On the occasion of the first ever World Youth Skills Day on 15th July 2015, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) will launch the SKILL INDIA Campaign. On this historic occasion, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has consented to be the Chief Guest for the event to be held at Vigyan Bhawan.
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said that during the function, the Prime Minister will formally launch the “National Skill Development Mission”, unveil the new “National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015”, and roll out on all-India basis the Ministry’s flagship scheme, “Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikash Yojana – PMKVY” – the pilot phase of which has already begun.
Key Highlights
- If China has this identity of being world’s manufacturing factory, then India can become world’s human resource Capital
- Our training institutions must become dynamic, Look at the way technology is changing things
- We want opportunities to increase. That is why we have not restricted ourselves to skills, we have focussed on entrepreneurship
- Parents from middle-class,lower middle-class & poor families ask their children to learn some skill so that they can stand on their feet
- Skill India Mission is not just a prog to fill stomachs,but to instill self confidence in poor families & bring a new energy to nation
- And I will form an army of poor, every poor is my soldier, we will win this war against poverty on behalf of their strength
- We have strategically opened a war against poverty, and we must win this fight
Through a policy driven approach we have waged a war against poverty and we have to win this war
