Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Government of India
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
कौशल विकास और उद्यमशीलता मंत्रालय
	Emblem of India
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Annual budget	₹3,400 crore (US$450 million) (2018–19 est.)
Minister responsible	Dharmendra Pradhan, Cabinet Minister;
Deputy Minister responsible	Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State;
Website	www.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[]


No.	Name	Term of office			Prime Minister	Political Party
1	Sarbananda Sonowal (Independent Charge)	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Narendra Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Independent Charge)	9 November 2014	3 September 2017	2 years, 298 days
3	Dharmendra Pradhan	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
4	Mahendra Nath Pandey	30 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 38 days
5	Dharmendra Pradhan	7 July 2021	Incumbent	208 days

List of Ministers of State[]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Minister of state	Political party	Term		Days
Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	634 days
Raj Kumar Singh		30 May 2019	7 July 2021	769 days
Rajeev Chandrasekhar		7 July 2021	Incumbent	208 days

Organizations[]

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

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

Schemes[]

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
UDAAN, a Special Industry Initiative for J&K

References[]

^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ "mission booklet.cdr" (PDF). Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ "National Skill Development Mission | Prime Minister of India". Pmindia.gov.in. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ 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. doi:10.1108/BIJ-07-2018-0211. ISSN 1463-5771.

External links[]

Official Website

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[1] "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. 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. doi:10.1108/BIJ-07-2018-0211. ISSN 1463-5771.

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