- 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 %.