The Government monitors growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

The Government monitors growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by conducting All India Census of the sector, periodically, in the country. As per the Final Report of the Fourth Census of Registered Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 2006-07, the data for which was collected in 2009 & Report published  in 2011,  the total number of registered MSMEs functioning in the country stands at 15.64 Lakh. As per the Quick Results of the Fourth Census of MSMEs: 2006-07, the Report for which was  published in 2009, the total number of unregistered MSMEs in the country stands at 245.48 Lakh. The state-wise distribution of working MSMEs as on 31 March, 2007 is:

S.No.	State/UT Name	Registered MSMEs	Unregistered MSMEs ( Quick Results)	Total
1.	JAMMU & KASHMIR	14993	246803	261796
2.	HIMACHAL PRADESH	11931	172914	184845
3.	PUNJAB	48110	753872	801982
4.	CHANDIGARH	996	30746	31742
5.	UTTARAKHAND	23765	202746	226511
6.	HARYANA	33150	570312	603462
7.	DELHI	3754	616479	620233
8.	RAJASTHAN	54885	1216355	1271240
9.	UTTAR PRADESH	187742	2925794	3113536
10.	BIHAR	50036	950071	1000107
11.	SIKKIM	122	11716	11838
12.	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	417	19971	20388
13.	NAGALAND	1332	25807	27139
14.	MANIPUR	4492	60295	64787
15.	MIZORAM	3715	18665	22380
16.	TRIPURA	1343	108412	109755
17.	MEGHALAYA	3010	45627	48637
18.	ASSAM	19864	584870	604734
19.	WEST BENGAL	43259	2470668	2513927
20.	JHARKHAND	18190	357433	375623
21.	ODISHA	19606	1042099	1061705
22.	CHHATTISGARH	22768	338316	361084
23.	MADHYA PRADESH	106997	1181732	1288729
24.	GUJARAT	229830	867271	1097101
25.	DAMAN & DIU	594	6612	7206
26.	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	1716	4412	6128
27.	MAHARASHTRA	86586	2496235	2582821
28.	ANDHRA PRADESH	45692	1980152	2025844
29.	KARNATAKA	136186	1472015	1608201
30.	GOA	2621	48354	50975
31.	LAKSHADWEEP	2	1097	1099
32.	KERALA	150188	1318257	1468445
33.	TAMIL NADU	233881	2361131	2595012
34.	PUDUCHERRY	1451	32300	33751
35.	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ILS.	750	8767	9517
All India		156,39,74	245,48,306	261,12,280

As per the Final Report of the Fourth Census of Registered Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 2006-07, State-wise distribution of enterprises with sickness as on 31 March, 2007 is:

		Number of Enterprises
State/UT Code	State/UT Name	Sick*
01	JAMMU & KASHMIR	972
02	HIMACHAL PRADESH	561
03	PUNJAB	2244
04	CHANDIGARH	27
05	UTTARAKHAND	874
06	HARYANA	1754
07	DELHI	127
08	RAJASTHAN	3267
09	UTTAR PRADESH	5941
10	BIHAR	1642
11	SIKKIM	23
12	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	57
13	NAGALAND	68
14	MANIPUR	122
15	MIZORAM	57
16	TRIPURA	78
17	MEGHALAYA	150
18	ASSAM	1405
19	WEST BENGAL	2665
20	JHARKHAND	696
21	ODISHA	2314
22	CHHATTISGARH	872
23	MADHYA PRADESH	2067
24	GUJARAT	1825
25	DAMAN & DIU	89
26	DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI	18
27	MAHARASHTRA	7016
28	ANDHRA PRADESH	2917
29	KARNATAKA	3818
30	GOA	364
31	LAKSHADWEEP	0
32	KERALA	6818
33	TAMIL NADU	7392
34	PUDUCHERRY	129
35	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ILS.	42
	All India	58411

^*Enterprises with erosion of net-worth by more than 50% or delay in repayment of institutional loan by more than 12 months.

Financial assistance, by way of debt restructuring, including fresh loans for rehabilitation of MSEs is provided by primary lending institutions, including commercial banks. Reserve Bank of India has issued following guidelines/instructions to banks in this respect:- Rehabilitation of Sick MSEs (January 2002);  Debt restructuring mechanism relating to viability criteria, prudential norms for restructured accounts, provision of additional finance and time frame for restructuring package ( September 2005); and Restructuring/ Rehabilitation policy with non-discretionary one-time settlement scheme for MSE Sector (May 2009).

This information was given by the Union Cabinet Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,    Shri Virbhadra Singh in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.