Just a year ago, the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi launched 511 Pramod Mahajan Grameen Kaushalya Vikas Kendras in Maharashtra via video conferencing. Established across 34 rural districts of Maharashtra, these Kendras will conduct skill development training programs across various sectors to provide employment opportunities to rural youth. While launching this scheme the Prime Minister said, this is a huge step for the skill development of millions of youth making this day a memorable one.
While announcing this scheme the state government declared that the Grameen Kaushalya Vikas Kendras will conduct skill development training programs across various sectors to provide employment opportunities to rural youth. Each Kendra will train about 100 youngsters in at least two vocational courses. The training will be provided by empanelled industry partners and agencies under the National Skill Development Council. The establishment of these Kendras will help the region attain significant strides towards developing a more competent and skilled manpower.
Prior to this there were no skill development centers in 28,000 gram panchayats (village councils) in Maharashtra. The plan is aligned with the Indian government’s vision for skill development. The increase in the number of such skill development centers will prevent rural youth from migrating to cities in search of employment opportunities. This initiative, to be executed by the Skill Development Society, which. aims to enhance employability for individuals aged 15 to 45 by establishing 100 new skill development centers across the state. The initiative aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent inauguration of 511 Skill Development Centers simultaneously—the first of its kind in India. The upcoming 100 centers, set to launch in the new year, will expedite the creation of a skilled generation in Maharashtra. Colleges hosting these centers will have the autonomy to select courses tailored for local employment needs, ensuring alignment with the National Skill Qualification Framework.
Emphasizing the need for new skills for India’s agriculture sector, the Prime Minister pushed for natural farming to protect Mother Earth. During this event, he talked about the need for skills to assess balanced irrigation, agricultural-product processing, packaging, branding, and skilling people to get connected with the online world. “Various governments of the country will have to further expand their scope of skill development”, Prime Minister Modi had added.
Excellent scheme, much hyped and published by the Mahayuti government, remains today on paper. Series of meetings took place in the Skill Development department. Challenges faced in setting up 511 centers were reviewed and discussed. In one of the meetings it was also decided that the government officials should take the inspection instead of private organisations. Government is spending 13,000 crore rupees on this and in Maharashtra, 500 plus skill centers will take forward this skill development program in the state.
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