Skill India Mission

Skill India Mission

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:

  1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
  2. It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, and financial and digital literacy.
  3. 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

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