Impact of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana on the Productivity of Youth in Gwalior Region, India

Abstract

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a Skill India campaign on 15 July, 2015. This campaign goal is to train over forty crore candidates in India in different-different skills by 2022. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is a unique initiative that aims to offer meaningful, industry relevant, and skill based training to youth. Under this initiative, the trainees were offered a government certification and monetary reward on successful completion of training, which will help them to earn money or securing. So, the PMKVY was developed as a key measure to impart skill-based training to youth, enabling them to earn and support the anti-poverty efforts of the nation. Subsequently the last two decades, India's government has implemented many large national programs for vocational education, training and skill development to improve youth employment and earnings prospects. Since four years to PMKVY came into existence, it is essential to evaluate the role and impact of PMKVY. This paper analyze the impact of on productivity of youth in Gwalior Region, India