Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme

Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme क्या है?

The O/o DC-MSME under "Development of MSMEs" vertical has launched the "Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP)". The Programme is being organized regularly to nurture the talent of youth by enlightening them on various aspects of industrial/business activity required for setting up

लाभ

> **Assistance under the ESDP Scheme:** The programme includes the following modules- **1. Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP):** One Day Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme is an activity to identify and motivate traditional/non-traditional entrepreneurs, who have the potential to set up MSEs with the objective of leading them towards entrepreneurship/self-employment. It consists of formal inaugural and technical sessions and one-to-one discussions with interested participants for counselling and mentoring. At least one EAP should be organized in each district. The intake capacity for the programme will be 50 to 100 persons. **2. Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development Programme (E-SDP)** - **Existing E-SDP:** This six-week activity is aimed at conducting special entrepreneurship development programmes for new livelihood enterprise creation and rural enterprise development. This is a product-cum-process oriented activity-based programme. Comprehensive training programmes will be organized to upgrade the skills of prospective entrepreneurs coupled with specific skills in hands-on practice or demonstration relating to activities. The programme is suitably tailored to the needs of trade or specific activity and the target group of trainees covered under the specific training programme. - **Advanced E-SDP:** The Minimum One-Week Advanced E-SDP Programme will have to be conducted with the intake capacity for the programme will be about 20 participants. The advanced ESOP pr

स्तर

Central

मंत्रालय / विभाग

Ministry Of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

लाभ का प्रकार

cash

मुख्य पात्रता

1. The age of the participants will be 18 years and above. 1. Youth and other people interested in setting up their own industrial/business/self-employment venture. 1. The qualification of the participants and structure of the fees will be decided by the Implementing Agencies i.e. Director/Officer i

अंतिम सत्यापन

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Benefits

> **Assistance under the ESDP Scheme:** The programme includes the following modules- **1. Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme (EAP):** One Day Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme is an activity to identify and motivate traditional/non-traditional entrepreneurs, who have the potential to set up MSEs with the objective of leading them towards entrepreneurship/self-employment. It consists of formal inaugural and technical sessions and one-to-one discussions with interested participants for counselling and mentoring. At least one EAP should be organized in each district. The intake capacity for the programme will be 50 to 100 persons. **2. Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development Programme (E-SDP)** - **Existing E-SDP:** This six-week activity is aimed at conducting special entrepreneurship development programmes for new livelihood enterprise creation and rural enterprise development. This is a product-cum-process oriented activity-based programme. Comprehensive training programmes will be organized to upgrade the skills of prospective entrepreneurs coupled with specific skills in hands-on practice or demonstration relating to activities. The programme is suitably tailored to the needs of trade or specific activity and the target group of trainees covered under the specific training programme. - **Advanced E-SDP:** The Minimum One-Week Advanced E-SDP Programme will have to be conducted with the intake capacity for the programme will be about 20 participants. The advanced ESOP pr

Eligibility

Documents Required

How to Apply

1. Step 1: Offline application — step 1

   Application Process: The interested & eligible candidates may please contact the nearby MSME Development Institute, MSME-Technology Centre. Addresses and contact details of these organizations are available on Web Portal: https://dcmsme.gov.in/All_MSME_DIs_TCs.aspx Procedure for selection of candidates: Web-based MIS shall be developed for developing an integrated database of existing and potential entrepreneurs. Implementing Agencies (IAs) shall upload their progress data on MIS under ESOP on real real-time basis and each IA shall develop its own MIS for the said purpose and integrate the same with MIS under ESOP managed by % DC MSME. Aadhaar's authenticated attendance is mandatory to prevent duplication of beneficiaries under the scheme. All the field offices of DC MSME shall be involved in identifying the candidates for the programme, through inviting online applications. The minimum age of participants in the programmes should be 18 years. However, the head of the programme conducting organization may grant relaxation in special cases like school drop-outs etc. based on his/her judicious discretion. Generally, there would be no upper age limit. The qualification for participation in a particular programme shall be mentioned in the programme notification taking into consideration the subject of the training programme. Preference would be given to the candidates from SC, ST, Women, Ex-Service Persons of Defence Forces, Differently abled and BPL category persons. For Advanced E-SDP and Advanced MDP programmes, the selection of candidates will be based on the recommendations of Field Offices/Headquarter/Other Implementing Agencies. Whereas, the final decision on the selection criteria rests with the AS&DC (MSME)/Headquarters.

Sources & References

• Official scheme website ↗
• Source record ↗
• Information is summarised from official government sources. Verify all details on the official website before applying.