Is ‘Skill India’ Mission Making India Skilled Enough for Employment?

Is ‘Skill India’ Mission Making India Skilled Enough for Employment?
  • In India, over 12 million individuals enter the workforce every year. 
  • ‘Skill India Programme' launched in 2015 has a mission to offer adequate training in market-relevant skills to more than 40 crores youth by 2022.
  • According to the PMKVY website out of 5,57,000 people provide with training in 2016-17, only 63,000 got placed, a success rate of even less than 12 %.