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MSMEs stare at bleak future as Gujarat job engine stalls
The Morning Standard
|August 05, 2025
The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) seems to have failed to gain traction in Gujarat, with not a single application from key districts like Surat and Navsari in 2024-25.
A sharp 60% decline in applications over five years, coupled with the closure of 7,269 small and medium enterprises, has left over 33,000 people jobless.
In a damning indicator, Gujarat has witnessed a breakdown in the implementation of the PMEGP, particularly in major districts like Surat and Navsari, which recorded zero applications for the scheme in 2024-25. This data was revealed by a Union government reply in the Rajya Sabha to Gujarat MP Narhari Amin, laying bare the state's crumbling employment generation apparatus.
This story is from the August 05, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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