Skill Development

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The ministry has asked public sector enterprises to prepare time-bound apprenticeship plans, improve women's participation and monitor training completion, job placement and retention

The government plans to link education and employment databases and expand career counselling in schools, but experts say apprenticeships, training, and job creation are key to improving outcomes

The Centre, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have partnered AM/NS India to modernise nine government ITIs under PM-SETU, with a focus on industry-linked training and infrastructure

Three rounds saw 400,822 internship opportunities posted, but only 20% of candidates receiving offers joined, with relocation and wage mismatch cited as factors

A Gi Group Holding report finds gaps in practical exposure, behavioural skills and workplace tools, with only a quarter of participants securing full-time jobs where they trained

Many companies, especially in the engineering sector, have their own skill-development programmes. But these are too small to make a national impact

Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta says Bengal's economic revival should be linked to the wider growth of eastern India, with a focus on skills and services

Brics countries step up cooperation on skills, gig and platform workers, labour mobility, social protection, vocational training and workforce preparedness

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Skill Development Minister Jayant Chaudhary says AI will transform coaching, refereeing and scouting, while opening new opportunities across the sports sector

The nationwide initiative will target 150,000 learners for foundational cloud and AI training, with 10,000 participants receiving intensive, job-ready skills

An estimated 8.7 crore Indian youth aged 15 to 29 are not studying, working, or receiving training, a recent Niti Aayog report said, highlighting the urgent need for subsidised training programmes to encourage self-employment and align with local demand and emerging sectors. The Aayog, in the report titled 'Reimagining Skilling for Viksit Bharat@2047', said the estimate is based on data from the 78th round of the National Sample Survey conducted in 2021. To ensure the highest impact, the Aayog organised India's workforce landscape and learners into five segments -- schooling; tertiary education; formal and informal work; not in education, employment and training (NEET) youth; and women. "NEET youth are constrained by the absence of income and the sunk cost of prior education. Students often cannot layer paid skilling onto existing financial commitments," it said. The Aayog has defined NEET youth as youth comprising individuals between the ages of 15 and 29 who are not engaged in ..

The programme would mark a sharp expansion of existing AI skilling efforts, with Modi also highlighting opportunities in aviation, sports, green mobility and other emerging sectors

Of 53,449 candidates enrolled in AI-related job roles under PMKVY 4.0, 39,104 were trained, 28,345 assessed and 25,466 certified as of June 30, 2026

Brics labour ministers adopted a joint declaration in Hyderabad and launched the India-backed CONNECT platform to strengthen cooperation on labour, skills and social security

Govt needs to focus more on low-end work, which will be impacted more by technology and artificial intelligence

Joint committee will finalise recognition norms and operational guidelines to enable higher education institutions to develop vocational qualifications and issue nationally recognised certificates

The Centre has approved Strategic Investment Plans worth Rs 1,237.58 crore under PM-SETU and expanded the skilling programme beyond its pilot phase to all 200 identified ITI clusters

Applications under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme fell to a six-year low in 2025, exposing a widening gap between vacancies and candidate participation