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.
