Why India's skill mission has failed

For PMKVY, govt allocated Rs 1,500 crore to train 2.4 million people

Resignation of Rajiv Pratap Rudy as minister of skill development and entrepreneurship has not come as a surprise to many in the government and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In fact, some in the BJP believe that Rudy, a member of Parliament from Bihar’s Saran parliamentary constituency, was trusted with the portfolio in November 2014, keeping in mind the Bihar Assembly elections a year later.

In the skill development ministry, Rudy’s first task was to prepare the ground for the launch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship programme — Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)—in July 2015. The government allocated Rs