Important Facts For Prelims
SAMBHAV Awareness Programme: MSMEs
- 28 Oct 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
Recently, the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched an e-National Level Awareness Programme SAMBHAV.
Key Points
- About:
- It is a mass outreach programme under the Ministry of MSME in which students from different colleges/ITIs from all parts of the country will be encouraged by 130 field offices of the Ministry to take up entrepreneurship.
- During the campaign the college students will be made aware of the various schemes being implemented by the Ministry of MSME through Audio/Video film presentations.
- Objective:
- To promote engagement of the youth in promoting entrepreneurship, boost domestic manufacturing with a view to push economic growth.
- Need:
- The government is working to increase the contribution of MSME in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and exports.
- Enhancing the GDP contribution from present 30% to 50%, and employment generation in MSME sector from 11 crore to 15 crore has been stressed.
- The government is working to increase the contribution of MSME in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and exports.
- Related Initiatives:
- Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP)
- Venture Capital Scheme for Agri-Business Development
- Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
- Generation Unlimited in India (YuWaah)
- National Career Service
- Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
- Pradhan Mantri Rojgar ProtsahanYojana (PMRPY)
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)
