Skill, re-skill, up-skill to stay relevant: PM Modi tells India's youth

Coronavirus pandemic has changed the workplace, says Modi on fifth anniversary of Skill India Mission

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the workplace and people have to "skill, re-skill and up-skill" themselves to stay relevant for employment, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday

"It is always a challenge to stay relevant as markets changing--more so in today's disruptive times,” said Modi in a televised speech on the fifth anniversary’s Skill India Mission, a plan to train 400 million Indians by 2022.

Skill is learning a way to add value to something; re-skilling is looking to innovate or improvise; and up-skilling is upping your abilities to produce better in sync with the requirements, he said.

“Covid-19 has changed the nature of jobs, and then there is new technology which has impacted our lives too. Our youth have to adopt new skills,” he said

Modi was addressing a digital conclave on World Youth Skills Day, an event recognised by the United Nations and celebrated on July 15 every year.