Performance Evaluation of Skill Development Schemes in India and Status of Women in the Growth Agenda

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The government may revamp its umbrella framework for skilling in India, after undertaking a review of the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched in 2015 with a focus on improving productivity to match global standards. The idea is to create a pool of skilled workforce to accommodate to new investments being made under the government’s incentive scheme for various sectors. The National Policy on Skill Development (NPSD) was introduced in 2009, which sought to enhance individual's employability through rapid and inclusive by setting a target of skilling 500 million workers by 2022. The policy was eventually outdated by the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (2015), which similarly targeted to achieve the comprehensive skills education and training programme to complete the set target of skilling 402 million workers by 2022. The aim of the policy is to cater to the growing demand for skilled and semi-skilled workers, particularly in the unorganized sector and the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015 targeted to meet the challenge of skilling in India at scale with speed, standard (quality) and sustainability. It was framed to be an umbrella framework for all skilling activities being carried out within the country so as to align workforce to common principles and link skilling with demand centers but it is often lagging behind to in some ways to complete the target with challenges ahead. This paper focuses over the advantages and shortcomings of Skilling schemes and government initiatives so far. Keywords: Skill Development, challenges, Entrepreneurship, Skill gap; skilled manpower; initiatives.etc

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