Skill India Campaign: A Step Towards Promoting Entrepreneurship


15 July 2015 has been declared as the World Youth Skills Day for the first time ever. To commensurate this day, PM Narendra Modi launched the Skill India Campaign. Launched in association with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), the Skill India campaign is yet another prestigious and ambitious initiative by the PM for the people of our country. The Governing Council will be chaired by Narendra Modi. This campaign will have a three-tiered, high-powered decision-making framework. This is India’s first integrated national scheme for developing skills and promoting entrepreneurship at a broader scale. The previous National Policy on Skill Development was formulated by the UPA government in 2009.

Steps Taken by the MSDE

A number of cross-sectoral partnerships have been initiated by MSDE to scale-up skill training efforts. So far, eight cross-sectoral MoUs have been signed between MSDE and other key Ministries such as Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Health & Family Welfare, Defence 
  1. The mission of this campaign is to coordinate, converge, implement and monitor skill development activities across India.
  2. The government aims at providing training on skill development to 102 million youths in the country within a span of the next five years.
  3. The end objective is to train and develop the skills of the youths along with speed, scale and standards spread all over the country.
  4. The Skill India campaign will bring together key stakeholders that include the ministries, state governments, departments and other leading industrial bodies, and trainees under a single umbrella, thereby making the campaign a great success.











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