7th anniversary of Skill India Mission

Context

The 7th anniversary of the Skill India Mission is being observed on 15th July.

National Skill Development Mission also known as Skill India Mission was launched on this day in 2015.

About Skill India Mission

Skill India Mission initiative was launched by the Government to train over 40 crore Indians in different jobs related to industry.
Under this mission, the government seeks to create an empowered workforce by 2022 with the help of several schemes and training courses.
The programme has numerous benefits and its objective is to enable youth to take up training in order to secure a better livelihood.
Over one crore youth are getting trained every year under the Skill India Mission.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is responsible for the Skill India initiative. This initiative consists of:

Sub-schemes under Skill India

The NSDM was launched for creating convergence across various sectors and different states with respect to activities relating to skills training.
The mission, apart from consolidating and coordinating skilling efforts, would also facilitate decision making across sectors to achieve quality skilling on a large scale.

PMKVY is a skill certification scheme that aims to encourage the young population of the country to take up training which is industry-relevant and builds them in skill development.
The scheme contains many specialised components such as the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF), Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Kaushal, and Rozgar Melas among others.
Under the Pradhanmantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna, more than one crore 36 lakh young persons have been trained so far.

The chief objective of this policy is to match the challenge of skilling at scale with speed, standard (quality), and sustainability.
It aims to offer an umbrella framework to all skilling activities carried out within India, to align them to common standards and connect skilling with demand centres.
In addition to laying down the objectives and expected outcomes, the policy also identifies the overall institutional framework which will act as a means to achieve the expected results.

Under this scheme, loans ranging from Rs.5000 to Rs. 1.5 lakhs will be provided for those seeking to attend skill development programmes.
The idea behind the scheme is to remove financial hurdles for people who want to upgrade their skills and learn new skills.

About Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS)

Jan Shikshan Sansthans were launched with the aim of providing vocational training to non-literates, neo-literates and school dropouts in rural areas.
Vocational training will be provided by identifying skills which might be relevant to the market in that region.
They were launched with the objective of uplifting the rural population economically by providing skills training and enabling local trades to grow & create new opportunities.