Lok Sabha Question No. 2990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-08
Subject: Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme
Ministry: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2990

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2024

## ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

2990. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) the budget allocation for various entrepreneurship and skill development programme during the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) whether the Union Government is aware that there is a mismatch in the demand and supply of skills between employers and employees; and
- (c) if so, the manner in which the Government plan to bridge this gap?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a): Entrepreneurship  and  Skill  Development  Programme  (ESDP)  is  being  implemented  with objective to motivate youth representing different sections of the society including SC/ST/Women, differently abled, Ex-servicemen and BPL persons to consider self employment or entrepreneurship as one of the career options. The ultimate objective is to promote new enterprises, build capacity of existing MSMEs and inculcate entrepreneurial culture in the country. The budget allocation under Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme (ESDP) Scheme for various entrepreneurship and skill development programmes for five years, year-wise is tabulated below:-

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year (FY)   |   Budget Allocation ( Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2020-2021             |                                  10 |
|         2 | 2021-2022             |                                   2 |
|         3 | 2022-2023             |                                  40 |
|         4 | 2023-2024             |                                  65 |
|         5 | 2024-2025*            |                                  99 |

Further, to meet the skill requirement of the industry particularly the MSMEs for the skilled workforce,  the  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  conducts  various  skilling  and upskilling  training  programmes  for  youth  and  industry  workforce  through  following  organizations and schemes:

## Organizations:

- (i)   Technology Centres and their Extension Centres set up across the country
- (ii)  National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC)
- (iii) Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)
- (iv) Coir Board

- (v)  National Institute for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME)
- (vi) Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization (MGIRI)

Schemes:

- (i)   National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Hub
- (ii)  Assistance to Training Institutions (ATI)
- (iii) A Scheme For Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship   (ASPIRE)
- (iv)  Coir Vikas Yojana
- (v)   Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP)

The courses offered by the Ministry are generally National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF)  compliant,  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)/  National  Council  for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET)/ State Council for Technical Education & Vocational Training (SCTE&VT) approved besides customized as per the industry requirements. These courses are also reviewed and upgraded as per the needs of the industry.

(b) & (c): National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  formed  various  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs),  which  are industry  led  bodies.  They  inter-alia  carry  out  assessment  of  requirements  of  skilled  manpower  for their  respective  sectors,  create  occupational  standards,  and  develop  competency  framework  as  per requirements of the industry as well as assess and certify trainees. 36 SSCs, in the respective sector have been set up by NSDC, which are mandated to identify the skill development needs of respective sectors as well as to determine skill competency standards.

Under Skill  India Mission (SIM), the Ministry  of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)  delivers  skill, re-skill and  up-skill training through  an  extensive network  of  skill development  centres/institutes  etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country.

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