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New Delhi : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) to provide an overall institutional framework to rapidly implement and scale up the skill development efforts across India. NSDM envisages totra in a minimum of 300 million skilled people by the year 2022.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill training across the country in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. As on June 30, 2021, a total of 812 PMKKs have been allocated across the country of which 721 PMKKs have been established.
Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), short term training (STT) is being imparted through empanelled training centres (TCs) including PMKKs. As on July 10, 2021, a total of 3,415 TCs are operational across the country that includes 721 PMKKs. Targets to TCs are being allocated for approved job roles as per extant guidelines of the scheme and training is being imparted in batch size of maximum 30 candidates, according to a PIB release.
The information was given by the Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on July 26, 2021.