Dear Readers,
The Skill India initiative has
recently been in the news and could be important for your exam.
Skill India is a nationwide
campaign which targets the idea of skill development and makes skill a national
agenda. Introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Skill India aims to create
better opportunities and uplift those who lack formal education, especially in
the unorganized sector. This article will look at the objectives, background
and implementation framework of Skill India.
Objectives
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To facilitate the skilling process with Speed,
Scale and Standards across the country.
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To bring together important stakeholders,
including Central Ministries/Departments, State Governments, major industrial
organizations and trainees.
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To generate opportunities, space and scope for
development of talents of the young population of India.
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To develop those sectors of the economy that
have already been under skill development for the past years, and
simultaneously identify newer areas for skill development.
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To provide training to 300 million youth of
India by 2022, reaching out to each and every village.
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To create a hallmark ‘Rural India Skill’ in
order to certify and standardize the training process.
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To boost confidence, stimulate productivity and give
direction through properly executed skill development.
Background
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It was launched by the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) on 15 July 2015, when the first ever
World Youth Skills Day was also celebrated.
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Under the umbrella campaign of Skill India,
three separate campaigns and flagship schemes were launched – National Skill
Development Mission, National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
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The National Mission will connect, coordinate,
execute and monitor the skilling activities taking place across the nation.
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The National Policy will facilitate policy
guidance and directions to all stakeholders in the skill development area.
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PMKVY is the demand-driven flagship of the MSDE
and a skill training program which will provide financial rewards to candidates
who successfully accomplish the approved skill training programs.
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Another
initiative called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be put in place to
recognize the skills of 24 lakh young people across India. This will be
especially beneficial for the unorganized sector workers as despite lacking
formal education, their skills will be recognized.
Implementation Framework
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The National Mission will have a Governing
Council at apex level, a Steering Committee and a Mission Directorate
(alongside an Executive Committee) which will serve as the executive branch of
the Mission.
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The Mission Governing Council will be presided
by the Prime Minister at the apex level.
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In terms of financing, the administrative
expenses of the campaign will be borne by the budget of MSDE.
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MSDE has initiated a number of
cross-departmental partnerships across different Departments and Ministries to
scale up the process of skill training.
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Eight cross-sectoral MoUs have been signed so
far between MSDE and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Steel, Ministry of
Mines, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Department of Fertilizers
and Department of Pharmaceuticals.
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Two tri-partite MoUs have also been inked
between National Skill Development Corporation, National Skill Development Fund
and National Thermal Power Corporation as well as Power Grid Corporation of India
Ltd.
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These MoUs will seek to promote and scale up
apprenticeship training in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), introduce
vocational courses in schools run by Ministries/PSUs, leverage existing
government infrastructure to deliver skill training programmes, upgrade
equipment of it is and NSDC/SSC affiliated training providers, establish
Centers of Excellence for high quality skill training, and align training
programmes to National Skill Qualification Framework and mobilize workforce for
RPL.
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A ‘Skill Loan’ initiative has also been
launched, under which loans ranging from INR 5,000-1.5 lakhs will be available
to over 3.4 million youth of India, who intend to be a part of the skill
development programmes for the next five years.
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Under the PMVKY, a Skill Card will be issued to
those who complete their training. One of the officials explained the purpose
behind this card and said that instead of a piece of paper, this skill card
will be an easy-to-carry certification of your skills. There will be a QR code
on the card, which can be read on the mobile phone and checked for
authenticity.
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Customized, need-based programmes would be designed
and executed for specific age groups, which will range from language and
communication skills, life skills, personality development, positive thinking,
management skills, behavioural skills and job and employment skills.
These are the major points in the
Skill India initiative. If you can understand these well, you will be able to
attempt questions on this topic with greater ease.
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