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Over 16.6 Lakh Youths Trained Under Centre’s Flagship Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana Get Placement
Swarajya Staff
Feb 07, 2020, 04:17 PM | Updated 04:17 PM IST
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The Centre on Friday (7 January) informed that over 16.6 lakh youths have been placed under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the flagship scheme of the government to enable youth to take up industry-relevant skill training.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship R K Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
“The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been implementing Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY 2.0) 2016-20 with a view to imparting skill development training to the prospective youth across 371 courses,” the Minister said in the reply, according to an official statement.
“As on 17.01.2020, 73.47 lakhs youths have been trained while 16.61 lakhs candidates have been placed under this programme. Further, under Craftsman Training Scheme, long term training in 137 trades is being imparted through 15697 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) which have a cumulative seating capacity of 34.30 lakhs,” Singh added.
The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) implemented by National Skill Development Corporation.
The objective of the scheme is to enable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood.
In response to an another query, Singh said that many companies including technology and telecommunication companies such as IBM, CISCO, Adobe, SAP, Microsoft etc have come forward for helping different training programmes under Skill India Mission.
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