- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 To Skill Lakhs Of Youth
- Direct Benefit Transfer To Be Rolled Out To Provide Stipend Support To 47 Lakh Youth In 3 Years
- Unified Skill India Digital Platform To Be Launched To Expand Digital Ecosystem For Skilling
UditVani, Jamshedpur: To empower youth and help the ‘Amrit Peedhi’ realize their dreams, National Education Policy was formulated which focused on skilling, adopted economic policies that facilitate job creation at scale, and have supported business opportunities, said Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union budget 2023-2024 in Parliament today.
Youth Power is one of the priority areas which include Skill Development.
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0
The Finance Minister announced that Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 will be launched to skill lakhs of youth within the next three years. The scheme will emphasize on On-job training, industry partnership, and alignment of courses with needs of industry. She further highlighted that the scheme will also cover new age courses for Industry 4.0 like coding, AI, robotics, mechatronics, IOT, 3D printing, drones, and soft skills.
Sitharaman also proposed to set up 30 Skill India International Centres across different States to skill the youth for international opportunities.
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
The Minister announced the roll-out the Direct Benefit Transfer under a pan-India National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to provide stipend support to 47 lakh youth in three years.
Unified Skill India Digital platform
Sitharaman informed that the digital ecosystem for skilling will be further expanded with the launch of a unified Skill India Digital platform. Elaborating on the platform, she said it would
# Enable demand-based formal skilling
# Link with employers including MSMEs
# Facilitate access to entrepreneurship schemes
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