India faces significant skills challenges due to its large and young population. It has a workforce of 459 million but only 2% of youth receive formal vocational training, resulting in 260 million unemployed or underemployed Indians aged 18-50. To address this "skill gap", the government launched the Skill India initiative to provide skills training to 500 million people by 2020 through public-private partnerships, focusing on both traditional and emerging sectors. The goal is to boost employment and entrepreneurship among Indian youth.

1. Skilling
India:
Issues and
Challenges

2.  Largest Democracy in the World , 1.2 billion
population.
 “Youngest nation” in the world with 54%
population under the age of 25 years.
 Total Workforce of 459 million.
 India has 3rd
largest education system globally.
 Spends at 3.7% of GDP.
 Global Skilled Manpower Shortage of 56.5 m by
2020 while India to have Surplus of 47 m.
 Economic Growth @9%.
India

4. Country
2000 2025 2050 2000 2025 2050
India 23.7 31.3 38 8.1 12.1 22.6
Mexico 23.3 32.5 39.5 7.6 13.8 30
USA 35.5 39.3 40.7 18.6 29.3 34.9
Australia 35.2 40.5 41.9 18.2 29.3 37.9
China 30 39 43.8 10 19.4 37.2
Canada 36.9 42.9 44 18.5 32.6 40.9
France 37.6 43.3 45.2 24.5 36.2 46.7
UK 37.7 44.5 47.4 24.1 34.8 47.3
Europe 37.7 45.4 49.5 21.7 33.2 51.4
Russia 36.8 43.8 50 18 27.6 47.1
Germany 40.1 48.5 50.9 24.1 39 54.7
Japan 41.2 50 53.1 25.2 49 71.3
Italy 40.2 50.7 54.1 26.7 40.6 68.1
Indicators of Aging in Selected Countries (2000, 2025, and 2050)
Median Age (Years) Old Age Dependency Ratio
Snapshot: Global Demographics

5. India

6. Major problem facing India today is
unemployment.
260 million underemployed and unemployed in
the age group of 18-50 years.
Skill base of Indian economy is extremely low.
Only 2% youth in the age group of 15-29 years
receive formal vocational training. The problem
will only increase in the coming years
THE SKILL GAP IN
INDIA

7. THE SKILL GAP IN
INDIA
We will have to skill and provide employment to
this mushrooming young population.
Failure to do so will lead to social turmoil like
increased crime and growing youth unrest
Vocational Training perceived as a dead end with
no existing linkages to the formal higher
education system

8. THE SKILL GAP IN
INDIA
Government has set a target to train 500 million
by 2020.
Only 2.5 million vocational training seats
available whereas 12.8 million youth enter the
workforce every year.
Trades being taught at ITI’s are obsolete
The government is encouraging public private
partnerships (PPP) but lack of transparency and
formal accreditation are effecting quality of
training

9. THE SKILL GAP IN
INDIA

10. THE SKILL GAP IN
INDIA

11. THE SKILL GAP IN
INDIA (2022)

12. Agriculture
(%)
Manufacturing
and
Construction
(%)
Service (%)
Manpower 58 24 18
GDP
Contribution
18 22 60
India

13. India
The Indian workers
1.Industrial 2. Service 3. Artisans
4. Agriculture Sectors

14. India
One of the key strategies in nation building
has to be to strengthen the manufacturing
sector. The key to prosperity and job creation
is the manufacturing sector. This is the
bedrock of the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in
India’ campaign.

15. India

16. First-ever separate Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship to
Promote Entrepreneurship and
Skill Development .
India

17. • The main goal is to create opportunities, space
and scope for the development of the talents of
the Indian youth
• To develop more of those sectors which have
already been put under skill development for
the last so many years and also to identify new
sectors for skill development.
• To provide training and skill to 500 million
youth of the country by 2020, covering each
and every village.
Objectives of
‘Skill India’

18. The Skill
Landscape

22. Structure of Skill
India

23. • The emphasis is to skill the youths so that they get
employment and also improve entrepreneurship.
• To provide training, support and guidance for all
occupations like carpenters, cobblers, welders,
blacksmiths, masons, nurses, tailors, weavers etc.
• More emphasis will be given on new areas like real
estate, construction, transportation, textile, gem
industry, jewellery designing, banking, tourism etc..
Features of Skill
India

24. Features of Skill
India
• The training would be on the lines of international
level.
• To create a hallmark called ‘Rural India Skill’, so as to
standardise and certify the training process.
• Tailor-made, need-based programmes would be
initiated for specific age groups which can be like
communication and life skills, including job and
employability skills.
• The course methodology of ‘Skill India’ would be
innovative.

25. • Earlier, the emphasis was on traditional jobs. But this
time, all kinds of jobs will be given equal emphasis.
• Earlier, the responsibility was divided among various
ministries, but this time, these are being clubbed
together.
• The ministry of skill development and
entrepreneurship will be the principal ministry which is
going to coordinate with other ministries and
organisations.
• Skill India won’t be just a programme but a movement
How is it Different from the
Previous Skill Development
Policies?

26. How is it Different from the
Previous Skill Development
Policies?
• Here, youth who are jobless, college and school
dropouts, along with the educated ones, from rural
and urban areas, all will be given value addition.
• The new ministry will be the certifying agency.
Certificates will be issued to those who complete a
particular skill or programme and this certificate has
to be recognized by all public and private agencies
and entities, including overseas organisations.

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