Skill India


Skill India or the National Skills Development Mission of India is a campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is managed by the National Skills Development Corporation of India.
In 2025, Comptroller and Auditor General of India found significant number of irregularities, ghost accounts, dubious certifications in the Skill India initiative.

Mission

Skill India campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 July 2015 to train over 30 crore people in India in different skills by 2022.

Initiatives

Various initiatives under this campaign are:
has entered into a partnership with India under skill India programme. Virtual partnerships will be initiated at the school level to enable young people of these country to experience the school system of the other country and develop an understanding of the culture, traditions and social and family systems. A commitment to achieve mutual recognition of UK and Indian qualifications was made.

Skill India Developments

16 April 2022: India's first Skill India International Centre will be set up in Bhubaneswar for training youths with an aim to enhance overseas opportunities for the skilled workforce. A memorandum of understanding was exchanged between the National Skill Development Corporation and the Skill Development Institute on Saturday in presence of Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The recent systematic literature review conducted by Cabral and Dhar has identified the significance of skill development wherein the implementation of such schemes mitigate poverty, utilize demographic dividend, socio-economic empowerment of under privileged sectors, achieve economic growth, reduce social challenges, and economic inclusion. As far as institutional mechanism is concerned, the National Skill Development Corporation, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the scheme - Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojana have resulted to achieve considerable results, but not achieved the expected outcomes. The study argues the essential requirement of skill development to achieve technology adoption and women empowerment in the country.
Oracle on 12 February 2016 announced that it will build a new 2.8 million sq. ft. campus in Bengaluru, which will be Oracle's largest outside of its headquarters in Redwood Shores, California. Oracle Academy will launch an initiative to train more than half-a-million students each year to develop computer science skills by expanding its partnerships to 2,700 institutions in India from 1,800 at present.
Japan's private sector is to set up six institutes of manufacturing to train 30,000 people over ten years in Japanese-style manufacturing skills and practices, primarily in the rural areas. Japan-India Institute of Manufacturing and Japanese Endowed Courses in engineering colleges designated by Japanese companies in India in cooperation between the public and private sectors would be established for this purpose. The first three institutes would be set up in Gujarat, Karnataka and Rajasthan in the summer of 2017.
In the budget of fiscal year 2017 - 18 the government of India has decided to set aside ₹ 17,000 crore, the highest ever allocation to this sector, in order to boost the Skill India Mission. At least ten million Indian youth enter the country's workforce each year, but the employment creation in India has not been able to absorb this influx, making increasing unemployment a severe problem. Through this allocation the government aims at generating employment and providing livelihood to the millions of young Indians who enter the work force every year.
The government has invested ₹ 4000 crore in the launch of SANKALP, another big initiative under the Skill India Mission. Through this it aims at providing market relevant training to 350 million young Indians. Apart from this, the government would set up 100 India International Skills Centres that will conduct advanced courses in foreign languages to help youngsters prepare for overseas jobs.

Performance

In 2025, Comptroller and Auditor General of India found significant number of irregularities, ghost accounts, dubious certifications in the Skill India initiative. The CAG added the initiative was set to train 500 million individuals by 2022, however, have the number so far is only 13.2 million, of which 11 million have been certified. CAG further found the certifications to be unreliable.