Aims and objectives:

1. To make aware/train entrepreneurial culture among people.
2. To motivate young persons (Men and Women) representing different sections of society, including SC, ST, Women and Physically Handicapped, Ex-Servicemen and BPL persons, to consider entrepreneurship or self-employment as one of the career options.
3. To enable the target group to think and act in an entrepreneurial way by imparting technical and business skills at an early stage in their career, so that it not only encourages them to consider entrepreneurship as a career opportunity but also helps them become successful in any profession.
4. To provide basic entrepreneurship training aimed at helping entrepreneurs to put their ideas into action, bring an attitudinal & behavioural change in the target group and build their personal entrepreneurial skills.
5. To provide advanced entrepreneurship and advanced management training aimed at helping entrepreneurs by providing high-end/advanced training in the domains of e-commerce, BPO, software, Biotech, Modern Agricultural & Animal Husbandry and processing, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Tech. acquisition from premier labs like BARC/CSIR/DRDO, etc. with the help of premier institutes such as IIMs/IITs/ICAR/CSIR/NIT/Administrative Training Institutes (ATIs), post harvesting and Food Processing institutes, Engineering Institutes, etc.
6. To develop technical and vocational skills or upgrade existing skills of the target group.
7. To support the establishment of new MSMEs and enhance growth of existing ones which will result in improved productivity and job creation. The Implementing Agencies (IAs) will be entrusted with the task of Udyam Registration of ESDP beneficiaries.
8. To support MBA/Engineering students by providing opportunities for Vocational Training and in-depth study and outcome of a few typical ESDP programmes conducted, preparing a compendium of available technology with premier lab for dissemination of technology, etc. to MSMEs. Besides, they will be assigned other work which will be an opportunity to work in the Govt. setup. The hired students will be provided with an experience certificate and stipend.

Assistance under the ESDP Scheme: The programme includes the following modules-

• 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 programmes will be conducted through IIMs/IITs/ICAR/CSIR/BARC/IISC/NIT/Agricultural University of Central and State government etc. of repute will be roped in to provide ESDP training.

• Existing MDP: This one-week activity is aimed at capacity building of MSMEs through inputs on management practice systems to improve their decision-making capabilities resulting in higher productivity and profitability of existing and potential entrepreneurs and developing new enterprises. Inputs on a variety of topics of managerial functions will be provided to the participants by experts, which aim at the dissemination of knowledge of scientific/modern management techniques/practices. The intake capacity for the programme will be 25-30 participants. The age of the participants will be 18 years and above.
• Advanced MOP: The Minimum One-week Advanced MOP Programme will have an intake capacity for the programme will be about 25 participants. The Advance MDP Training Programmes will be conducted through State Administrative Training Institutes (ATIs) and/or other reputed institutions in this domain of Central or State Governments/NITs/Regional Engineering Colleges/Agricultural colleges/Autonomous bodies of Central/State Governments to provide MDP training to MSMEs promoters/executives. In this programme Central/State Governments (including the Ministry of MSME)/Bank officers and other stakeholders can also participate to enhance their knowledge with a minimum of 75% MSME participants.

1. The age of the participants will be 18 years and above.
2. Youth and other people interested in setting up their own industrial/business/self-employment venture.
3. The qualification of the participants and structure of the fees will be decided by the Implementing Agencies i.e. Director/Officer in charge of the programme conducting organization.
4. About 40% of the targeted beneficiaries of E-SDPs should be from weaker sections of the Society (SC/ST/Women/Physically Handicapped).