Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Annual budget | ₹3,400 crore (US$430 million) (2018–19 est.)[1] |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible | |
Website | www www |
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a Ministry of Government of India set up on 9 November 2014 to coordinate all skill development efforts across the country. The ministry is headed by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. [2] Industrial training, apprenticeship and other skill development responsibilities were transferred from the Ministry of Labour and Employment to this newly made ministry on 16 April 2015.[3] It aims to remove the disconnect between demand and supply of skilled manpower, to build the new skills and innovative thinking not only for existing jobs but also for jobs that are to be created.
# | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Party | |||
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1 | Sarbananda Sonowal (Independent Charge) |
26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2 | Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Independent Charge) |
9 November 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 2 years, 298 days | ||||
3 | Dharmendra Pradhan | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | ||||
4 | Mahendra Nath Pandey | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 38 days | ||||
5 | Dharmendra Pradhan | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 227 days |
# | Portrait | Name | Term | Minister | Prime Minister | Party | |||
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1 | Anantkumar Hegde | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | 1 year, 269 days | Dharmendra Pradhan | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2 | Raj Kumar Singh | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 38 days | Mahendra Nath Pandey | ||||
3 | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 227 days | Dharmendra Pradhan |
The Ministry is in charge of providing and facilitating skill development initiatives and training infrastructure with the following institutions.[4]