‘Skill India' launched on 15th July, 2015 would aim to provide skill training to a very large number of people at a much faster pace than before.

During 2015-16 itself, there is a target to provide skill training to about 120 lakh youth in the Country by the Central Government.

While, 60 per cent of the skill training would be done through the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, the balance would be done through 20 other Ministries/Department of the Government of India. This target includes 24 lakh youth to be trained/certified under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) .

The Government has recently approved ‘Common norms' for skill training, where skill training course has been defined to be of minimum duration of 200 hours for fresh training and at least 80 hours for skill upgradation.

Common norms for skill training have been introduced with a view to ensure basic minimum standards for skill training. With this, the target for skill training would be revisited and fresh targets for different Ministries/Department for the year 2015-16 would be notified shortly.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is committed to fulfill the vision of the Prime Minister to undertake skill development at an enhanced scale with a view to make India ‘Human Resources Capital' of the world.

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