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32. PRADHAN MANTRI YUVA YOJANA
Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan) is a centrally
sponsored scheme on entrepreneurship education and training being
implemented by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
(MSDE), Government of India.
Key Objectives
The main objective of the scheme is to encourage youngsters and also
make them well-prepared for global competition.
To provide young entrepreneurs proper guidance and learning, MSDE
has come up with this training scheme.
The scheme will be for youngsters who are educated but not skilled and
knowledgeable enough to face global competition.
The scheme aims at creating an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship
development through entrepreneurship education and training, advocacy
and easy access to the entrepreneurship support network and promoting
social enterprises for inclusive growth.
This scheme overall aims for the betterment of the nation’s economy.
Features
After becoming a part of this Ministry, MSDE’s two institutes are now
focusing on mentorship of budding entrepreneurs across the country.
They are determined to create more opportunities of employment for our
youth through this initiative.
The institutes under this scheme include 2,200 institutes of higher
learning (colleges, universities and premier institutes), 300 schools, 500
ITIs and 50 entrepreneurship development centres through Massive
