PM Modi launches Skill India Mission

In a fresh approach the programme will help maintain a national database, known as the Labour Market Information System (LMIS), which will act as a portal for matching the demand and supply of skilled workforce in the country. The LMIS, will on the one hand provide citizens with vital information on skilling initiatives across the country. On the other, it will also serve as a platform for monitoring the performance of existing skill development programmes, running in every Indian state.

The programme also looks to offer a passage for overseas employment through specific programmes mapped to global job requirements and benchmarked to international standards

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi (R) being received by the Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, Rajiv Pratap Rudy (L) on his arrival at the ceremony to launch the Skill India Mission, in New Delhi on July 15, 2015

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visiting the exhibition on the National Skill Development Mission, Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and the Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Sunil Arora are also seen.

The ambitious project seeks to provide the institutional capacity to train a minimum of 300 million skilled people by the year 2022.

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visiting the exhibition on the National Skill Development Mission, in New Delhi on July 15, 2015.The Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy and the Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Sunil Arora are also seen.

After the successful launches of 'Make in India' and 'Digital India,' the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's latest brainchild, National Skill Development Mission was inaugrated by the Prime Minister on Wednesday.