In the 2014-15 state budget, UP chief minister has wiped out most of the freebies and has focused on basic necessities including infrastructure, energy and job creation.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday presented the state budget for thefiscal year 2014-15, which focuses more on development sectors. This also includes free skill development training to six lakh youth of Uttar Pradesh in the year.
A month after it was announced, the contours of the new ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship are still on the drafting board and a formal decision is expected only later this year.
“There is still a lot of discussion on what issues will be retained by the nodal ministries and what would be handed over to the new ministry. A decision is likely only after the Budget Session of Parliament ends,” Narendra Singh Tomar, Union minister for labour and employment told The Indian Express.
As part of the allocation of portfolios on May 27, the NDA governmenthad announced a new ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship headed by Sarbananda Sonowal.
But with skill development and vocational training spread across more than a dozen Central ministries including labour, human resourcedevelopment and finance, carving out a new ministry has proven to be difficult task.
According to highly-placed sources, the National Skill Development Authority and the National Skill Development Corporation are likely to be subsumed within the new ministry that is expected to play more of a coordinating role between different agencies.
Similarly, the directorate general of employment and training, an attached office to the ministry of labour that is responsible for industrial training institutes and skilling may also be given to the new ministry of skill development.
The issue is yet to be taken up by the Union Cabinet either. “It was slated for discussion but has not been taken up. Once the proposal is finalised, the Cabinet will approve it and the ministry will then be officially notified,” said an official privy to the development.
With a lack of clarity, Sonowal, who is also minister of state (independent charge) for sports and youth affairs, continues to work full time out of his office in Shastri Bhawan
Skilling and entrepreneurship is a key agenda for the NDA government with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for a “Skill India” initiative as a majority of the population is less than 35 years of age.
Job creation, skill development and opportunities for entrepreneurship was one of the key promises in the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Earlier, the UPA government had set a target of imparting vocational training and skills to 500 million youth by 2022.
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The government will look beyond the 500 million target for skill development and the Union Budget next week is likely to give a roadmap for the government’s skilling programme.
“There will of course be some indication in the Budget on the skill development agenda,” said Sarbananda Sonowal, minister for state (independent charge) skill development and entrepreneurship.
Despite some resistance from various ministries, the government is finalising the contours of the new ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship which will take over skilling initiatives from all other government agencies.
A decision on its final shape is expected soon, said three officials familiar with the development. The Cabinet Secretariat is expected to make changes in the Allocation of Business Rules of the government to allow agencies related to skilling and entrepreneurship to be consolidated into the new ministry.
The need for skills is urgent, a separate ministry is warranted.
With the establishment of a Central ministry for skill development and entrepreneurship, the Narendra Modi government has gone into silobreaking mode. This is welcome. The move wrests the core elements of the prime minister’s vision for growth from various ministries and pools them under one minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, and under one budget, which could be in the region of Rs 25,000 crore
The government has set up NSDC under Companies Act 1956 to train 150 million persons by the year 2022 and to promote participation of private players.
NEW DELHI: The government has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate and harmonise its skill development efforts with private sector, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told the House in a written reply that NSDA has been working closely with states and advising them on effectively implementing skills programmes at state-level.
NEW DELHI: The government has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate and harmonise its skill development efforts with private sector, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told the House in a written reply that NSDA has been working closely with states and advising them on effectively implementing skills programmes at state-level.
The government has set up National Skill Development Agency to coordinate and harmonise its skill development efforts with private sector, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Vishnu Deo Sai told the House in a written reply that NSDA has been working closely with states and advising them on effectively implementing skills programmes at state-level.
Sarbananda Sonowal says the funds are for training of Indians as part of govt’s Skilling India mission to create a job ready workforce for the industry
It is necessary to ensure that industry be made a major partner in the government’s Skilling India mission, a plan to train 500 million people by 2022, Sonowal said.
NEW DELHI: Riding on the success of the skill development programme launched last year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday allocated Rs 1,000 crore to the National Skill Development Trust to scale up the programme.
“The scheme was launched in August 2013 and has been widely hailed as a success. I propose to transfer anotherRs 1,000 crore next year to enable the trust to scale up the NSDC programme rapidly,” Chidambaram said in his interim budget speech, adding that
a similar amount allocated last year will be wholly transferred to the trust.
In order to leverage the demographic dividend, the government had last year announced the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme to encourage youth to voluntarily enroll in institutions by providing them an incentive of Rs 10,000 to undergo training.
The idea was to train 10 lakh youth within a year from the date of implementation of scheme. Besides, the government allocated Rs 100 crore to the India Inclusive Innovation Fund under the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises.
The fund, which was launched recently with an initial corpus of Rs 500 crore, will encourage grass root innovations to help the poor. This fund is expected to be scaled up to Rs 5,000 crore. Sam Pitroda-led National Innovation Council and ministry set up the fund.