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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
कौशल विकास और उद्यमशीलता मंत्रालय
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
Annual budget₹3,517.31 crore (US$420 million) (2023–24 est.)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Websitewww.skilldevelopment.gov.in
www.msde.gov.in

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a Ministry of Government of India set up on 9 November 2014 to coordinate all skill development efforts across the country. The ministry is headed by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. [2] Industrial training, apprenticeship and other skill development responsibilities were transferred from the Ministry of Labour and Employment to this newly made ministry on 16 April 2015.[3] It aims to remove the disconnect between demand and supply of skilled manpower, to build the new skills and innovative thinking not only for existing jobs but also for jobs that are to be created.

Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State with Independent Charge
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death) 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Sarbananda Sonowal
सर्बानंद सोनोवाल
(born 1962)
(MoS, I/C) 		26 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		167 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Rajiv Pratap Rudy
राजीव प्रताप रूडी
(born 1962)
(MoS, I/C) 		9 November
2014 		3 September
2017 		2 years, 298 days
Dharmendra Pradhan
धर्मेन्द्र प्रधान
(born 1969) 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
Mahendra Nath Pandey
महेंद्र नाथ पांडे
(born 1957) 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
Dharmendra Pradhan
धर्मेन्द्र प्रधान
(born 1969) 		7 July
2021 		Incumbent 3 years, 164 days

List of Ministers of State

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
# Portrait Name Term Minister Prime Minister Party
1 Anantkumar Hegde 3 September 2017 30 May 2019 1 year, 269 days Dharmendra Pradhan Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Raj Kumar Singh 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 2 years, 38 days Mahendra Nath Pandey
3 Rajeev Chandrasekhar 7 July 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 164 days Dharmendra Pradhan

Organizations

The Ministry is in charge of providing and facilitating skill development initiatives and training infrastructure with the following institutions.[4]

Schemes

  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
  • UDAAN, a Special Industry Initiative for J&K
  • Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), to support entrepreneurs in rural areas to set-up enterprises at the village-level in non-agricultural sectors. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ "mission booklet.cdr" (PDF). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ "National Skill Development Mission | Prime Minister of India". Pmindia.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ Cabral, Clement; Dhar, Rajib Lochan (25 June 2019). "Skill development research in India: a systematic literature review and future research agenda". Benchmarking: An International Journal. 26 (7): 2242–2266. doi:10.1108/BIJ-07-2018-0211. ISSN 1463-5771. S2CID 198772814.
  5. ^ "Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) Launched To Support Entrepreneurs in Villages". IndianWeb2.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.


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