Transport Minister B. According to Sriramulu, a plan has been made to set up a "Skill and Entrepreneurship Development University" in the state of Karnataka.
In May 2017, the Central Government had launched SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) with an allocation of Rs 6,000 crore. The scheme was renamed PMKSY in August 2017.