The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a Ministry of

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set up on 9 November 2014 to coordinate all skill development efforts across the country. The ministry is headed by

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Dharmendra Pradhan Dharmendra Pradhan (; born 26 June 1969) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India. He has also been the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas ...

. 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. 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

List of Ministers of State

Organizations

The Ministry is in charge of providing and facilitating skill development initiatives and training infrastructure with the following institutions. *Director General of Training (formerly the Directorate General of Training & Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment) *

National Skill Development Corporation National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated on July 31, 2008, under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 (corresponding to section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013). NSDC was set up by Min ...

National Skill Development Agency The National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) attempts to increase Employability of Youth in India. It is a fully autonomous body, constituted on the approval of Union Cabinet of India. On May 9, 2013, the Union Cabinet gave its nod to form NS ...

* National Skill Development Fund * National Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD)

Schemes

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is a skill development initiative scheme of the Government of India for recognition and standardisation of skills. The aim of the PMKVY scheme is to encourage aptitude towards employable skills and t ...

* 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.

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