The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) training programme for entrepreneurs had very few takers this year as it trained a little over thousand people less in 2014-15.
Giving this information in the Lok Sabha, the Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Giriraj Singh said that NSIC trained only 4761 entrepreneurs in 2014-15 as against 5783 in 2013-14 in various training centres in the country.
The number of entrepreneurs trained in 2012-13 was 4571 and in 2011-12, it was 5783.
NSIC imparts training in entrepreneurship building to the people who want to set up new small business enterprises in any of the manufacturing/ services sectors or seek employment opportunities in these TICs. NSIC has set up 13 TICs on its own and another 100 TICs have been set up under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in various locations of the country for providing training.
The maximum number of trainees have passed from Assam (1036) in the year 2012-13, from Himachal Pradesh (939) in the year 2013-14, and from Uttar Pradesh (1121) in the year 2014-15 and (1019) in the year 2015-16*.
NSIC has also trained 117 persons in the current year to take up entrepreneurship, under Livelihood Business Incubation (LBI) of ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship) scheme.
State-wise details of number of trainees passed out from NSIC’s own TICs and TICs set up under PPP mode during last four years (as on 31.10.2015) including the State of Punjab is enclosed at Annexure.
State-wise details of number of trainees passed out from NSIC’s own TICs and TICs set up under PPP mode during last three years and current year (as on 31.10.2015)
The maximum number of trainees have passed from Assam (1036) in the year 2012-13, from Himachal Pradesh (939) in the year 2013-14, and from Uttar Pradesh (1121) in the year 2014-15 and (1019) in the year 2015-16*.
NSIC has also trained 117 persons in the current year to take up entrepreneurship, under Livelihood Business Incubation (LBI) of ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship) scheme.