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Rural Entrepreneurship Development Scheme will be effective from 2016-17

Updated: Jul 12, 2016 05:56:11am
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Rural Entrepreneurship Development Scheme will be effective from 2016-17

New Delhi, July 12 (KNN) The Rural Entrepreneurship Development Scheme, launched in 2015 by PM Modi, will be effective from 2016-17. The objective of pilot studies is to augment knowledge as well as skill as per the requirements of private sector.

It also aims at to create belief and competency amongst undergraduate students so as to initiate their own enterprise.

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.

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh has said that recommendations to rectify the curriculum as well as its contents by 5th Dean Committee has been approved so as to improve the quality of agricultural education in the country.

Singh further said that it would help students as it would provide quality education in agriculture.

The Minister said while addressing at Mahatma Phule Agriculture Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahamednagar, Maharashtra.

The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister reiterated that all agricultural universities across the country are expected to enforce it at the earliest.

Singh added that for the first time the degrees imparted by Agriculture University in Maharashtra have been given professional status. (With PIB Inputs)

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