{"id":368286,"date":"2026-07-27T15:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368286"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:48:49","slug":"start-up-village-entrepreneurship-programme-svep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/start-up-village-entrepreneurship-programme-svep\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As India&#8217;s start-up ecosystem expands, the government is promoting rural entrepreneurship through the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image003CMJ0.jpg?resize=418%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) \" width=\"418\" height=\"274\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is\u00a0 the <\/span><b>sub-scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under <\/span><b>the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) programme <\/b><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Launched: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched in<\/span><b> 2016.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Nodal Ministry: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Rural Development<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Objective: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objective is <\/span><b>to help the rural poor come out of poverty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by helping them set up enterprises and provide support till the enterprises stabilize.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Implementation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is implemented through <\/span><b>State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs), with Block Resource Centres\u2013Enterprise Promotion (BRC-EPs) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coordinating implementation at the block level.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Community Resource Persons\u2013Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EPs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide handholding support, business mentoring and credit facilitation to entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<\/span><b>HGs and their federations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify potential beneficiaries and monitor enterprise performance.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Holistic Enterprise Development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SVEP combines <\/span><b>financial assistance, entrepreneurship training, mentoring, institutional support, and access to formal credit,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enabling rural entrepreneurs to establish and sustain their enterprises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Community-Led Implementation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme <\/span><b>follows a community-led implementation model<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which local community institutions identify beneficiaries based on their entrepreneurial potential, livelihood needs, and poverty status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Financial Assistance and Credit Access: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected entrepreneurs receive financial assistance through the <\/span><b>Community Enterprise Fund (CEF)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and bank credit, along with continuous mentoring and capacity-building support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Convergence with Government Schemes: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SVEP facilitates convergence with government initiatives, including the <\/span><b>Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to improve access to institutional finance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Inclusive and Gender-Focused Approach: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme ensures that at least <\/span><b>60% of beneficiaries are women<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while providing adequate representation to <\/span><b>persons with disabilities (PwDs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and minority communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Institutional Framework: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SVEP operates through <\/span><b>a well-defined institutional framework<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involving government agencies, financial institutions, and community organizations <\/span><b>to ensure effective implementation, financial inclusion, and the long-term sustainability of rural enterprises.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Financial Support for Enterprise Development: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each implementation block receives <\/span><b>financial assistance of \u20b96.50 crore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with an <\/span><b>average investment of \u20b927,083 per enterprise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to support the establishment and growth of rural businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Community Resource Persons (CRP-EPs): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CRP-EPs are jointly selected by <\/span><b>State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and implementing agencies after training and certification providing <\/span><b>continuous support in business planning, financial management, market linkages, and enterprise growth.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Technology-Driven Monitoring<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: SVEP integrates digital tools for business planning, loan appraisal, and enterprise tracking. A centralized <\/span><b>Management Information System (MIS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enables regular monitoring and evaluation at both the state and central levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Performance of the scheme: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its inception, <\/span><b>up to June 15, 2026, the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP) has supported the establishment of more than 4.32 lakh rural enterprises.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh have emerged as the leading states in terms of the number of enterprises supported under the programme.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: As India&#8217;s start-up ecosystem expands, the government is promoting rural entrepreneurship through the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP).\u00a0 About Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)\u00a0 It is\u00a0 the sub-scheme under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) programme . Launched: It was launched in 2016. Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development Objective: The objective&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/start-up-village-entrepreneurship-programme-svep\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,956,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-368286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}