NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY FORMULATED TO EMPOWER YOUTH AND HELP ‘AMRIT PEEDHI’ REALIZE THEIR DREAMS
PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA 4.0 TO BE LAUNCHED TO SKILL LAKHS OF YOUTH
30 SKILL INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRES TO BE SET UP ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES
DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER TO BE ROLLED OUT TO PROVIDE STIPEND SUPPORT TO 47 LAKH YOUTH IN 3 YEARS
UNIFIED SKILL INDIA DIGITAL PLATFORM TO BE LAUNCHED TO EXPAND DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM FOR SKILLING

To empower our youth and help the ‘Amrit Peedhi’ realize their dreams, we have formulated the National Education Policy, focused on skilling, adopted economic policies that facilitate job creation at scale, and have supported business opportunities, said Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union budget 2023-2024 in Parliament here today.

Union Budget 2023-2024 adopts seven priorities, which complement each other and act as the ‘Saptarishi’ guiding us through the Amrit Kaal. Youth Power is one of the priority areas which include Skill Development.

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0

The Finance Minister announced that Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 will be launched to skill lakhs of youth within the next three years. The scheme will emphasize on On-job training, industry partnership, and alignment of courses with needs of industry. She further highlighted that the scheme will also cover new age courses for Industry 4.0 like coding, AI, robotics, mechatronics, IOT, 3D printing, drones, and soft skills.

Smt Sitharaman also proposed to set up 30 Skill India International Centres across different States to skill the youth for international opportunities.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme

The Minister announced the roll-out the Direct Benefit Transfer under a pan-India National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to provide stipend support to 47 lakh youth in three years.

Unified Skill India Digital platform

Smt Sitharaman informed that the digital ecosystem for skilling will be further expanded with the launch of a unified Skill India Digital platform. Elaborating on the platform, she said it would

• Enable demand-based formal skilling
• Link with employers including MSMEs
• Facilitate access to entrepreneurship schemes

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National Education Policy expands skill development, apprenticeship stipends and a unified digital platform linking trainees to employers and entrepreneurship. The budget implements the National Education Policy to scale youth skilling: launching Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 with on job training and industry aligned Industry 4.0 courses, establishing 30 Skill India International Centres, rolling out Direct Benefit Transfer under a National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme for stipend support, and creating a unified Skill India Digital platform to enable demand based formal skilling, employer linkage including MSMEs, and access to entrepreneurship schemes.