Lok Sabha Question No. 1885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: SAMBHAV/ESD Programme for Youth
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1885 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021

## SAMBHAV/ESD PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH

1885.

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  launched  SAMBHAV  National  Level  Awareness Programme, if so, the details thereof and the aims and objective behind the move;
- (b) the number of students from various colleges who participated in the programme;
- (c) the funds allocated and utilized for the programme;
- (d) whether the Government is conducting various training programmes under Entrepreneurship cum Skill Development programme (ESDP) across the country and if so, the details of such ESDP conducted during each of the last three years and the current year in the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra;
- (e) the  number  of  youth  trained  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  in  MSME  sector, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  students  from  different colleges to take up entrepreneurship?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

(a) to (c): 'Sambhav' e-National level Awareness Programme is being implemented by the Ministry to promote entrepreneurship culture and create awareness about schemes/initiatives  of  the  Ministry  amongst  students  &  Youth  through  Audio/video  film presentations. The Programme has been launched on 27.10.2021. Under the mass outreach programme, students of different colleges from all parts of the country are being encouraged to take up entrepreneurship. As on 02.12.2021, 61,481 students from various colleges across the country have participated in the National Level Awareness Programme. An amount of Rs.  28.89  lakh  has  been  allocated  to  conduct  'Sambhav'  e-National  Level  Awareness Programme, out of which expenditure of Rs 9.5 lakh has been incurred till date.

(d): Under  the  Entrepreneurship  and  Skill  Development  Programme  (ESDP)  scheme, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium  Enterprises is conducting various training Programmes  across  the  country  to  motivate  youth  representing  different  sections  of  the society including SC/ST/Women, differently abled, Ex-servicemen and Below Poverty Line (BPL)  persons  to  consider  self-employment  or  entrepreneurship  as  one  of  the  career options. The training components of the ESDP scheme are: Industrial Motivation Campaign (IMC), Entrepreneurship Awareness  Programme  (EAP),  Entrepreneurship cum  Skill Development Programme (E-SDP) and Management Development Programme (MDP).

The detail of ESDP trainings conducted in the State of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are as follows:

| FY      | No. Of ESDP programmes conducted in   | No. Of ESDP programmes conducted in   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| FY      | Tamil Nadu                            | Maharashtra                           |
| 2018-19 | 13                                    | 26                                    |
| 2019-20 | 366                                   | 793                                   |
| 2020-21 | 34                                    | 31                                    |
| 2021-22 | 2                                     | 2                                     |

(e): The details of youth trained under ESDP scheme during the last three years are given in annexure-I.

- (f): Under  the  ESDP  scheme  namely,  Industrial  Motivation  Campaign  (IMC)  and Entrepreneurship  Awareness  Programme  (EAP)  are  being  implemented  to  motivate  and create awareness about entrepreneurship amongst students. Also, Ministry through its social media accounts regularly disseminates information on its initiatives/schemes and motivates youth to take up entrepreneurship.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1885 for answer on 09.12.2021.

| S.NO.   | STATE                     | No. of Trainees   | No. of Trainees   | No. of Trainees   |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| S.NO.   | STATE                     | 2018-19           | 2019-20           | 2020-21           |
| 1       | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS |                   | 126               | 166               |
| 2       | ANDHRA PRADESH            | 335               | 2451              | 651               |
| 3       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                   | 159               | 119               |
| 4       | ASSAM                     |                   | 8565              | 1350              |
| 5       | BIHAR                     | 955               | 5068              | 1677              |
| 6       | CHANDIGARH                |                   | 131               |                   |
| 7       | CHHATTISGARH              |                   | 6173              | 828               |
| 8       | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI        |                   |                   | 142               |
| 9       | DELHI                     | 259               | 6828              | 935               |
| 10      | GOA                       |                   | 90                |                   |
| 11      | GUJARAT                   | 353               | 3253              | 706               |
| 12      | HARYANA                   |                   | 4560              | 1360              |
| 13      | HIMACHAL PRADESH          | 70                | 1226              | 710               |
| 14      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         | 24                | 2133              |                   |
| 15      | JHARKHAND                 | 623               | 6166              | 994               |
| 16      | KARNATAKA                 | 78                | 3334              | 234               |
| 17      | KERALA                    |                   | 2319              | 750               |
| 18      | LADAKH                    |                   | 105               |                   |
| 19      | LAKSHADWEEP               |                   | 25                |                   |
| 20      | MADHYA PRADESH            | 200               | 26097             | 1270              |
| 21      | MAHARASHTRA               | 753               | 30421             | 1314              |
| 22      | MANIPUR                   |                   | 730               | 73                |
| 23      | MEGHALAYA                 |                   | 306               | 129               |
| 24      | MIZORAM                   |                   | 240               |                   |
| 25      | NAGALAND                  |                   | 773               |                   |
| 26      | ODISHA                    |                   | 3647              | 907               |
| 27      | PUDUCHERRY                |                   | 250               | 260               |
| 28      | PUNJAB                    |                   | 6197              | 1256              |
| 29      | RAJASTHAN                 | 424               | 7167              | 1272              |
| 30      | SIKKIM                    | 25                | 502               | 404               |
| 31      | TAMIL NADU                | 309               | 15759             | 1653              |
| 32      | TELANGANA                 | 251               | 3430              | 2079              |
| 33      | TRIPURA                   | 209               | 948               | 375               |
| 34      | UTTAR PRADESH             | 4378              | 83535             | 4397              |
| 35      | UTTARAKHAND               | 213               | 3617              | 525               |
| 36      | WEST BENGAL               | 75                | 3452              | 1120              |
|         | TOTAL                     | 9534              | 239783            | 27656             |