Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme

SEO Title: Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP): Objectives, DAY-NRLM and Rural Entrepreneurship

Category: Government Schemes | Rural Development | Entrepreneurship | Poverty Alleviation

UPSC Notes

SVEP is a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) aimed at promoting rural entrepreneurship.

Key Pointers

  • Full form: Start-Up Village Entrepreneurship Programme.

  • Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development.

  • Parent programme: DAY-NRLM.

  • Approved: 2015.

  • Implementation began from 2016.

  • Target group: Rural poor, particularly those within the SHG ecosystem.

  • Focus: Non-farm rural enterprises.

  • Operational unit: Block.

  • Provides:

    • Training

    • Financial assistance

    • Business support

    • Incubation

    • Mentoring

  • Creates Community Resource Persons–Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP).

  • Supports both new and existing rural enterprises. (Press Information Bureau)

Prelims Focus: SVEP → DAY-NRLM → Ministry of Rural Development → SHGs → non-farm enterprises.