The Government has initiated the launch of a national Multi-Skill programme called Skill India. This programme would skill the youth with an emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills. It will also provide training and support for traditional professions like welders, carpenters, cobblers, masons, blacksmiths, tailoring, nursing and weavers etc. 

What is skill India?

• ·         The Govt. of India set a goal  of skilling more than  40 crore people by 2022. In new policy of National policy for skill Development.
• ·         India faces  shortage of untrained and unskilled workers. A number of initiatives are motive to  developing skill and promoting entrepreneurship among youth.

The importants of  launch of the mission skill India.   India face  shortage of untrained and unskilled workers. In india  only 2.4% of the workforce in India has undergone formal skill training as compared to, 75% in Germany, 66% in the UK , 82% in Japan and , 51% in USA, , 89% in Korea.  Large number  of the educated section have little or no job skills, making them largely unemployable.  According to a report , more than 55  percent of the country's  population is below the age of 25 allowing it with an opportunity to provide a skilled workforce to fill the expected shortfall in the ageing developed world.

Skill India is a campaign launched by NaMO on 15th July 2015 with an aim to train over 40 million  people in IIndia in different skills by 2022. It includes various initiatives of the government like "National Skill Development Mission", "National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015", "Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)" and the "Skill Loan scheme".

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) isthe flagship outcome-based skill training scheme of the new Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE). The objective of this skill certification and reward scheme is to enable and mobilize a large number of Indian youth to take up outcome based skill training and become employable and earn their livelihood.Under the scheme, monetary reward would be provided to trainees who are successfully trained, assessed and certified in skill courses run by affiliated training providers.

Key features of the PMKVY are:

1. Standards- Training will be done against standards (National Occupational Standards - NOS and Qualification Packs - QPs for specific job roles) formulated by industry-driven bodies, namely the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs). Third party assessments for skill training will be done based on national (and often) global standards.


2. Direct Fund Transfer- It will have complete transparent funding of skill training without any intermediaries with monetary rewards directly transferred to the trainees bank account. It will ensure financial inclusion with a provision of unique multi-wallet facility linked to debit card and accidental insurance. Aadhaar number will be used for unique identification of each candidate.
   

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Skill India Campaign on 15 July 2015 in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also launched National Skill Development Mission and he say only education certificate not enough India need skill power.

Skill India is a campaign launched by NaMO on 15th July 2015 with an aim to train over 40 million  people in IIndia in different skills by 2022. It includes various initiatives of the government like "National Skill Development Mission", "National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015", "Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)" and the "Skill Loan scheme".

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana is a unique initiative by the Government of India that

 aims to offer 24 lakh Indian youth meaningful, industry relevant, skill based training.

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The Government has initiated the launch of a national Multi-Skill programme called Skill India. This programme would skill the youth with an emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills. It will also provide training and support for traditional professions like welders, carpenters, cobblers, masons, blacksmiths, tailoring, nursing and weavers etc.