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Skilling India, Transforming India

Steps related to skill… VISION OF SKILLED INDIA

Mission Progress FOR THE AMRIT KAAL

So far, 146 prospective skills qualifications have been The Ministry of Skill Development &
approved for market-based future skills in line with Industry Entrepreneurship for India @ 2047 has
4.0. All the candidates certified under PM Kaushal Vikas formulated a vision for NITI Aayog with
Yojana 3.0 are being linked to the Aseem (ASEEM) portal to empaneled experts and is interacting with
find job opportunities. stakeholders on:

The crash course programme for COVID warriors started
under the PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0 and 1.24 lakh people
have been trained for jobs in the healthcare sector.

Training has been promoted. More than 22 lakh active
apprentices have been engaged in this. As of December
2021, around 4.9 lakh apprentices have completed the
training.

9.93 lakh participants were trained through 39,251
programmes to promote entrepreneurship. It includes more
than 5000 candidates from 145 countries.

Through the Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana, 991 new
enterprises have been created and 1071 existing enterprises Immense potential
have been expanded.

There is a lot of potential for the gig or knowledge
in order to change the unorganised sector into economy to grow in terms of gigs and workers.
the organised sector. Over 50 million people Skills must be embedded in proficiency in
have been assessed and certified as a result processes, systems, and models.
of prior learning recognition. Apart from that, To replicate the world's best work with ease
the police and jails also benefited from this in setting up foreign institutions and focus on
scheme. On June 18, last year, six new crash indigenous best work. To study and analyse future
courses for the training of Covid warriors job forecasts for 2047,
were launched, with a goal of training one lakh India can make a difference in sectors such as
health workers. healthcare, care-sector, hi-tech manufacturing,
The Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) is an IT-ITES, construction, hospitality, technology, and
important initiative for developing skills in innovation where India can make a difference in the
world.
remote rural areas. More emphasis on the need to organise the
More than 9 lakh people have been trained unorganised sector for 2047.
as a result of this in the last few years. 304 A global accreditation board comprised of
Jan Shikshan Sansthans across the country important countries such as India, Canada,
are working on this. Today, India is growing Singapore, the United Kingdom, Australia,
as a global economy. With this in mind, Germany, Japan, the Gulf region, and Scandinavia
young people are being trained on the job and to be superior in skill requirements and leading
receiving on-the-job skills training. For the institutions.

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