Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP) benefits more than 18 Lakh participants in 5 years

Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP) benefits more than 18 Lakh participants in 5 years

Posted On: 30 MAR 2026 4:12PM by PIB Delhi A total of 39,280 programmes were conducted, benefiting 18,25,181 participants across the country under the scheme of Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP) during the period from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26 (as on 23.03.2026). The objective of the scheme is to motivate young people representing different sections of the society, including SC, ST and women, to consider self-employment or entrepreneurship as a career option.

The details of programmes conducted and persons benefitted during the last five years, year-wise and State-wise, is given at Annexure-I.

The ultimate objective is to promote new enterprises, build capacity of existing MSMEs and inculcate entrepreneurial culture. Funds allocated and expenditures incurred under the scheme during the last five

years is as under:

Financial Year Fund allocated Expenditures incurred (Rs. crore) (Rs. crore) 2021-22 2.00 1.50 2022-23 40.00 38.714 2023-24 65.00 62.84 2024-25 74.32 73.79 2025-26(As on 23.03.2026) 95.70 89.83 Total 277.02 266.674 This information was given by the Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Sushri Shobha Karandlaje in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.**** Sunil Kumar Tiwari E-Mail – hipessi[at]gmail[dot]com Annexure-I Year-wise and State-wise number of programmes and beneficiaries of last five years from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26 under the ESDP Scheme:

S. Name of 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 No. State/UT Programmes Beneficiaries Programmes Beneficiaries Programmes Beneficiarie 1 Andhra 27 2295 26 1424 113 5760 Pradesh 2 Arunachal 2 136 27 1087 97 4236 Pradesh 3 Assam 17 1165 379 15350 426 19339 4 Bihar 49 3929 132 6079 232 12265 5 Chhattisgarh 27 1814 105 5266 133 5759 6 Goa 2 119 7 279 36 1510 7 Gujarat 24 1580 196 9651 343 14939 8 Haryana 23 2014 65 3213 143 7688 9 Himachal 15 1317 31 1790 112 5923 Pradesh 10 Jharkhand 27 2570 110 6156 141 8380 11 Karnataka 42 3316 141 6117 244 14301 12 Kerala 27 2335 145 7150 150 887313 Madhya 27 2706 959 44248 975 42055 Pradesh 14 Maharashtra 47 3946 379 15468 386 16669 15 Manipur 7 403 35 1281 41 1722 16 Meghalaya 3 213 20 1209 57 2374 17 Mizoram 2 87 7 210 30 1122 18 Nagaland 8 527 206 6810 556 16561 19 Odisha 32 2559 196 8616 222 10348 20 Punjab 22 2447 126 7269 194 10368 21 Rajasthan 27 2293 148 8820 276 12807 22 Sikkim 20 1140 16 903 39 2004 23 Tamil Nadu 31 3002 235 9433 319 16445 24 Telangana 32 2629 103 4606 275 11548 25 Tripura 20 1384 11 331 80 4072 26 Uttar Pradesh 87 8156 413 23137 483 25918 27 Uttarakhand 15 1380 135 5511 214 7835 28 West Bengal 25 1928 181 8251 274 12197 29 Andaman 2 128 59 2856 56 2502 And Nicobar Islands 30 Chandigarh 0 0 1 118 8 276 31 Dadar And 3 280 8 608 12 467 Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu32 Delhi 15 1349 23 1385 84 4170 33 Jammu And 7 494 101 3863 714 35280 Kashmir 34 Ladakh 0 0 1 50 2 94 35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 11 498 36 Puducherry 1 61 5 147 19 737 Total 715 59702 4732 218692 7497 347042

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