🏛️ Description
The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is the nodal ministry of the Government of India for building a skilled workforce and nurturing an entrepreneurial ecosystem. It designs policies and programmes that expand high-quality skilling, upskilling and reskilling, strengthen apprenticeship, and catalyse job creation through industry-aligned training and entrepreneurship support.
MSDE leads the Skill India Mission through national frameworks, digital platforms, standards and certifications, working with industry bodies, Sector Skill Councils, States/UTs and training partners to ensure employability in India and abroad.
🎯 Mandate
- Formulate national policy, standards and frameworks for skill development and certification.
- Expand apprenticeship and work-based learning; strengthen ITIs and National Skill Training Institutes.
- Run large-scale schemes for short-term skilling, RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) and upskilling.
- Enable entrepreneurship development, incubation and credit facilitation for new enterprises.
- Advance international mobility and global placements via harmonised standards.
- Drive digital skilling, career services and labour-market information through unified portals.
- Quality assurance and regulation through a national regulator and common qualifications framework.
🌐 Official Website
🏢 Offices & Contacts
Headquarters:
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE)
Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg,
New Delhi – 110001, India
Telephone (Board line): +91-11-2371 — see website directory for latest extensions
Email: secy-msde@nic.in
Website: https://msde.gov.in
🏗️ Departments / Agencies & Key Platforms
- Directorate General of Training (DGT): ITIs, Craftsmen/Instructor Training, Apprenticeship — dgt.gov.in
- National Council for Vocational Education & Training (NCVET): National regulator for skilling — ncvet.gov.in
- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC): Implementation & industry partnership — nsdcindia.org
- National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) — financing of large skilling programmes.
- Skill India Digital: Unified skilling & jobs platform — skillindiadigital.gov.in
- NCVT-MIS / ITI Portal: Trainee records, results & institutes — ncvtmis.gov.in
🚀 Flagship Schemes & Initiatives
- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): Short-term training, RPL and upskilling via Sector Skill Councils.
- National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS): Incentives for employers to engage apprentices — apprenticeshipindia.gov.in
- STRIVE & SANKALP: World Bank–supported initiatives for ITI modernisation, capacity building and industry linkage.
- Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS): Community-based skilling for non-/neo-literates and youth.
- Skill India International: Global standards, pre-departure skilling and placements.
- National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs): Advanced training for trainers/instructors and new-age trades.
- Entrepreneurship Development: Curricula, bootcamps, incubation linkages & credit facilitation (with banks/DFIs).