank by KVIC within 24 hours of assent of the PMEGP application. Hence, entrepreneurs like Mr. Brown can get the expected capital to proceed with their venture very easily.

The rate of Interest and Repayment Schedule:

The normal interest rate is exercisable to the enterprise from time to time. The Loan Repayment Schedule ranges from 3 -7 years.

Security:

No auxiliary security nor any third party guarantee is maintain here and any assets created from the bank loan should be hypothecated to Bank.

Training

Two weeks training is mandatory for all the beneficiaries.Process for applying at PMEGP e-portal

Firstly, visit the website my.msme.gov.in or kviconline.gov.in

Click the link ”Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme” or “PMEGP ePortal”

Now, click on “Online Application Form For Individual” to fill the application form.

Then PMEGP Application Form will be then visible here.

Guidelines for filling the Online PMEGP Application for an Individual Applicant

Applicants seeking for registration have to fill all the required information and click the “Submit” button to complete the registration process.

At last, the registered candidates can login to the “PMEGP portal” and can fill the remaining form to complete the application process.