YEAR END REVIEW -2019 OF MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

About:

• National Skill Development Mission (NSDM): Because of the efforts under NSDM, more than One Crore youth are being imparted skills training annually under various programs of the Central Government.
  
  
• Skill India Portal: A strong IT Platform, namely Skill India portal has been launched to converge the skilling data of various Central Ministries, State Governments, Private Training Providers and Corporates on a single platform.
  
  
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): Under the program about 87 Lakhs youth have been trained till date.
  
  
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK): Out of the 812 allocated PMKKs, 681 centres had been established.
  
  
• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): RPL program, under PMKVY 2016-19, was launched to recognize the prior skills acquired by Individuals. Till date, more than 26 lakh people have been oriented under the RPL program of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
  
  
• STRIVE: The main focus of the scheme is to improve the performance of ITIs. Under phase one, 314 ITIs have been selected & 198 Performance Based Grant Agreements have been signed.
  
  
• PM-YUVA Yojana (Pradhan Mantri Yuva Udyamita Vikas Abhiyan) is implementing a pilot project in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)/National Skill Training Institutes (NSTIs), Polytechnics, PMKKs/ PMKVY and Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)), across 12 States and Union Territories.
  
  
• Kaushalyacharya Awards: To recognize and appreciate the good works done by trainers, Kaushalacharya Awards 2019 were given to felicitate 53 trainers from different sectors for their exceptional contribution towards creating a future-ready and skilled workforce.
  
  
• National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019: MSDE conferred NEA 2019 to 30 Young Entrepreneurs and 6 Organizations / Individuals, building Entrepreneurship eco-system in the country. The award included a trophy, a certificate and prize money up to Rs 10 lakhs.
  
  
• Formation of District Skill Committees: The ministry has formed District Skill Committees (DSC) in all Districts as part of its Aspirational Skilling Abhiyaan under the Sankalp program, which is funded by World Bank.