Narendra Modi Yojana: India to Develop Skills of 10 Million People

It is impossible to develop skills of illiterate or semi-literate people. As the school and college education system in India is totally flawed, it will be difficult to get people who could be trained.

So, like many other government schemes, the money allocated for this scheme will also get wasted. Politicians must stop wasting public money. ~ Rakesh Raman

The Union Cabinet chaired by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with an outlay of Rs.12,000 crore to develop skills of one crore (10 million) people over the next four years (2016-2020).
According to a government statement released Wednesday, PMKVY will impart fresh training to 60 lakh (6 million) youths and certify skills of 40 lakh (4 million) persons acquired non-formally under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

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The target allocation between fresh trainings and RPL will be flexible and interchangeable depending on functional and operational requirements.

The Scheme would move to a grant based model where the training and assessment cost would be directly reimbursed to training providers and assessment bodies in accordance with the Common Norms.

Financial support to trainees will be given in the form of travel allowance, boarding and lodging costs. Post placement support would be given directly to the beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

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Disbursement of training cost to training partners will be linked to Aadhaar and biometrics for better transparency and targeting. Skill training would be done based on industry led standards aligned to the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).

In view of the recommendations of the sub group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development regarding the need to address the unique skill requirements of different States, State Governments would be involved through a project based approach under the PMKVY 2016-20 with 25% of the total training targets, both financial and physical, being allocated under this stream of the Scheme.

The financial amount / budget for achieving 25% of the total training targets of next phase of PMKVY would be directly allocated to the States.

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Mobilisation, monitoring and post training placement of trainees will be done through Rozgar Melas (placement camps) and Kaushal Shivirs (mobilization camps).

There will be special focus on placement of trainees with incentives / disincentives linked to placement as envisaged in the Common Norms.

A project based approach for Non formal training for traditional jobs is also proposed. PMKVY will, in addition to catering to domestic skill needs, also focus on skill training aligned to international standards for overseas employment in Gulf countries, Europe and other overseas destinations.

There will be scholarship for students undergoing training in high end job roles under the Scheme.

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