National Entrepreneurship Development Board (NEDB)

Objectives:

The main objective of the National Entrepreneurship Development Board (NEDB) is promotion of entrepreneurship for encouraging self-employment in small scale industries and small business.

Salient Features:

The scheme covers the following activities:-

                    (i)  To identify and remove entry barriers for potential entrepreneurs (first generation and new entrepreneurs) including study on entrepreneurship development.

(ii) To focus on existing entrepreneurs in micro, tiny and small sector and identify and remove constraints to survivals, growth and continuously improve performance.

(iii) To facilitate the consolidation, growth and diversification of existing entrepreneurial venture in all possible ways.

(iv) To support skill up gradation and renewal of learning processes among practicing entrepreneurs and managers of micro, tiny, small and medium enterprises.

(v)               To support agencies in the area of entrepreneurship about the current requirement of growth.

(vi) To act as catalyst to institutionalize entrepreneurship development by supporting and strengthening state level institutions for entrepreneurship development as most entrepreneurship related activities take place at the grass root level and removing various constraints to their effective functioning.(

(vii) Setting up of incubators by entrepreneurship development institutions and other organizations devoted to the promotion of entrepreneurship development