"Skill development is very important and now we will be working for that purpose," Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said here today after signing an MoU with Skill Development and Entrpreneurship Ministry.
The public transporter will provide unutilised and less- utilised spaces at stations, workshops, railway schools and training institutes for the skill development programmes in the country.
It will also provide manpower to impart skill training on rail premises.
"Our railway employees will also impart training as part of their social responsibility," Prabhu said.
Describing the signing of the MoU with the railways as a "momentous occasion". Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the transporter "is a big organisation and we are doing a massive skill training programme across the country".
With the signing of the MoU, National Skill Development Corporation will be able to provide the right platform to a large number of the rural unemployed youth to learn skills that will help them become economically self-reliant and productive members of the society, officials said.
The government has set a target of skilling 40.2 crore people by 2022 under the new National Policy for Skill Development.
The Prime Minister will also launch the Kaushal Vikas Yojana on the same day at a mega event to mark the World Youth Skills Day here.