The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) moved the full stream in 2016 to to train and deploy a large army of unemployed youth to productive activities in 2016. It did this by way of launching new centres for skill development and training.
For example, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the first-of-its-kind "Indian Institute of Skills" in the country in Kanpur on December 19, 2016. It's patterned on a similar institute in Singapore. The MSDE has decided to have six such institutes across the country.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated the Kaushal Pradarshini (Skill Exhibition) for the youth of Uttar Pradesh at the Railway Grounds, Kanpur and launched an array of skill development initiatives, including Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras (PMKKs) and Drivers' Training Institutes. There was also strategic partnership with various industries that will train and employ approximate 4 Lakh youth over the next 3 years.
The Prime Minister had shown concern about the training of drivers so to achieve his dream, the Ministry has decided to open 100 Driver Training Institutes all across India soon. NSDC has signed a MoU with OLA cabs which needs 1 lakh drivers.
Further, under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), more than two million young boys and girls would have been trained by the end of March 2017.
These are only a few schemes that have come to complement the MSDE's vigorous efforts at skilling India.