Entrepreneurship Development and Communication Skills (1+1)

6.2.6 Role of government in organising EDP

EDPs are otherwise known as the Human Resource Development Programmes. They deal basically with human motivation, skills, competencies, creativity, social and economic risks and investment of financial and physical resources of the state. Therefore, the role of government in organizing EDPs is considered significant in a country like India. It requires the conversion of surplus labour force into real entrepreneurs to tackle the problems of unemployment and poverty by means of the EDP mechanism. For organizing EDPs on sustained manner, the Union and State governments have undertaken the following activities.