Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Promotion of Innovation Based Entrepreneurship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## PROMOTION OF INNOVATION BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## 103.    SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE : SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme  to  promote  a  culture  of  innovation  based entrepreneurship which can generate wealth and employment;
- (b) if so, details thereof; and
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  to  promote  innovation  based entrepreneurship and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) to (c) Yes sir. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has two Entrepreneurship  Institutes,  NIESBUD  at  Noida  and  IIE  at  Guwahati,  which  run  many courses and special projects. Some  projects, for example, are 'Entrepreneurship Development  in  Six  Holy  Cities',  'Entrepreneurship  Development  of  Jail  inmates  of  Uttar Pradesh etc. for promotion of entrepreneurship.

Further,  Government  of  India  through  NITI  Aayog  has  launched  Atal  Innovation Mission (AIM) to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. Also, Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  (MoA&FW)  has  launched  an  innovative scheme called Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana - Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVY - RAFTAAR) during the year 2018-19. The details of these schemes are given at Annexure .

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  103  to  be answered on 18.07.2022

Details  of  the  schemes  of  the  Government  of  India  for  Promotion  of  Innovation  based entrepreneurship

1.        Entrepreneurship Development in Six Holy Cities, a project of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, aims to catalyse local entrepreneurial activities through involvement  of  potential  &  existing  entrepreneurs,  unemployed  youth,  college  dropouts, youth from backward community etc. The Project is being implemented by Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati (IIE) in three cities of Puri, Bodh Gaya and Kollur and National Institute  for  Entrepreneurship  and  Small  Business  Development,  Noida  (NIESBUD)  in remaining three cities of Varanasi, Haridwar and Pandharpur. The details of the project are as under:-
2. Entrepreneurship Development among Jail Inmates at Jails of Uttar Pradesh, a project  of  the  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  aims  to  enhance employability  potential  of  the  prisoners  after  their  release  and  help  in  their  rehabilitation. The programme covers three Jails i.e. Nari Bandi Niketan, Lucknow; Model Jail, Lucknow; and Varanasi Jail of Uttar Pradesh. The details of the project are as under:-
3. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Scheme of NITI Aayog aims to promote a culture of innovation  and  entrepreneurship  in the country. AIM  envisions  to create a vibrant

| Name of the Project                             | Financial Outlay   | Amount Released   | Target                                                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Entrepreneurship Development in Six Holy Cities | Rs. 13.56 Crore    | Rs. 10.00 Crore   | Setting up/scale up of approximately 300 Micro and Small enterprises in each of the six city |

| Name of the Project                                                       | Financial Outlay   | Amount Released   | Target           |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
| Entrepreneurship Development among Jail Inmates at Jails of Uttar Pradesh | Rs. 1.54 Crore     | Rs. 1.54 Crore    | 600 Jail inmates |

ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in India and develop an institutional structure to support innovations through the innovation value chain and lifecycle. Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) under AIM scheme is a state-of-the-art space established in school with a goal to foster  curiosity  and  innovation  in  young  minds  between  grade  6 th to  12 th to  stimulate  a problem-solving innovative mindset. So far, more than 9600 ATLs have been operationalized,  wherein  over  75  lakhs  students  have  been  engaged.  Further,  Atal Incubation  Centres  (AICs)  established  under  AIM  scheme  at  universities,  institutions  and corporate  among  others  aim  to  foster  and  support  world  class  innovation,  dynamic entrepreneurs who want to build scalable and sustainable enterprises. Each AIC is given a grant of up to Rs. 10 crores across 5 years. So far, 68 AICs have been operationalized and more than 2800 start-ups have been incubated and 30,000 jobs have been created.

4. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana - Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation  (RKVY - RAFTAAR), a scheme of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), launched during the year 2018-19, is an innovative scheme with the objective of promoting innovation and Agri Entrepreneurship by providing training, financial support and mentoring for establishing Agri startups. The details of Agri startups supported under the scheme (from 2018 to till date) are as under:-

|                                   |   MANAGE |   ANGRAU |    KAU |   ICAR-IIMR |   TNAU |   Total |
|-----------------------------------|----------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|---------|
| No. of Agri Startups Trained      |   289    |   130    | 128    |      211    | 127    |   885   |
| No. of Agri Startups Funded       |   106    |    24    |  49    |       66    |  41    |   286   |
| Grants Sanctioned (Rs. in Crores) |    10.72 |     2.88 |   6.31 |        6.32 |   3.87 |    30.1 |

*      MANAGE - National Institute of Agriculural Extension Management

ANGRAU - Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh

KAU - Kerala Agricultural University, Trissur, Kerala

IIMR - Indian Institute of Millets Research, Telangana

TNAU - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

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