The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Ministries of Steel and Mines here today signed MoUs on Skill Development. The MoUs were signed with an understanding to collectively address the incremental human resource requirement in the two sectors. MSDE will implement this partnership through Directorate General of Training (DGT) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that the cabinet has recently approved the National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and this will help the Ministry to bring uniformity across the skill initiatives it plans with all the Central Ministries.

He said, with today's MoUs, the Ministry is now focusing on the need for skilled manpower in the Steel and Mining industry with the help of Union Minister for Steel and Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar.

He said, both the Ministries will together ensure that we have standardized vocational training and infrastructure for the industry so that it becomes a self-sufficient and progressive industry and also create more opportunities globally.

Shri Rudy said that the Ministry is also going to undertake 'Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)' for around 5 lakh working in the mines and coal sector. The Skill Council for Mining Sector (SCMS) plans to upskill and train approximately 4.50 lakhs people for mining industries including 50,000 new inductees to make them employable within a period of ten years.

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