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News Evaluation study of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme inister of State (Independent Charge) for Maximum Cost of Generating Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Unit Employment – 2,75,621 M(MSME), Shri Giriraj Singh was presented (Nagaland) with Evaluation Study of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) Minimum Cost of Generating conducted by Management Development Institute Unit Employment – 64,735 (MDI), Gurugram. The institute was entrusted with (Tamil Nadu) the task of conducting Evaluation Study of PMEGP Average Cost per Project – 7,33,423 in January, 2017. Problem Areas: The aim of the study was examine the impact of the scheme in terms of employment generation ● Delay in the process of sanctioning of loans at and improvement in income of the rural and urban different stages. artisans and unemployed youth, major problems in implementation of Scheme and ways to resolve ● Hypothecation & collaterals asked for. them and to make recommendations on making ● Physical verifications & delay in adjustment of further improvements in the Scheme. margin money. The sample size was selected on stratified ● Records keeping, hand holding, access of data random sampling basis. The total number of micro & reporting by implementing agencies. units setup from 2012-013 to 2015-16 was 2,00,885 units. This units were taken into consideration, out ● Marketing for products. of these a sample coverage of 5% i.e. about 10,108 units were sought listed on random basis from Key recommendations: among the three implementing agencies viz. KVIC, Increased availability of field officers (They are KVIB and DIC in proportion of 30:30:40. a key connect between beneficiary and agencies Key observations of the Study: and are currently sparse) Scheme has been able to provide Sustainable EDP Training content needs to be more relevant Employment. Units set up under the scheme and rigorous. On line EDP could be encouraged. provided employment throughout year and for Content partnership/Integration with MOOCs large number of years. (Massive Open Online Coursewares) of recognized Scheme has good reach, it has targeted at reputational technical and managerial institutes almost all sections of the society (based on social (such as IITs and IIMs) background, education background, location etc) Agencies could consider hiring interns from Average Employment Per Project – 7.62 leading management institutions (India/Abroad) to further handholding of beneficiaries Average Cost of Generating Unit Employment – 96,209 Integration with Aadhar to authenticate the June-November, 2017 61