Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

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

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Hindi: कौशल विकास और उद्यमशीलता मंत्रालय) is a ministry of the Government of India which came into existence on 9 November 2014[2] and gazetted on 8 December 2014. After the formation of the first government of Narendra Modi on 26 May 2014, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports was renamed as the "Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports" and was thereupon bifurcated after a cabinet reshuffle on 9 November 2014. The official gazette notification was published on 8 December 2014.

The ministry is responsible for coordination of all skill development efforts across the country. The ministry was formed with matters pertaining to industrial training, apprenticeship and other skill development responsibilities which earlier belonged to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The ministry 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.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is headed by the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship who is occasionally assisted by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship who is the junior minister in the ministry. The first minister was Rajiv Pratap Rudy who was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) and served between 9 November 2014 and 3 September 2017. The current minister is Jayant Chaudhary who holds the rank of a minister of state (independent charge) since 10 June 2024.

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(born 1962)
MP for Saran
(MoS, I/C) 		9 November
2014 		3 September
2017 		2 years, 298 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
2 Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, till 2018
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh, from 2018 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
3 Mahendra Nath Pandey
(born 1957)
MP for Chandauli 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
(2) Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
5 Jayant Chaudhary
(born 1978)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(MoS, I/C) 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 193 days Rashtriya Lok Dal Modi III

Ministers of State

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Anantkumar Hegde
(born 1968)
MP for Uttara Kannada 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
2 Raj Kumar Singh
(born 1952)
MP for Arrah 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
3 Rajeev Chandrasekhar
(born 1964)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days

Organizations

The Ministry is in charge of providing and facilitating skill development initiatives and training infrastructure with the following institutions.[3]

  • Director General of Training (formerly the Directorate General of Training & Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment)
  • National Skill Development Corporation
  • National Skill Development Agency
  • National Skill Development Fund
  • National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD)
  • Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati

[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. ^ "National Skill Development Mission | Prime Minister of India". Pmindia.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ Cabral, Clement; Dhar, Rajib Lochan (25 June 2019). "Skill development research in India: a systematic literature review and future research agenda". Benchmarking. 26 (7): 2242–2266. doi:10.1108/BIJ-07-2018-0211. ISSN 1463-5771. S2CID 198772814.
  4. ^ https://www.iie.gov.in/#gsc.tab=0 Archived 26 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]
  5. ^ "Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) Launched To Support Entrepreneurs in Villages". IndianWeb2.com. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.


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