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The Workforce is Getting Ready for the Future

crore people trained in various
6.42+ programmes in the last decade

Training under skill development scheme

PMKVY 1.0 19.86 lakh
(2015-16)

PMKVY 2.0 1.10 crore
(2016-20)
India is becoming the skill
PMKVY 3.0 7.37 lakh
(2020-21) capital of Artificial Intelligence
India is counted among the top countries
PMKVY 4.0 with AI skills, AI capabilities, and policies
(2022-26) 26.01 lakh (as on 18th April 2025)
to use AI according to the most reliable
rankings. Stanford University has ranked
n 40 lakh trainees have been placed India among the top four countries, along
in the National Apprenticeship with the US, China, and the UK, in the
Promotion Scheme with direct More than global and national AI liveability rankings
stipend payment since 2016, 30 based on 42 indicators. GitHub has ranked
in which female participation India at the top with a global share of
lakh needy people have
has reached more than 21%. been trained in Jan Shikshan 24 percent of all projects. India has also
More than 80 lakh students Sansthans between 2018 and
n approved an AI mission on March 7, 2024,
were trained in ITIs across December 2024. Of these, intending to establish a strong and inclusive
the country between 2018 82 percent are women AI ecosystem while aligning it with the
and 2024 under the Craftsman beneficiaries. country’s development goals.
Training Scheme. There are now
14,615 ITIs across the country. Till
2014, there were only 9,977 ITIs. lakh needy were trained in Rural Self-
17.44 Employment Training Institutes.
n 76.72 lakh farmers were trained on various subjects
including agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, More than 4 lakh youth More than
fisheries, and beekeeping in the Agricultural have been trained under
Technology Management Agency (ATMA) between the Kaushal Bharat 1,000
2022-23 and 2023-24. Mission in advanced educational
areas like Artificial institutions have been
lakh youth were trained under Deen Dayal linked as Kaushal
6.14 Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. Intelligence, Robotics,
and Data. Bharat Kendras.

to the needs of the industry. Under this mission, Along with this, at the rural level, the Ministry
the Government of India provides skill, reskill, of Agriculture Development is also equipping
and upskill training through a network of Kaushal the youth with skills, along with Deendayal
Vikas Kendras and institutes across the country. Upadhyaya Gramin Kaushalya Yojana and Rural
Under the mission, work is being done to make Self-Employment Training Institutes. In the
the youth skilled under the Pradhan Mantri last decade, through various skill development
Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan initiatives, more than 6 crore youth and needy
Sansthan, National Apprenticeship Promotion people have been equipped with future-friendly
Scheme, and Craftsman Training Scheme. skills in the country.

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