Skill India: New Skills Development Initiatives in India

Abstract

In the past four years of the new Indian government (2014–2018), there has been a plethora of changes in the skills system in India. There is a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE); a new campaign to “Skill India” has re-established the goal to train over 400 million people by 2022; a new National Skill Development Mission with its brand “Skill India” has been set up; and a host of new acronyms covering apprenticeship, qualifications, quality assurance, labor market data, and national and overseas skills has been launched. Most of these are explained in the new document, National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, of 2015.