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'Skill India' is a campaign launched in 2015. the campaign aims to train over 40
crore people in India in different skills by 2022.The government has initiated various programmes to support it.
Introduction
'Skill India' is a campaign launched in 2015. the campaign aims to train over 40
crore people in India in different skills by 2022.The government has initiated various programmes to support it.
Objective of ‘Skill India’
The main goals are to create opportunities, space and scope for the
development of the talents of the Indian youth. the objective is also to develop sectors those were already associated with skill development and to identify new sectors. The new programme
aims at providing training and skill development to 500 million youth of the country
by 2020, covering each village. Various schemes are also proposed to achieve
this objective.
Missions
and Schemes for Skill Development, Livelihoods and Gainful Employment: -
1- Deendayal Upadhyay
Gram Kaushal Yojana – DD-GKY --- is a placement linked skill development
program for the rural youth. DD-GKY funds a variety of skill training program
all over the country that includes over 250 trades such as retail, hospitality,
health, construction, automotive, leather electrical, plumbing gems and jewellery
etc. It is being implemented in almost all the states & union territories
by Ministry
of Rural Development. DD-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission
(NRLM).
2- Deendayal Antyodaya
yojana- National Urban Livelihood Mission – DAY- NULM – The main aim
of this mission is to curb poverty of the urban poor households by providing them
access to their skill related employment opportunities in an organized manner. As
a part of this scheme, regional workshop has also been conducted in support of
urban homeless, urban street vendor etc. DAY-NULM is implemented by Ministry of Rural
Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
3- Udyamita – A five-year
plan (2016 to 2020) aimed at creating a favourable ecosystem for entrepreneurship. it is also to educate and equip potential, early stage entrepreneurship, connecting entrepreneurship
through a mentor network, and coordinating and supporting government schemes.
National Rural
Livelihood Mission (NRLM) Ajeevika – it is an initiative launched by Ministry
of Rural Development, government of India. The ajeevika skill development
programme operates under NRLM. It aims to understand the professional aspirations
and interest of youth and to also increase daily income. The mission provides
young people from poor communities an opportunity to upgrade their skills and
enter the skilled work force of the country. Some key features of the scheme include,
post placement support, food and transport during training and assured placement.
Samarth – It is a scheme
of Ministry
of Textile. It has broad objective to skill the youth for gainful and
sustainable employment in textile sector covering entire value chain of
textiles, excluding spinning and weaving. The scheme is intended to
provide demand driven, placement oriented national skills qualifications
framework compliant skilling programmes to incentivize and supplement efforts
of industry in creating jobs in textiles sectors.
Sankalp Scheme– SANKALP stands for “Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion”. the scheme is to enhance institutional mechanism for skills development and increase
access to quality and market-relevant training for the work force.
It is aimed at institutional reforms and improving quality & market relevance of skill development training programs in long and short-term vocational education and training. It also aimed at channelizing energy of youth in proper education, skills and jobs. Government of India has signed 250$ million load agreement with World Bank for this project.
It is aimed at institutional reforms and improving quality & market relevance of skill development training programs in long and short-term vocational education and training. It also aimed at channelizing energy of youth in proper education, skills and jobs. Government of India has signed 250$ million load agreement with World Bank for this project.
Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Kendra for skilling in smart cities – This is India’s first
scheme for skill development in Smart Cities. It has been set Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
yojana by national skill development corporation in collaboration with new
Delhi Municipal Council NDMC. It will provide skill training for unemployed youth
through short-term training module and contribute to capacity building
of municipal employees through recognition of prior learning program.
Strive Scheme –
Strive Scheme will incentivize ITI’s to improve overall performance
including apprenticeship by involving SME’S (small scale enterprises)
business association and industry clusters. It will develop robust mechanism
for delivering quality skill development training by straitening institutions
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), state skill development mission
(SSDMs), sector skills councils, ITI’s and national skill development agency. It is
also aligned to flagship government programs such as Make in India and Swachta Abhiyan.
National Skill Development Agency (NSDA)
NSDA is an autonomous body of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship,
which aims to coordinates the skill development efforts of the government and
the private sector to achieve the set target by 2022. The NSDA works in
partnership with several agencies like the National Skill Development Council, Central Ministry Skill Programs, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Sector Skill Councils. The NSDA works with different kinds of skill sector and it ensured
that the skilling needs of the disadvantaged and the marginalized groups like
SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities, women and differently abled persons.
