Rural Entrepreneurship Development Scheme
Q. Rural Entrepreneurship Development Scheme is for- Published on 12 Jul 16a. Rural Youth
b. Agricultural graduates
c. Rural Youth below poverty line
d. All of the above
ANSWER: Agricultural graduates
- Prime Minister had launched Rural Entrepreneurship Development Scheme in 2015 and it will be effective from 2016-17.
- It is a new programme to impart opportunities for attaining experience as well as entrepreneurship skills on part of agriculture graduates.
- Under this scheme, the agriculture graduation students will be granted scholarship at the rate of Rs. 3000 per month.
- It also aims to create belief and competency amongst undergraduate students so as to initiate their own enterprise.
- It will trigger helping the students for practicable knowledge as well as skill orientation which will be very much conducive to provide quality entrepreneurship for augmenting strength of agriculture graduates.