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7th anniversary of Skill India Mission

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  • Published
    16th Jul, 2022

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:
    • National Skill Development Mission
    • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
    • National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
    • Skill Loan Scheme

Sub-schemes under Skill India

  • National Skill Development Mission (NSDM)
    • 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.
  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
    • 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. 
  • National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015
    • 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. 
  • Skill Loan Scheme
    • 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.

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