Role of National Skill Development Mission in Nation Development

Abstract

The National Skill Development Mission was approved by the Union Cabinet on 01.07.2015,
and officially launched by the honourable Prime Minister on 15.07.2015 on the occasion of
World Youth Skills Day. The Mission has been developed to create convergence across sectors
and States in terms of skill training activities. Further, to achieve the vision of ‘Skilled India’, the
National Skill Development Mission would not only consolidate and coordinate skilling efforts,
but also expedite decision making across sectors to achieve skilling at scale with speed and
standards. It will be implemented through a streamlined institutional mechanism driven by
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). Key institutional mechanisms for
achieving the objectives of the Mission have been divided into three tiers, which will consist of a
Governing Council for policy guidance at apex level, a Steering Committee and a Mission
Directorate (along with an Executive Committee) as the executive arm of the Mission. Mission
Directorate will be supported by three other institutions: National Skill Development Agency
(NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and Directorate General of Training
(DGT) – all of which will have horizontal linkages with Mission Directorate to facilitate smooth
functioning of the national institutional mechanism. Seven sub-missions have been proposed
initially to act as building blocks for achieving overall objectives of the Mission. They are:
(i) Institutional Training, (ii) Infrastructure, (iii) Convergence, (iv) Trainers, (v) Overseas
Employment, (vi) Sustainable Livelihoods, (vii) Leveraging Public Infrastructure.