Question : PROGRAMMES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

(a) whether the Government has any mechanism to educate youth/provide training and other types of support system for the promotion of entrepreneurship in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) is an institute under the aegis of Ministry of MSME for facilitating training programmes;

(d) if so, the details thereof including the number of training programmes conducted by the NIESBUD and the number of participants attended the trainings during the last three years; and

(e) the details of funds allocated and beneficiaries under the schemes/programmes during the above period, scheme/State/UT-wise including the North-Eastern region?

MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI KALRAJ MISHRA)

(a) & (b): 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.

(c): Yes, Madam.

(d): 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 given below:-

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

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