Programmes for Entrepreneurship Development

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) implements various schemes to encourage and promote entrepreneurship in the country. These include variety of training and skill development programmes of short term as well as long term duration conducted through MSME-Development Institutes (MSME-DIs), Branch MSME-Development Institutes (Br MSME-DIs), Tools Rooms (TRs), Product-cum-Process Development Centers (PPDCs), Central Footwear Training Institutes (CFTIs), MSME Training Institutes (MSME-TIs), National Level Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (EDIs) i.e., National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) and National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME) and Training Centers of the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC). Under the “Assistance to Training Institutions (ATI) Scheme”, financial assistance is also provided for conducting Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) and Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development Programmes (ESDPs) to the National level EDIs and their Partner Institutions (PIs) as well as NSIC and Central Tool Room. 

The number of training programmes conducted by the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and the number of participants who attended the training programmes, exclusively under “Assistance to Training Institutions (ATI)” Scheme, during the last three years are:

2011-12		2012-13		2013-14
No. of Training Programmes	No. of Participants	No. of Training Programmes	No. of Participants	No. of Training Programmes	No. of Participants
1699	43992	1419	38584	1500	39979

Under ATI Scheme, funds are not allocated State/UT-wise. The funds released by the Governm5ent to the above mentioned Organizations under the ATI Scheme for conducting training programmes and the number of beneficiaries during the last three years are:

Year	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Funds released	Rs.62.48 Cr.	Rs.58.22 Cr.	Rs.117.48 Cr.
No. of beneficiaries	88640	114907	89572

This information was given by the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here today.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in