There is a clear focus on placements as well and all the training partners in the skill ecosystem are mandated to ensure 70% placements. There are consistent endeavours being made, to create more avenues for jobs through industry linkages for the youth. MSDE is collaborating extensively on partnerships with industries to facilitate opportunities on skill development whether it is through CSR, or through apprenticeship trainings or through RPL and hiring partnerships.

Some of the proposed initiatives to scale up existing skill training initiatives include:

• Setting up of 7000 New ITIs to enhance seats to the tune of 25 Lakh

• Up-gradation of ITIs for adoption of ISO certification

• Creation of model Skill Development Centres in every Parliamentary Constituency

• Establishment of 1500 Multi Skill Training Institutes in unserved blocks and areas with active participation of industries

• Setting up of network of Community Radios across the country to promote Skill India Mission

• Industry partnership in development of Corporate Skill Development Centres

• Mobile Training Vans in rural areas to implement trainings at the grassroots

• Labour Management Information System to manage database of the skilled workforce

• Aggregation for Training Partners along with Training Centres and Courses details is under process

• Two new World Bank Projects have been approved to scale up skill development in the country. This includes the Skills Strengthening For Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) project to revitalize the ITI ecosystem and Skill Training for Employability leveraging Public Private Partnership (STEPPP), which will be implemented in mission mode through World Bank support to achieve the objectives laid down in the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM).

All these efforts are being made so that India quickly stands up to meet the global and local requirements of skilled workforce and at the same time supports the current incumbent Government’s ambitious programs like “Make in India”, “Digital India” and “Smart Cities”. For Make in India, the country would need “makers” in India. It is imperative that we understand that we have to be a job ready workforce to be able to avail opportunities that come our way. The country cannot wait for opportunities and then plan skilling.

With the energy that has been put into the Skill India Mission, India will soon soar high internationally to become the Skill Capital of the World.