National Policy on Skill Development

National Policy on Skill Development

National Policy on Skill Development (NPSD) approved by the Government has set a target of skilling 500 million persons by the year 2022. Ministry of Labour and Employment has been mandated to train 100 million                            The road map for achieving the target of 100 million is as under: 1.       The seating capacity of Government and Private ITIs will be increased at the rate of 8% annually by opening new ITIs and running second and third shifts. 2.       1500 new ITIs under PPP mode are proposed to be opened in XII Plan period. 3.       The seating capacity under ATS is planned to be increased at the rate of 5% annually by increasing the coverage of industries. 4.       5000 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) are proposed to be set up in XII Plan (2012-2017) period in PPP mode.  Thereafter, another 5000 SDCs will be set up. 5.       Existing capacity of DGE&T institutes would be increased at the rate of 5% annually. 6.       1 million persons will be trained and tested every year under SDI scheme.             source-http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=81372