Recognising the need and urgency of quickly coordinating the efforts of all concerned stakeholders, to achieve its vision of a 'Skilled India' the Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship was created on 31st July, 2014. It was made into a full fledged Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 9th Nov, 2014.
National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and 33 Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) were brought under the Ministry of Skill Development.
The thrust of the Ministry is the co-ordination of all skill development efforts across the country, removal of disconnect between demand and supply of skilled manpower, building of new skills and skill upgradation, and encouraging entrepreneurship. Overall approximately 58,72,800 people were trained by Central Ministries/Departments in the financial year 2014-15.
To create further convergence between the Vocational Training system through ITIs and the new Skill Initiatives of the government, two vertical from Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET) - DDG (Training) and DDG (Apprenticeship Training) have been transferred to the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on 16th April, 2015.
Following are some more areas that have been attended to with regard to skill building:
Consolidation of Skill Gap studies
Sector skill gap studies have been completed for 24 sectors. The objective of these skill gap reports is to understand the sectoral and geographical spread of skill requirements that exist. They were launched on 9th April, 2015 by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
Deepening Global Engagement
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has entered into agreements with several countries such as UK, USA, Australia, France, Germany, Canada with the purpose of technology transfer in vocational training, training of trainers, setting up of centres of excellence, international mobility through mapping of job roles and development of transnational standards.
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