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78th Independence Day
Cover Story

India's rise as the skill

capital of the world

The growing importance of
skill has become a symbol of
the capability of any country.
In such a situation, the
campaign for skill development
since 2015 has changed the
direction of India. Today, skill
has given new dimensions to
development in every field,
which has increased India's
influence in the world…

n As we witness the changes in the world today, the
importance of skills has greatly increased. Therefore,
we want to give new impetus to skills.
n Keeping Industry 4.0 in mind, we aim for skill
development. We also want skill development for
capacity building in every sector of life, including in the
agricultural sector.
We have introduced new
n We want to focus on developing new skills even in our
sanitation sector. Therefore, we have come out with models in skill development.
the Skill India Programme on a much broader scale
We have encouraged public
this time. We have earmarked a large fund in this
year’s Budget for this purpose. In the Budget, we have
participation so that we
also emphasized internships, so that our youth can
gain experience, develop their capacity building and can quickly develop skills
showcase their skills in the market. I want to prepare
according to immediate
skilled youth in this manner.
n Observing the global situation today, I can clearly see requirements. I am confident
that Bharat’s skilled manpower, our skilful youth will
that the day is not far when
be making their mark in the global job market, and we
are moving forward with that dream.
Bharat will become an
n We want to promote the manufacturing sector
industrial manufacturing hub
because it is crucial for addressing unemployment.
Today, the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme
and the world will look up to it.
has been a great success. Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) reforms have also given us significant strength.
MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) have
gained considerable momentum. A new system has
been developed.
n There was a time when mobile phones were being n With a country that has such a large youth population
imported, but today India has a large hub of and the capability to harness it, we aim to advance
manufacturing ecosystem of mobile phones and we in the world of manufacturing with great strength,
have started exporting them all over the world. Such is especially in Industry 4.0. We have also focused on the
the prowess of India. necessary skill development for this.
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