Tripura: 1.16 Lakh Unemployed Youths to Receive Training under National Skill Development Mission

Over one lakh sixteen thousand unemployed youths would be imparted training under national skill development mission in Tripura for next three year. This was stressed during a daylong workshop on “Training Centre Affiliation and Accreditation under NSDC” organized by Directorate Skill Development, Government of Tripura in collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation.

While addressing the gathering S. Prabu, the Director Skill Development said “Skill Directorate is associated with major line departments of the state involved in skill development including Agriculture, Animal Resource Development Department, Fishery, Forest, Industries and Commerce, IT, Minority Welfare, Power, Public Works Department, Rural Development Department, Transport, Urban Development Department.”

He further added that a separate wing for skill development was constituted within each department in their own areas of expertise and also identified the nodal officer to co-ordinate with the directorate of skill development

Nagaraju in his key note address informed the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has allocated target for skill development under its flagship scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna’ (PMKVY 2.0).

Under this scheme, a total of 1, 16, 123 candidates to be trained over a period of next four years (2016-2020); out of which 37,062 candidates to be trained through state government under centrally sponsored state managed (CSSM) component.

Manish Kumar, the CEO and MD NSDC, in his speech and interactive session with training providers said, “NSDCs approach is to develop partnerships with multiple stakeholders and to scale up unemployed youths to achieve the objective of skilling and up-skilling 150 million people within next four years.”

He added of late Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) under taken a programme to set up 150 India international centres across the country. He also appeal to the unemployed youths of the region to take the support of NSDCs schemes for skilling and ups killing their efficiencies and attract potential private players and provide support to these efforts.