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Cover Story Skilling India, Transforming India

Understand 'Modi

Mantra' of skill, re-skill,

and upskill in this way

Businesses and markets change so quickly
nowadays that staying relevant becomes difficult.
It has grown in importance since Covid. But, in
Prime Minister Modi's words, "the mantra of staying
relevant is skill, re-skill, and up-skill." Skill implies
the acquisition of a new skill. This is your skill, as if
The youth of today, who were born you learned to make a chair out of a single piece of
in the 21st century, are going to wood. You've also raised the price of that piece of
carry forward India's development wood. But, in order for this price to remain, as well
journey till the 100th year of as this new design and new style, something new
India's independence. Therefore, must be added every day. You must continue to
skill development of the youth of learn new things. And continuing to learn something
this new younger generation is new necessitates re-skilling. Up-skilling occurs
as you continue to learn new things while making
a national necessity. This is the small furniture and eventually design the entire
cornerstone of self-reliant India. office. "Knowing, understanding, and adhering to
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister this mantra of skill, re-skill, and up-skill are critical
in all of our lives."

Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. But now I've been ever-changing environment have increased the
recognised for my talent. Even during the COVID pace and quality of skill development in various
period, the pace of skill development did not slow. areas. Seven years ago, the groundwork for
When everything came to a halt during the COVID making India self-reliant was laid, with the goal of
period, providing training at skill development making the country a skill capital. Many unique
centres became a challenge. The government's efforts have been made over the years to give
online training system then made our lives easier. skills a new identity in order to achieve Prime
Kritika Sharma, a student at ITI, Noida, Minister Narendra Modi's vision of making India
is overjoyed with how smoothly her training a skill hub.
progressed and how she overcame every In the country today, there are approximately
challenge. This was made possible by the online 2.5 thousand skill India centres and approximately
learning module developed during the Covid period 15 thousand training centres where training in
on the instructions of the Directorate General of more than 300 courses in 37 sectors is provided.
Training. It has benefited approximately 17–18 The fact that over one crore young people join
lakh ITI students. the Skill India Mission every year, giving their
Similar expressions of self-assurance and lives and the nation a new identity, demonstrates
self-reliance can now be seen on the faces of the mission's success. In India, skill development
millions of young people pursuing employment is not a new topic, but there was a difference in
and self-employment through skill training. This intent. Previously, the issue of skill development
is because, as India's industrial progress and was dispersed across many departments, with no
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