Rural entrepreneurship development programmes in india

Rural Entrepreneurship
Development Programs in India
Sarat Kumar Budumuru, Consultant
BD, SynchroServe Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
saratkumar.budumuru@gmail.com

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
The program is aimed at establishing micro enterprises in rural areas based
on the ability of the poor and potential of each area.
 Since 1999 the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) has been
implemented as the largest program for the self-employment of the rural
poor with a focused objective to bring the assisted BPL families [ Swarozgais]
above the Poverty Line by providing them income-generating assets through
provision of bank credit and Government subsidy.
Sarat Kumar Budumuru, Consultant BD,
SynchroServe Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

National Program for Rural Industrialization
(NPRI)
The National Program for Rural Industrialization envisages setting up Rural
Industrial Estates and Artisan Clusters to provide necessary infrastructure
and support services to the village industries.
 The Finance Minister in his Budget Speech for 1999-2000 announced
the National Programme for Rural Industrialization (NPRI) to promote
clusters of units in rural areas aiming to set up 100 rural clusters in each
year.
 Ministry of Agro & Rural Industries has been designated to coordinate
the programme with various Ministries/agencies engaged in similar
programme.
 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Khadi & Village Industries
Commission (KVIC) and states are the major implementing agencies of the
programme.

Micro and Small Enterprises – Custer
Development Program (MSE – CDP)
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME),
Government of India (GoI) has adopted the cluster development approach
as a key strategy for enhancing the productivity and competitiveness as
well as capacity building of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) and their
collectives in the country.
Clustering of units also enables providers of various services to them,
including banks and credit agencies, to provide their services more
economically, thus reducing costs and improving the availability of services
for these enterprises.

Objectives of the Scheme:
i. To support the sustainability and growth of MSEs by addressing
common issues such as improvement of technology,
skills and quality, market access, access to capital, etc.
ii. To build capacity of MSEs for common supportive action through
formation of self help groups, consortia, upgradation of
associations, etc.
iii. To create/upgrade infrastructural facilities in the new/existing
industrial areas/ clusters of MSEs.
iv. To set up common facility centres (for testing, training centre,
raw material depot, effluent treatment, complementing
production processes, etc).

Scheme for Upgradation of Rural and Traditional
Industries (SFURTI)
The objective of the scheme is to support the sustainability and growth of
MSEs by addressing common issues such as improvement of technology,
skills and quality, market access, access to capital, etc., to build capacity of
MSEs for common supportive action through formation of self help groups,
consortia, upgradation of associations, etc., and to create and upgrade
infrastructural facilities in the new and existing industrial clusters of MSEs.

Prime Minister- Rural Employment Generation
Programs [2008]
The objective of the program is to generate employment opportunities in
rural as well as urban areas through setting up of new self-employment
ventures/projects/micro enterprises.
 The program was launched on 15th August 2008 to empower the fist
generation entrepreneurs to set up micro enterprises.
 The scheme is formulated by merging by merging Prime Minister’s
Rojgar Yojana (PMRY) and Rural Employment Generation Program (REGP)

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes
(RSETI’s)
RSETIs are Rural Self Employment Training Institutes, an initiative of
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) to have dedicated infrastructure in
each district of the country to impart training and skill upgradation of rural
youth geared towards entrepreneurship development. RSETIs are managed
by banks with active co-operation from the Government of India and State
Governments.
 Dedicated institutions designed as to ensure necessary skill training
and skill up gradation of the rural BPL youth to mitigate the
unemployment problem.
These are promoted and managed by banks with active cooperation from
state governments

 RSETI concept is based on RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self
Employment Training Institute), a society established jointly by three
agencies i.e. Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank and Sri Manjunatheswara Trust
based at Ujire in Karnataka.
 One RSETI is established in every district in the country. Concerned bank is
the lead bank in the district takes responsibility for creating and managing it.
Government of India will provide one - time grant assistance, upto a
maximum of Rs. 1 crore for meeting the expenditure on construction of
building and other infrastructure.
 After successful completion of the training, they will be provided with credit
linkage assistance by the banks to start their own entrepreneurial ventures.

Bibliography
 “Government Initiatives in Rural Employment”, Arpita Sharma –
Kurukshetra, February 2013.

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