Context:
Skill India Mission has successfully completed 8 years on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day (15th July).
About Skill India Mission:
- Launched by – Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (2015)
- Objective – To create an end-to-end implementation framework for skill development and converge across sectors and States in terms of skill training activities.
- Focuses on skilling, reskilling and upskilling through short term and long term training programme Government through more than 20 Central Ministries/Departments is implementing various skill development schemes across India.
- Skill Sub-missions: (i) Institutional Training, (ii) Infrastructure, (iii) Convergence, (iv) Trainers, (v) Overseas Employment, (vi) Sustainable Livelihoods, (vii) Leveraging Public Infrastructure.
Skill development schemes under Skill India Mission:
- Pradhan MantriKausalVikasYojana (PMKVY) –
- Under PMKVY 3.0, 7.4 lakh persons have been trained, 66% certified and 41,437 placed.
- Jan ShikshanSansthan (JSS) Scheme –
- Provide vocational training to non-literates, neo-literates as well as school drop-outs in rural regions by identifying skills that have a relevant market in that region.
- National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme –
- Provides financial support to industrial establishments undertaking apprenticeship programmes. 21.4 lakh apprentices have been engaged by industries.
- Craftsmen Training Scheme –
- Provides long-term training through 14,938 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). Since 2015, 91.7 lakh students have been trained.
With reference to Pradhan MantriKaushalVikasYojana, consider the following statements:
- It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, and financial and digital literacy.
- It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2018 Prelims]
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3