Lok Sabha Question No. 1806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Education to Youth Entrepreneurship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Thirumaa Valavan Thol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1806

ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## EDUCATION TO YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## 1806. SHRI THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has the details of the youth entrepreneurship education given in our country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any new programme to expand the Youth entrepreneurship and capacity; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) & (b) Yes.

As per the data submitted in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA), 1061  Higher  Education  Institutes  were  offering,  academic  courses  credit  (Core+  Elective), Courses Related toInnovation/Entrepreneurship/Intellectual Property Rights at Diploma/UG/PG/PhD  Level  in  the  academic  year  2021-22.  Further  892  Higher  Education Institutes were offering Non-Academic Short Term Certificate programs/ Management Development Programme (MDP)/ Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)/ Faculty Development  Programme  (FDP)  in  Innovation/Entrepreneurship/Intellectual  Property  Rights (IPR) of minimum 30 contact hours duration. Further, 23 Institutions are offering MBA/PGDM in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development Program in the academic year 202223.

Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education is impartingInnovation Ambassador Training Programme for  facultymembers  which  includes  Design  Thinking,  IPR  &  Technology  Transfer,  PreIncubation & Incubation Management and Entrepreneurship Development.

Detailed breakup of Innovation Ambassador Training programme is given below:

| Training Level                      |   No. of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) |   No. of Faculty Members received Training |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Foundation Level (17 contact hours) |                                        1752 |                                      12405 |
| Advanced Level (19 contact hours)   |                                        1762 |                                       6125 |

In  addition,  Workshops/Seminars/Sessionson  Innovation  and  Entrepreneurship  are  being conducted  in  1,800  institutions  across  the  country  in  which  63,208  activities  have  been conducted.

(c)&(d) The Government is implementing various programmes/projects for expanding the youth Entrepreneurship and capacity.Recently, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  is  implementing  a  pilot  project  for  Entrepreneurship  Development Program  in  10  states  through  National  Institute  for  Entrepreneurship  and  Small  Business Development  (NIESBUD),  Noida  to  train  5,000  Trainees  which  has  been  sanctioned  on 07.02.2023.

MSDE has undertaken the following initiatives/programmes for entrepreneurship development:

- 1)  Pilot project on Entrepreneurship Development in six Holy Cities is being implemented by NIESBUD and Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati aiming to catalyze local entrepreneurial  activities  through  involvement  of  potential  and  existing  entrepreneurs, unemployed youth, college dropouts, youth from backward communities etc.
- 2)  Organizing  Workshops  in  Artisan  Melas  and  Haats  through  NIESBUD,  Noida  for  value addition in the existing products of participants, creating financial and market linkages and linking their products with e-commerce platforms and making their businesses compliant to Government regulations.
- 3)  Entrepreneurship  Development  among  Jail  Inmates  is  being  implemented  by  NIESBUD through Capacity Building, Mentoring, Handholding and Incubation Support. The programmes are being undertaken in the Nari Bandi Niketan, Lucknow, Model Jail, Lucknow and Varanasi Jail. 260 participants have been covered under this project.
- 4)  Creating Entrepreneurial Climate through Training of Trainers andEntrepreneurship Development Programme in Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) is being implemented by MSDE through NIESBUD and IIE for creating, fostering and promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship  among  the  various  target  groups  through  Capacity  Building,  Incubation Support, Mentoring and Handholding.
- 5)  PM YUVA Pilot Project was implemented by MSDE from November, 2019 to March, 2022 focusing on students/trainees and alumni coming out from Skilling ecosystem (i.e. Industrial

Training  Institutes  (ITIs),  Polytechnics,  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendras  (PMKKs)  and JSSs)  for  creating  and  enabling  ecosystem  through  entrepreneurship  education,  training, advocacy and easy access to entrepreneurship network. 62,577 beneficiaries were covered under this project.

The  details  of  the  various  initiatives  taken  by  other  Ministries/Departments  for  expanding entrepreneurship and capacity in the country are as given below:

- 1)  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  is  being  implemented  by Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSME)  through  Khadi  and  Village Industries Commission (KVIC), for promoting entrepreneurs in setting up of new units in the non-farm  sector.  It  aims  to  bring  together  widely  dispersed  traditional  artisans/  rural  and urban  unemployed  youth  and  give  them  self-employment  opportunities  to  the  extent possible, at their doorstep.
- 2)  Entrepreneurship  and  Skill  Development  Programme  (ESDP)  of  Office  of  Development Commissioner, Ministry of Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises runs with the objective to motivate  young  persons  (Men  &  Women)  representing  different  sections  of  the  society including  SC/ST/Women,  Differently  abled,  Ex-servicemen  and  BPL  persons  to  consider self-employment or entrepreneurship as career options. 4,35,899 beneficiaries have been covered under ESDP till 01.02.2023.
- 3)  Stand Up India Scheme (SUPI) Scheme was launched by Department of Financial Services under Ministry of Finance on 05.04.2016 and has been extended upto the year 2025. The objective of the Stand-Up India Scheme is to facilitate loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) of value  between  Rs.  10  Lakh  and  Rs  1  Crore  to  at  least  one  Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and one-woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a green field enterprise in manufacturing, services or trading sector and also for the activities allied to agriculture. The Scheme focuses on hitherto underserved segments of society understood to be facing significant hurdles due to lack of advice/mentorship as well as inadequate and delayed credit.

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