ATI
What this is
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance for creation, strengthening, and expansion of training institutions under MSME for skill development and entrepreneurship training.
In detail
The scheme "Assistance to Training Institutions (ATI) Scheme" by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India aims to strengthen training capacity through financial assistance for infrastructure, training programmes, and revenue support to institutions and EDIs. The scheme also aims to enhance infrastructure and capacity of institutions and support training programmes under NSQF norms.
Who qualifies
> Eligibility criteria for assistance to Training Institutions of the Ministry of MSME:
- The applicant must be a training institution under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- The applicant must seek support for infrastructure development or expansion.
- The applicant may include NI-MSME for revenue deficit support.
> Eligibility criteria for assistance to State Level EDIs:
- The applicant must be a training institution under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- The applicant must seek support for infrastructure development or expansion.
- The applicant may include NI-MSME for revenue deficit support.
> Eligibility criteria for assistance for Training Programmes:
- The applicant must be an institution such as NI-MSME, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Coir Board, Tool Rooms/Technology Centres, or Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialisation (MGIRI).
- The applicant may include State Government training institutions or District Industries Centres in Eastern Region and North Eastern Region.
- The applicant must conduct skill development training programmes related to MSME sector.
What you get
> Assistance to MSME Training Institutions:
- Financial assistance for infrastructure creation, strengthening, or expansion.
- Support for opening new branches/centres.
- Support for meeting revenue deficit of National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME).
- Assistance limited to actual requirement.
> Assistance to MSME Training Institutions:
- Financial assistance for infrastructure creation, strengthening, or expansion.
- Support for opening new branches/centres.
- Support for meeting revenue deficit of National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME).
- Assistance limited to actual requirement.
> Assistance for Training Programmes:
- Category I: ₹38.50 per trainee per hour. - Category II: ₹33.00 per trainee per hour. - Category III: ₹27.50 per trainee per hour. - Training of Trainers: ₹60 per trainee per hour or NSQF rate. - Grant released in installments; first in advance.
- Covers overhead costs like space, utilities, staff, and follow-up activities.
Found elsewhere in government
| Budget allocation | ₹90 cr for 2026-27
Central Sector
· Demand No. 68
· matched to budget line “Assistance to Training Institutions”
at 0.909 (strong) |
Union Budget, Expenditure Profile Statement 4B |
not about the scheme.
Provenance
| schemeName | Assistance to Training Institutions Scheme | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | Ministry Of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |