The assistance shall be provided to training institutions in the form of capital grant for creation/strengthening of infrastructure and support for conducting entrepreneurship development and skill development training programmes.

Maximum assistance for creation or strengthening of infrastructure will be Rs.150 lakh on matching basis, not exceeding 50% of project cost. However, for the North- Eastern Region (including Sikkim), Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep, maximum assistance on matching basis would be Rs.270 lakh or 90% of project cost, whichever is less.

Maximum assistance per trainee per hour for entrepreneurship development and skill development programmes is Rs.50 (Rs.60 for NER,A&N and Lakshadweep).

Any State/Union Territory Government training institutions, NGOs and other development agencies can apply for assistance for creation or strengthening of infrastructure.

Training institutions who wish to conduct training programmes under the scheme will have to enroll themselves with any of the three national level EDIs of the Ministry viz, NIESBUD, Noida; IIE Guwahati and ni-msme, Hyderabad.

Organisations who wish to apply for assistance for creation or strengthening of infrastructure may send their applications to the Director (EDI), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Udyog Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110 107.

Training institutions who wish to conduct training programmes or persons who wish to enroll for training programmes under the scheme may visit http://msmetraining.gov.in/ or approach any of the three EDIs mentioned above.