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PMKVY 3.0

PMKVY IN NEW AVATAR

Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 to impart new-age PMKVY 3.0 to address the
skills, help India become global skill capital ambitions of aspirational
Bharat
oronavirus has changed the way of life for people across the l PMKVY 3.0 has been
world and has also affected the skill requirements. Aimed at launched in nearly 600
Csupporting the local economy and serving the global needs, districts
l Launched for 37 sectors
the Government has launched the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
having over 300 courses,
Yojana 3.0 (PMKVY 3.0). This was designed to keep pace with the
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changing demands, both at the global and local levels. Around eight
states and 8 UTs and is
Lakh youths will be trained for skills in the post-COVID world with an
yet another step towards
outlay of Rs 949 Crore.
‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’
Even as Jammu & Kashmir has struggled for years, its resident
l The scheme aims to re-skill
Samir Ahmed Nazar is now a professional hair stylist. He is not just
and up-skill unemployed/
financially independent but also self-reliant. For this, he is thankful
drop-out youth between
to the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). Pritam and
the ages of 15 and 45
his friend also have a similar story. They were unable to make ends
l At least 729 Pradhan
meet even after working day and night. However, after getting trained
Mantri Kaushal Kendras
in industrial welding under the PMKVY, they are now working with
(PMKKs), empanelled
big firms. Pritam says that he was earning only Rs 8,000 due to non-PMKK training
lack of skill training. “After getting training under the Pradhan Mantri centres and more than
Kaushal Vikas Yojana, I got a job in a big company at a much higher 200 ITIs under Skill India
salary. The training also opened up multiple opportunities for me as will be rolling out PMKVY
industrial welding is required in a number of sectors,” he said. 3.0 training
These are a few examples of how skill enhancement can make l Along with training, the
people’s life easier and better. candidates will also get
But the Coronavirus pandemic has created a demand for new skill help in placement
sets. With a long-term vision, the Government launched the third l Focus on strengthening
edition of PMKVY. It aims to make over 300 skill courses available District Skill Committees
to the youth. PMKVY 3.0 will focus on new-age and demand-driven for demand-driven skill
skill development, digital technology and Industry 4.0 skills. training

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