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It is World Youth Skills Day and <keyword id="6569577" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Skill-India">Skill India</keyword> is also celebrating its first anniversary on the occasion. Skill India is one of the pet campaigns by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is aiming at making India top country for providing workforce.

	India is inching towards providing vocational training to youth of the country, making them learn skills, which will also provide livelihood to them, especially in the rural sector.

	The year 2015-16 has been quite remarkable for India as over 1.04 crore youth were trained under various initiative of ‘Skill India’, marking 36.8% growth compared to the year before. 
	 
	Modi also regards skill development as a national priority and as per experts, through concentrated efforts and more awareness and centres, India can make this mission a roaring success.

	One of the best decisions taken in this regard was creating a separate ministry for Skills, which brought Skills, Vocational Training and Livelihoods as an important means of nation-building to the forefront.

	Apart from the government, many private institutions have been training the youth and imparting various skills. Many have also set up centres and colleges to generate employment and give trained youth jobs.

	There are many success stories that do the rounds in the corridors of such colleges, inspiring many others to participate in Skill India and improve the livelihood. 

	For instance, Skill India is very close to President Pranab Mukherjee’s heart and he has ensured that 1500 employees at the sprawling Rashtrapati Bhavan, get certified under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), across 18 job roles.

	The program has ensured that the people working at the President’s house get oriented to their job roles, are assessed on their existing skills and then certified basis the National Skills Qualification Framework.
 Apart from the President, ICICI and <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword>, top employers and companies in India, have also made sure to impart skills.
 <keyword id="3206069" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICICI-Academy">ICICI Academy</keyword>, a nation-wide skill building initiative, has been improving the employment prospects of India’s youth.

	In fiscal 2016, ICICI opened 11 new centres and more than 25,000 youth were trained at the with representation of women at 41%.

	Now, ICICI Academy for Skills has 22 centres, including 10 centres exclusively for women.

	There are various skills imparted here such as tractor mechanic, lab assistant at diagnostic centres, two &amp; three wheeler service technician and retail sales, communication, etiquette &amp; grooming and financial literacy, etc.

	Meanwhile, Ola has signed several MoUs with different governments to train youth. They have so far committed to training 3.2 lakh youth across these states.

	The taxi aggregator has partnered with the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation to support entrepreneurship, skill development training and self-defence courses for Safai Karamcharis and Scavengers.- May 2016.

	It also inked an MoU with Andhra Pradesh government and commited investments of Rs 150 crore in the next three years to train youth and provide safe travel. Ola will provide skill development training to 50,000 driver entrepreneurs over the next 3 years.

World Youth Skills Day: Starting from the President, everyone is doing their bit

NEW DELHI: India could introduce a Vocational Training Act on the lines of the one in China, with the ministry of labour and employment working on the contours of the first of its kind initiative in the country to provide legal framework for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government’s Skill India programme that aims to provide quality training to millions of youths over the next seven years to make them employable. 
 As a large number of youths enter the workforce every year, India needs to improve quality of training so it matches international standards, a <keyword id="209888" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-ministry-official">senior ministry official</keyword> said. 
 
“We are currently studying the law on vocational education in China and plan to come up with our own legislation that will provide a framework for imparting vocational training in the country,” said the official, who did not wish to be named. 
 Countries such as <keyword id="87" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Germany">Germany</keyword> and China have dedicated laws for vocational training and the ministry is studying these to understand how a similar legislation best suited to India can be introduced in the country. “There is an incremental requirement of 347 million skilled manpower in 21 high growth sectors, including manufacturing sector, by the year 2022,” the ministry recently said in a reply to a Parliament question citing a study by the National Skill Development Corporation. 
 
 
 
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 In his <keyword id="117156" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Budget-speech">budget speech</keyword>, <keyword id="6355261" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Finance-minister">Finance Minister</keyword> <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword> had announced a new national programme called Skill India to impart employability and entrepreneurship skills to the youth by merging various schemes from across ministries. India has the world’s youngest workforce with over 12 million new entrants in the <keyword id="6357125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="labour-market">labour market</keyword> every year but it is short on skills as only 2.5per cent of the employees have any certified ability. 
 
As a result, the country’s demographic dividend has not materialised. The industry is unable to find employable workers, a situation that experts say could lead to socio-economic unrest if the youth remain unemployed and have no avenue for training. 
 
The target is to skill 500 million people by 2022 and the government is largely betting on private players for skill development programmes. 
 Recently, the ministry of labour and employment has signed flexi MOUs (memorandums of understanding) with <keyword id="46894" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tata-Sons">Tata Sons</keyword>, Flipkart, Raymonds and the <keyword id="2470780" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat-Industrial-Power-Company-Ltd">Gujarat Industrial Power Company Ltd</keyword> (GIPCL) that will give companies the flexibility to design training programmes at Industrial Training Institutes in a manner that the youth are skilled according to the specific needs of the industry.

India's Vocational Training Act To Provide Legal Framework For Skill India Programme

<ul><li>Indian government’s <keyword id="2473582" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Skill-India-mission">Skill India mission</keyword> has helped nearly 1.5 million people get job placements across the country. </li><li>This is 21% of the 7.2 million people trained in total. </li><li>Candidates from the states of Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh received maximum job placements. </li></ul>As many as 1.5 million people gained skills and jobs too, all due to the country’s Skill India mission. Yet, this number accounts to only 21% of the total trainees — 7.2 million — who enrolled for the programme. The scheme earned jobs to a large chunk of candidates from the states of Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh, BusinessLine <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/skill-india-72-lakh-trained-15-lakh-got-jobs/article28762048.ece">reported</a>. Uttar Pradesh produced over a million skilled candidates, but only a mere 20% of them were placed. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">States </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Employment rate of trained candidates </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Telangana </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">29% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Haryana </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">28% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Punjab </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">28% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Andhra Pradesh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">28% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Maharashtra </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">10% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">Uttar Pradesh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;">20% </td></tr></tbody></table>Source: BusinessLine The <keyword id="2802809" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pradhan-Mantri-Kaushal-Vikas-Yojana">Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana</keyword> (PMKVY) is yet another scheme which aims to impart employability skills. The PMKVY 2.0 — which targets to train 10 million people by 2020 — has placed over 1.2 million candidates so far. Within a year of its inception, the scheme enrolled two million people. Of this, over 260,000 people got employment opportunities. The government presently has over 5.2 million candidates registered with the scheme. Rozgar Melas In a recent session in the Parliament, the Union Minister, <keyword id="2627353" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mahendra-Nath-Pandey">Mahendra Nath Pandey</keyword> said that the government needs to ensure ‘rozgar melas’ for certified candidates every six months to generate employment, BusinessLine reported. In the recent Budget session, the government announced that it will also ensure industry relevant skill training for 10 million youth in India. The focus will be on building skills in technologies like — Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Virtual Reality, 3D printing and Robotics — to promote higher remuneration. Corporates team up for skills Indian corporates are also taking up training programme, as a part of corporate social responsibility projects. Video platform <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/tiktok-partners-with-national-skill-development-corporation/articleshow/70226302.cms">Tik Tok</a>, on World Youth Skill Day 2019 said that it will educate its first-time internet users in India. In July, <keyword id="6370971" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="accenture">Accenture</keyword>, Cisco and Quest Alliance joined hands with the government to impart digital skill training to nearly 1.5 million youth across the country. UrbanClap aims to <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/urbanclap-joins-modi-govt-skill-india-mission-train-30000-professionals/story/364467.html">train 30,000 service professionals</a> jointly with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The startup claimed that it will create micro-entrepreneurship opportunities for certified candidates. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/nasscom-survey-shows-54-percent-indian-workforce-needs-reskilling-27-lakh-digital-jobs-to-be-available-by-2023/articleshow/70271689.cms">India will need 2.7 million digitally-skilled people by 2023 across sectors, not just in IT</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hdfc-hiring-5000-professionals-with-annual-package-of-400000-includes-training-program/articleshow/70083666.cms">HDFC Bank to create 5,000 ‘future bankers’ with a digital training programme</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hcl-technologies-is-hiring-10000-freshers-including-class-12th-passouts/articleshow/69971601.cms">HCL Technologies is hiring 10,000 freshers — including highschool passouts</a>

Only one in five people trained under government's Skill India Mission found jobs

(Photo Source : Wikimedia.org) <ul><li>Despite 76% youth interested in enrolling themselves in <keyword id="507263" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="skill-development-programme">skill development programme</keyword>, 70% of adults aren’t aware of it, according to a major study. </li><li>Three-quarters of the surveyed people never attended any such programme, said the ‘Young India and work’ study. </li><li>The youth is more interested in sectors which are expecting less growth in recruitment. </li></ul>Rising unemployment has been one of major headwinds in the growth of the Indian economy. Yet, around 70% of youth lack awareness about the much-publicised skill development programme run by the government to boost employment, a major study has revealed. According to the study, ‘<a href="https://www.orfonline.org/research/young-india-and-work-a-survey-of-youth-aspirations-45455/">Young India and work</a>’ by the Observer Research Foundation and <keyword id="69007" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="World-Economic-Forum">World Economic Forum</keyword>, 1.3 million people are added to India’s working population monthly. Even with fewer jobs, only one fourth of the youth have enrolled themselves in the skill development programme. Time constraints and financial problems were among the major reasons cited by a third of the respondents, said the study. The findings not only highlighted the gap between a government scheme and youth awareness but also pointed out the mismatch of youth aspirations and industry demands. The preferences of youth and companies recruiting for jobs also vary. While young people are flexible about mobility but companies are focusing more on hiring locally. Additionally, only 14% of companies use the Internet for hiring whereas three-quarters of the youth are dependent on Internet for any kind of employment information. Enterprises in customer services, sales, information technology support, accounting and auditing may witness growth in their hiring process but young people are attracted towards sectors which is expected less growth in coming five years. And even though more women professionals are preferred in the field of education, training, research and health, almost three-quarters of females from age 26 to 30 were not employed. Half of the youth were more inclined towards government jobs than private sector jobs, which added to the surging unemployment rate. Talking about a possible solution, 60% of the surveyed respondents said that government action and economic policies could resolve the issue. As the youngest nation, India will need inclusive growth since strategies cannot be implemented in isolation, suggested the study. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indias-government-is-mulling-a-plan-to-give-the-countrys-top-engineering-institutes-more-autonomy-heres-what-that-would-entail/articleshow/66541240.cms">India’s government is mulling a plan to give the country’s top engineering institutes more autonomy — here’s what that would entail</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-records-the-highest-unemployment-rate-in-two-years-says-study/articleshow/66555760.cms">India records the highest unemployment rate in two years, says study</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/in-india-women-rule-the-skies-with-the-highest-share-of-female-pilots-in-the-world/articleshow/66590435.cms">In India, women rule the skies with the highest share of female pilots in the world</a>

Amid unemployment tensions, 70% of Indian youth lack awareness of government’s much-touted skill development programme

While the Indian economy grows tremendously every year with the increase in working population, there continues to be a wide gap between the skilled labour force and the employment opportunities available. According to a 2014 <keyword id="6355833" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-nations">United Nations</keyword> report, India has the world’s largest youth population of 356 million 10-24-year-olds and by 2020, India is expected to become the world’s youngest country. As 68.8% of Indians live in the rural areas, the problem of underemployment looms one of the fastest growing countries in the world. <keyword id="6653" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICICI-bank">ICICI Bank</keyword> through their <keyword id="6354502" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="CSR">CSR</keyword> division <keyword id="339601" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICICI-Foundation">ICICI Foundation</keyword> is actively trying to close this gap in by focusing on <keyword id="2840939" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Skilling-India">Skilling India</keyword> before Making in India. ICICI is trying to reach the very last mile to train the underprivileged youth across the length and breadth of the country, and these programs have already trained approximately 2,00,000 individuals to achieve their dreams. Uplifting a community One such individual is <keyword id="6162243" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="arjun-solanki">Arjun Solanki</keyword> who had to let go of his education at the young age of 14 when he lost his father to tuberculosis in the small village of Baroda Sindhi, near Indore, <keyword id="6355554" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Madhya-Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</keyword>, His life took a tough turn and while his friends went to school every morning, Arjun would head to fields and building sites to find work. His family depended on him for their daily bread and he was forced to look for work every day for survival. So, when Arjun’s friend Shravan advised him to take up a two-month paint application course to enable him to find better employment, he was willing to learn. The free-of-charge course was held at <keyword id="2974508" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICICI-Academy-of-Skills">ICICI Academy of Skills</keyword> where Solanki was enrolled for a two-month period while his elder brother supported the family during that time. At that time, Solanki didn’t realize that his life was about to change; he not just learnt how to paint immaculately but also learnt how to work in a formal organization by emulating soft skills like how to talk to potential clients, and gain trust to close work contracts. Arjun’s hard work and persistence paid off when Rajesh Roshan, a painting contractor from Indore hired him and promoted him from a supervisor to a subcontractor in just ten months! He now gets contracts regularly and has gained popularity amongst his peers for his success. Solanki realizes how the skill training changed his life and now has higher ambitions than ever before. Arjun has uplifted his family from poverty and bought them a pukka house in the village. Not just that, he has even put a borewell outside his home for the community use and has inspired the villagers to pursue skill training courses. From struggling to earn Rs. 100 a day looking for labour work, Solanki is now employing trained youths from the Academy of Skills who work alongside him on considerable painting contracts. When he entered the <keyword id="6162242" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="icici-skill-academy">ICICI Skill Academy</keyword>, he was not aware at the time that he will be able to build a beautiful life for himself, his family and his community. <div type="Youtube" id="hdmzwrkmh3o" title="ICICI Bank - Corporate Social Responsibility - Arjun Solanki" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hdmzwrkmh3o/mqdefault.jpg"></div>

 People who enter the industries, currently have limited understanding of the business they are entering therefore targeted initiatives focused on particular skills can help train individuals better for taking up any job. ICICI has designed several programmes under the Skill Development initiative that provide trainees with industry-relevant vocational skills. ICICI Academy for Skills (IAS) The ICICI Academy for Skills offers training in 11 technical and office skills and the courses are specially crafted for underprivileged youth between the ages of 18 and 30 years. It has trained over 79,000 candidates through its 24 centres free-of-cost. To ensure best-in-class skill training programmes, the Academy has partnered with various industry leaders as knowledge partners to co-create the course curriculum and content and has also set-up laboratories for imparting practical training. Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) As part of a national programme initiated by the <keyword id="386230" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Rural-Development">Ministry of Rural Development</keyword> (MoRD), ICICI has set up Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) in Udaipur and Jodhpur. This programme focuses on providing free vocational training in locally-relevant skills that empower villagers to be self-reliant. The initiative also promotes entrepreneurship and development of micro-enterprises by providing loans. ICICI RSETIs offer 38 programmes and over 61,000 individuals have been trained at RSETIs. RSETIs offer 2-4 weeks courses for underprivileged rural people in the age group of 18-45 years. ICICI also makes sure that the needs of local employers are mapped to design relevant courses under the rural initiative that are customised to suit the local requirements with a focus on practical execution of skills. All the trainees are additionally oriented on life skills, financial literacy and workplace organisation (Five S) to ensure a holistic learning experience. The ICICI Foundation has tied up with a large number of industry partners to provide employment opportunities to their trainees. The trainees have been placed in over 1000 companies including Eureka Forbes, Daikin, Bluestar among others. ICICI Foundation also promotes self-employment and encourages trainees to set up their own micro-enterprises like Arjun Solanki who has become self reliant after a two-month skill training course. <a href="https://www.icicibank.com/csr/index.html?utm_source=business_insider&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=csr2017&amp;utm_content=skill-development-business-insider-article" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by ICICI Bank </a>

Here’s how a free skill training course uplifted a daily-wage worker out of poverty

<ul><li><keyword id="10591" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="samsung" source="Orion">Samsung</keyword> announced it has partnered the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub and Foundation.</li><li>Called 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow,' the programme invites youth in age group 16-22 to apply with their innovative ideas around education and learning, environment and sustainability.</li><li>The top three teams will win Rs 1.5 crore to turn their ideas into action while others participants who reach top 30 and top 10 will be rewarded at various stages of the programme.</li></ul>New Delhi, Samsung India on Tuesday announced it has partnered the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub and Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, for the second season of its national education and innovation competition. Called 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow,' the programme invites youth in age group 16-22 to apply with their innovative ideas around education and learning, environment and sustainability, health and wellness and diversity and inclusion. The top three teams will win Rs 1.5 crore to turn their ideas into action while others participants who reach top 30 and top 10 will be rewarded at various stages of the programme. Participants will receive mentoring and training from Samsung, IIT Delhi and MeitY Startup Hub. "The vision of the government is to promote a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country, and youth are at the centre of this. They need all the support and mentoring that can help them turn their ideas into reality, creating a strong social impact along the way," said <keyword id="3248650" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="alkesh-kumar-sharma" source="Orion">Alkesh Kumar Sharma</keyword>, Secretary, MeitY. The first season of the initiative in 2022 received over 18,000 registrations from youth across the country. This year, anyone in India aged 16-22 can apply till 5 pm on May 31. "The entries we got in the first season provided us with a unique snapshot of the concerns and issues on the minds of India's youth. They looked at issues ranging from waste management, electricity and water wastage, plastic waste, speech disorders as well as pandemic prediction and solutions," said <keyword id="16046454" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="jongbum-park" source="Orion">JongBum Park</keyword>, President and CEO, <keyword id="4324485" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="samsung-southwest-asia" source="Orion">Samsung Southwest Asia</keyword>. First launched in the US in 2010, the 'Solve for Tomorrow' programme is currently operational in 63 countries globally and has seen over 2.3 million young people participate worldwide. "We are happy to partner with Samsung to enable young innovators to convert their ideas into solutions for real world problems through the 'Solve for Tomorrow' competition," added professor <keyword id="627658" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rangan-banerjee" source="Orion">Rangan Banerjee</keyword>, Director, IIT Delhi. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/chatgpt-alternative-comes-to-iphone-with-perplexity-offering-its-own-ai-assistant-on-ios/articleshow/99139758.cms">ChatGPT alternative comes to iPhone with Perplexity, offering its own AI assistant on iOS</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/how-to-subscribe-verified-blue-tick-on-facebook-and-instagram/articleshow/99108865.cms">Step-by-Step Guide: How to Get Verified on Facebook and Instagram with Meta Verified in India</a>

Samsung, MeitY to skill Indian youth in building real-life innovations

<ul><li><keyword id="6612" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Smriti-Irani">Smriti Irani</keyword>, Minister for Women and Child Development along with 30 participating organisations launched ‘<keyword id="8282463" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="yuwaah">YuWaah</keyword>’ — <keyword id="8282462" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="generation-unlimited">Generation Unlimited</keyword>’ — to train youth between 10 and 24 years of age. </li><li>The initiative supported by <keyword id="56000" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="UNICEF">UNICEF</keyword>, aims to engage over 300 million youngsters in education, skill training or employment over the next decade. </li><li>In 2018, UNICEF initiated the Generation Unlimited partnership, globally. India is one of the first countries to partner with the initiative. </li></ul>Every month a million people in India turn 18, ready to take up jobs. To help them, Smriti Irani, Minister for Women and Child Development launched ‘YuWaah’ — Generation Unlimited’. The government partnered with 30 participating to train the youth between the ages of 10 and 24. The initiative is supported by UNICEF. It aims to engage over 300 million youngsters in education, skills training or employment over the next decade. “The government is determined to make YuWaah a transformational alliance that brings a national step change in preparing young people for the transition from education to 21st century work,” Irani said at the launch. India is in dire need of skills training as its efforts have to be intensified by ten fold. Skilling needs to be much more aspirational, KP Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said. In 2018, UNICEF initiated the Generation Unlimited partnership globally. “An engineering degree has a validity of 18 months to 5 years. Hence, the youth today should learn agility — learn, unlearn and relearn. Soft skills — creativity, teamwork, growth mindset — are the future. This can only be learnt experientially, said Ravi Venkatesan, UNICEF representative. The programme is focused to create economic opportunities for 100 million youth through job matching and entrepreneurship. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/soft-skills-can-save-your-job-from-the-machines-but-young-professionals-are-severely-short-of-it/articleshow/70243130.cms">Soft skills can save your job from the machines but young professionals are severely short of it</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/skill-india-mission-employment-rate-is-too-low/articleshow/70459576.cms">Only one in five people trained under government's Skill India Mission found jobs</a>

India will start skilling its youth starting from those who are ten years old

New Delhi, Feb 25 () Turnover of S&amp;P BSE Sensex futures and options touched a record high of Rs 7,591 crore on Tuesday, according to a release. The previous high of Rs 5,251 crore was recorded on February 20. "The implementation of interoperability clubbed with active participation from the members have led to increase in equity derivatives turnover on BSE. We thank all the members and look forward to constantly receiving their support," BSE Chief Business Officer Sameer Patil was quoted as saying in the release. ***** PFC, IGIAT sign agreement to provide financial assistance for skilling programmes State-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with Indo German Institute of Advanced Technology (IGIAT) for providing financial assistance for various skilling programmes. Under the agreement, PFC will provide around Rs 1.44 crore to IGIAT for conducting skill development training for 500 unemployed youths belonging to scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, OBC, persons with disability, women and EWS categories. The training will be conducted at IGIAT centers in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh and affiliated training centers in Telangana and Tamil Nadu, the company said in a statement. AST PSK RVK

BSE equity derivatives turnover touches record high of Rs 7,591 cr

<ul><li>Nearly 93% of the population in India did not receive any vocational or <keyword id="639521" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="technical-training">technical training</keyword>, according to <keyword id="3429286" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Periodic-Labour-Force-Survey">Periodic Labour Force Survey</keyword> (PLFS) 2017-18. </li><li>In contrast, as many as 1.5 million(21%) people have gained skills and jobs under the country’s <keyword id="2473582" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Skill-India-mission">Skill India mission</keyword>. </li><li>Globally, nearly 73 million young people are unemployed, according to the <keyword id="6355833" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="united-nations">United Nations</keyword>. </li><li>In the last budget speech, the government had announced industry relevant skill training for 10 million youth in India.</li></ul>Despite Indian government’s Skill India initiative, a large chunk of its population — nearly 93% — never received any vocational or technical training. According to the Periodic <keyword id="1830313" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Labour-Force-Survey">Labour Force Survey</keyword> (PLFS) 2017-18, merely 1.8% of the population received formal training on technical aspects and employment-ready skills, Mint <a href="https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/a-third-of-skilled-youth-in-india-jobless-official-survey-1565161972818.html">reported</a>. While roughly 6% received informal training on job skills, self-learning, etc. Pass percentage As per the recent developments, as many as 1.5 million people have gained skills and jobs under the country’s Skill India mission. However, it is only 21% of the total trainees — 7.2 million — who enrolled for the programme. Adding to the trouble, nearly half of the youth that is trained is not employed, as per the PLFS data. Approximately three in every five skilled women were recorded as unemployed. This clearly indicates an alarming rate of unemployment in India. Globally, nearly <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1042421">73 million</a> young people are unemployed, with 40 million joining the labour market each year. And, that calls for the need to create 475 million new jobs over the next decade, according to the United Nations. <div type="twitter" handle="UN" handlename="United Nations" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/950749155575541760/MZoiVs3G_normal.jpg" favoritecount="621" retweetcount="354" status="Young people are almost 3 times more likely to be unemployed than adults. On Monday's World Youth Skills Day, learn… https://t.co/vxtwr9yW7V" createdat="1563141720000" id="1150525880369762304"></div>

 In a bid to boost employment in the country, the government announced industry relevant skill training for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/skill-india-mission-employment-rate-is-too-low/articleshow/70459576.cms">10 million youth</a> during the budget speech. The focus will be on building skills in technologies like — Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Virtual Reality, 3D printing and Robotics — to promote higher remuneration. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/skill-india-mission-employment-rate-is-too-low/articleshow/70459576.cms">Only one in five people trained under government's Skill India Mission found jobs</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/goa-will-reserve-4-in-every-5-private-jobs-for-locals-making-it-the-third-indian-state-to-crackdown-on-migration/articleshow/70476187.cms">Goa will reserve 4 in every 5 private jobs for locals-- making it the third Indian state to crackdown on migration</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/urbanclap-partners-with-national-skill-development-corporation/articleshow/70229453.cms">Urbanclap to become Skill India certified, will create a million micro-entrepreneurs in the country</a>

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New Delhi, Jul 15 () The government has approved the launch of the initial phase of its flagship skill scheme PMKVY-III, as it eyes an increased focus on strengthening of district skill committees and creation of a demand-driven ecosystem for targeted training, Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey said on Wednesday. Addressing an event to mark the World Youth Skills Day, the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said an empowered group has identified 116 such districts where more than 25,000 migrant workers returned during the lockdown. Pandey said efforts are on to provide training to these migrant workers so that they can get employment opportunities closer to home. He observed that migrant workers who wish to return to their industries will also be encouraged and provided Recognition of Prior Learning to boost their potential for earning wages. An official said the initial phase of Pradhanmantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana-III has been approved for one year (2020-21). The minister in his video address highlighted that the entire skilling ecosystem was being built around the expectations of the country's youth. "We will focus our energies on increasing the versatility of different skills, making them (youth) suitable to meet the industry demands with the support of new technologies, nationally and globally. Our uniquely created programmes, Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), Short-term and long-term training, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), and special projects have certainly accelerated the skilling ecosystem and helped in reducing the skill gap," Pandey said. Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship R K Singh highlighted the need to work on the structure of sector skill councils to increase the participation of leading industries in all the sectors. "We need to focus on the quality of the training infrastructure and the quality of trainees and PMKVY-III will hopefully address these shortcomings," Singh said. Observing that industries are thinking of moving out of China and looking for a destination, the minister said, "Now we can be that destination and for that we need to find out which are the industries that want to shift out their present location and which are the skill sets required by those industries". The government launched the PMKVY scheme in 2015 and revamped it in 2016 to impart skills to one crore persons by 2020. RSN MR MR

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<ul><li>In a bid to stifle dissent, the <keyword id="66731" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Communist-Party">Communist Party</keyword> of <keyword id="1334" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="China">China</keyword> is planning to make the country’s academics and scholars sit through <keyword id="28482" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="patriotism">patriotism</keyword> classes. </li><li>The campaign is aimed at <keyword id="105357" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Intellectuals">intellectuals</keyword> in universities, think tanks, state-owned companies and research institutes. </li><li>It will include training programmes, symposiums on the Communist Party’s values and public service initiatives in underdeveloped areas.</li></ul>It hasn’t been the easiest summer for China’s president, <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword>. As concerns over a trade war with the US abound and economic growth slows, the leader of the Communist Party of China seems to be losing favour with public. A number of intellectuals have criticised his policies, especially in the wake of a scandal over faulty infant vaccines, and his tightening grip over the country. But Jinping isn’t going anywhere, given that he abolished presidential term limits last year. And like any good authoritarian leader, he’s decided to quell public discontent through propaganda. The Communist Party of China recently <a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-07/31/c_1123204091.htm">announced</a> that it would make the country’s academics and scholars sit through classes to encourage patriotism and align their political views with those of the party. The campaign is titled ““Carrying forward the spirit of patriotic striving and building up establishment in the new era”. It is aimed at intellectuals, young as well as middle-aged, in universities, think tanks, state-owned companies and research institutes. It will include training programmes, symposiums on the Communist Party’s values and public service initiatives in underdeveloped areas. Along with the classes, media organisations will ramp up their nationalistic content. The Chinese President has made a number of statements in the past calling on the country’s intellectuals to contribute to China’s development and embrace the ideals of the Communist Party. The Chinese government is no stranger to public dissatisfaction and has routinely punished its critics by jailing them. Ahead of the party’s general meeting in October 2017, a number of security personnel were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/china-communist-party-congress-agents-stifle-activists">deployed</a> across the country to silence critics. While the “patriotism classes” could mark a softer approach to political dissent, it remains to be seen how they will be conducted and how intellectuals will be evaluated for their participation in the classes. Either way, it represents a worrying shift towards stifling the diversity of thought among the general public as well as a suppression of free will. Here in India, it seems that the government is taking a page out of China’s playbook. It is reportedly planning a “<a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/to-instil-discipline-nationalism-government-discusses-military-training-plan-for-disciplined-10-lakh-force-of-youth-5262501/">National Youth Empowerment Scheme</a>”, which will be targeted at youth in rural areas and include military training and classes on Indian values.

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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=skills&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Skill India</a> is one of the most ambitious projects for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=prime+minister+narendra+modi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</a> , through which he wishes to create the world’s largest pool of workforce in India. 
 
Apart from forming the largest workforce, the government also aims at giving flight to entrepreneurial dreams of youth, both in urban and rural areas. 
 
As per the Indian government statistics, 65 per cent of Indians are under the age of 35 and by 2025, almost 1 in 5 of the world's working age population will be an Indian. 
 
“The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna is aiming at training one crore youth in next 10 years through various schemes like vocationalization of school education, apprenticeship, etc,” said Siddharth Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT, one of India's skills based educational network. 
 
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However, globalization and competition has stepped up the need of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=skilled+manpower&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">skilled work force</a> in India as the country still has a long way to go in matching global standard of quality and achieve accelerated growth rate. 
 
As per various studies, countries with highly skilled human capital have high GDP and per capita income. If set in the right direction and momentum, India can truly emerge as the top skilled workforce provider. 
 Meanwhile, talking about <keyword id="6569577" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Skill-India">Skill India</keyword>’s progress within the country, India still hasn’t achieved much due to few challenges. 
 
Here are five challenges that the government needs to address to make ‘Skill India’ a success. 
 
· Employment: Around 15 per cent of the Indian workforce gets employed in the organized sector, which means the skilling efforts have to take into account employment in the unorganized sector as a reality. This also means entrepreneurship training and linkages need to be a big and integral part of this ecosystem. 
 
· Geography: The geographical problem is also plaguing the labour market. More jobs and low rate of workforce in states of high economic growth; and high population growth with few jobs in states with low economic growth lead to migration. There are a shortage of formal vocational training institutes. 
 
· Credible assessments: Since, we are moving in the direction of third party assessments for all skill development schemes, a massive effort is required in building up assessment capability of such a large number of candidates pool across myriads of sectors, which if not resolved, can create a bottleneck in the end result of certified candidates. 
 
· Perception of vocational training and skilling courses: India still needs to have an open mind about skilling programmes. There are few centres as traditional courses are still regarded as a benchmark for success. 
 
· Availability of trainers: There are a wide number of sectors that fall under skilling India programme and there is a need to meet the demand of teachers and trainers in various fields.

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<ul><li>IT major <keyword id="30331" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="HCL-Technologies">HCL Technologies</keyword> is expanding its operations in Nagpur. It is expected to create over 8,000 jobs. </li><li>The company said that it has signed a pact with <keyword id="170944" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra-Airport-Development-Company">Maharashtra Airport Development Company</keyword> (MADC). </li><li>Recently, it also started its work-integrated programme ‘Tech Bee’ for highschool pass outs, including freshers.</li></ul>IT major HCL Technologies is expanding its operations in Nagpur and the campus is expected to create over 8,000 jobs. The company signed a pact with Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC). This will help the company expand its MIHAN campus in Nagpur to 90 acres of land. Currently, the campus is spread across 50 acres of land with an employee base of 800 working professionals, PTI <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/hcl-tech-inks-pact-with-maharashtra-airport-development-co-to-create-8000-jobs/articleshow/70738153.cms?UTM_Source=Google_Newsstand&amp;UTM_Campaign=RSS_Feed&amp;UTM_Medium=Referral">said. </a> The Nagpur campus which started in April 2018, caters to the areas such as application development, product engineering, BPO, and IT services management among others. The move is expected to benefit local youth in the city. "Our sector has contributed immensely to help India make its mark on the world map...This expansion of the HCL campus in Nagpur will provide many opportunities to local talent and promote growth and development in the city," <keyword id="26680" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitin-gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</keyword>, Minister for Road Transport and Highways said. “Nagpur has the potential to become a major investment destination,” he added. The IT company has been on a hiring spree over the past few months. It also started its work-integrated programme Tech Bee for highschool pass outs, including freshers without an engineering background — targeted to create a deployment-ready talent pool. The company has hired nearly 500 freshers with a stipend of ₹10,000 per month after it launched its training programme. HCL earlier notified that it is <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/hcl-looking-to-hire-over-10000-freshers/articleshow/69957991.cms">hiring nearly 10,000 freshers</a> in 2019-20. Of this, 3,000 candidates will be hired in Noida — including nearly 1,000 highschool passouts. Work-integrated programmes train freshers in technical skills including coding, software skills, and R&amp;D. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/highschool-passouts-will-be-now-groomed-for-it-jobs-in-india/articleshow/69592019.cms">Highschool passouts will be now groomed for IT jobs</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hcl-technologies-is-hiring-10000-freshers-including-class-12th-passouts/articleshow/69971601.cms">HCL Technologies is hiring 10,000 freshers — including highschool passouts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/skill-india-mission-employment-rate-is-too-low/articleshow/70459576.cms">Only one in five people trained under government's Skill India Mission found jobs</a>

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