Skilling of the India’s workforce!
Skill development The backbone of Atmnirbhar Bharat Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), said that skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling of the India’s workforce will play a crucial role in the success of the Government’s vision of Atmnirbhar Bharat announced by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The government is soon to get approval on the next phase of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) which will have increased focus on demand driven skill development, digital technology and skills pertaining to Industry 4.0. The current part of the flagship skill training scheme (PMKVY 2016-2020) is about to conclude and has so far trained close to 73lakh youth in the country, Minister said in an ASSOCHAM webinar. “We need to focus on employment in current scenario and that’s why we will be focusing upon demand-based skilling in the next phase of PMKVY, where we have added certain aspects like - ...