It was built around the vocational training centre that was transferred from Kurukshetra, in July, 1948 to the 1100 acres of swampy land on the Delhi-Ambala highway as one of several enterprises intended to provide employment and training for displaced persons following the partition of India Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri was an employment and training agency in Nilokheri in Karnal district in the state of Haryana owned and managed by the Government of India and responsible for upgrading technical skills of technicians.

Central Tool Room Extension Centre, Nilokheri earlier functional as Integrated Training Centre, Nilokheri.

Shri Mahabir Prasad was the last incumbent. It was headed by the Minister of Agro & Rural Industries and was based at Udyog Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi. The Coir Board, a statutory body established under the Coir Industry Act 1953, looks after the promotion, growth and development of the coir industry, including export promotion and expansion of the domestic market. It uses a by-product of coconut, namely, coir husk. The coir industry is a labour-intensive and export-oriented industry. The KVIC, established by an Act of Parliament, is a statutory organisation engaged in promotion and development of khadi and village industries for providing employment opportunities in the rural areas, thereby strengthening the rural economy. It coordinates implementation of two countrywide employment generation programmes, namely, the Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) and the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) with the cooperation of State Governments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other banks. The Ministry deals with the khadi, village and coir industries through the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and the Coir Board. The now-defunct Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries had the objectives of facilitating coordinated and focused policy formulation and effective implementation of programmes, projects, schemes, etc., for improving supply chain management, enhancing skills, upgrading technology, expanding markets and capacity building of entrepreneurs/artisans and their groups/collectives. The field offices also work as effective links between the Central and State Governments. It also provides economic information services and advises Government in policy formulation for the promotion and development of SSIs.

Preparation of project and product profiles.

Facilities for testing, toolmenting, training for entrepreneurship development.

These autonomous bodies include Tool Rooms, Training Institutions and Project-cum-Process Development Centres. It has over 60 offices and 21 autonomous bodies under its management. The Small Industries Development Organisation was established in 1954 on the basis of the recommendations of the Ford Foundation. The Small Industries Development Organisation was under the control of the ministry, as was the National Small Industries Corporation Limited public sector undertaking). The ministry was tasked with the promotion of micro and small enterprises. Pursuant to this amendment, they were merged into a single ministry. The President of India amended the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, under the notification dated. In September 2001, the ministry was split into the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries. The Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries was created in October 1999. The interest subsidies to khadi institutions increased from ₹96.3 million to ₹314.5 million in this period.

The statistics provided by the annual reports of Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) shows a rise in the plan amount spent on the khadi sector from ₹1942.7 million to ₹14540 million, and non-plan amounts from ₹437 million to ₹2291 million, in the period from 1994–95 to 2014–2015. The Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is Narayan Rane.

It is the apex executive body for the formulation and administration of rules, regulations and laws relating to micro, small and medium enterprises in India. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is the ministry in the Government of India.

Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Minister of State.

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