PM NARENDRA MODI ANNOUNCED PRAVASI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8
January 2016 announced that the government is planning to launch Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana to train Indian youth for overseas employment.
The announcement was made at the
inauguration of the 14th Pravasi
Bhartiya Divas Convention in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa was the Chief Guest of the
event.
About Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana
- The
programme seeks to train and certify Indians who are seeking overseas
employment.
- The
skill training will be given in those sectors that have high demand in the
global labour market. The training will be of international standards.
- The
programme will be implemented by the National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) in consultation with Union Ministry of External Affairs
and the Union Skill Development Ministry.
- For
the effective implementation of the programme, the NSDC will leverage
various MoUs it signed with agencies of the UK, Germany, Australia, the
USA, Canada, Singapore, European Union, France, Iran and China between
2011 and 2015.
- The
launch of the Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana is in tune with the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India the Skill Capital of the
World. Some of the other skill development initiatives announced by the
Union Government in recent times are -
- The
Union Budget 2016-17 identified Education, Skill Development and
Employment as one of the nine pillars to transform the Indian economy.
- The
objective is to provide quality education, better skills and employment
opportunities.
- In
March 2015, the Union Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
to impart skill training to youth at an estimated cost of 1500 crore
rupees.
- National
Mission for Skill Development was launched in July 2015 to train a minimum
of 300 million skilled people by 2022.
- India’s
first Indian Institute of Skills was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in Kanpur in December 2016.
- The
primary objective of the institute is to empower India’s youth to be more
employable and self-sustainable.
- The
institute has been conceptualised by the Prime Minister during his visit
to Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education.
