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Standup India Progress
Scheme Commencement 5 April 2016 Rs 30,160 crore has been Commencement 15 July 2015 Scheme
Skill India Mission
disbursed in 1,33,995
Standup India is
Up India scheme from the
strengthening economic accounts under the Stand Skill India is giving
inception of the scheme
empowerment and till March 21, 2022. While momentum to skilling,
employment generation Rs 3976.84 crore has been reskilling and upskilling

Objective: Economic approved for 19310 accounts Objective: To create a vast
empowerment and of SC people, Rs 1373.71 infrastructure for skilling,
employment generation. Also, crore has been approved in reskilling, and upskilling
to promote entrepreneurship 6435 accounts of STs. In with an aim to increase
among women and 2019-20, the Stand-Up India employment opportunities.
communities belonging scheme was extended for the
to Scheduled Castes and entire period coinciding with
the 15th Finance Commission
Scheduled Tribes. 1,42,49,631 persons have
period of 2020-25 registered and 1,81,858 people Progress
are getting training under this
scheme as of 25th April 2022.
National Education Policy Progress The Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship has
Scheme Commencement 29 July 2020 Students will be given launched the third phase of
its flagship scheme- Pradhan
The National Education
practical training in vocational
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 3.0
Policy (2020) brings
revolutionary results skills like carpentry, electrical (PMKVY 3.0) in January 2021.
A total of 7.79 lakh people have
repair, gardening, pottery,
embroidery as well as other been enrolled, 5.54 lakh have
Objective: The National been trained, 2.61 lakh have been
Education Policy (2020) skills. Under the policy, a assessed and 2.61 lakh have
aims to prepare India's target has been set to impart been certified till 25 April 2022
youth for the future and vocational skills to at least under PMKVY 3.0.
plans to transform India 50% of the students by 2025
into the world's largest so that the vocational skills So far
skilled workforce. acquired at the school level
can be taken up to the higher 1,35,40,509
level of studies. people have been trained
and 1,08,40,911 are certified.

Progress
Commencement 29 September 2021

Prime Minister POSHAN scheme About 11.80 crore children `130794.90
studying in 11.20 lakh schools
POSHAN scheme setting a new across the country are covered
benchmark in providing nutrition under this scheme. Under PM Crore is the total budget
Scheme Objective: To provide nutritious Nursery to Primary School Class of the PM Poshan Yojana
to school students
Poshan Yojana, the students
of Bal Vatika (Pre-School) i.e.
food to all the school children
studying in classes I to VIII in
they will be provided nutritious
government and government-aided VIII level are being covered. Now
schools. fortified rice under the scheme

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