New Delhi: The government`s Skill
Development Initiative to give vocational training to 10 lakh
people in the next five years has taken off well and close to
two and a half lakh people have been trained so far under the
scheme, Home Minister P Chidambaram said here on Thursday.
In 2007, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had
approved the scheme with an outlay of Rs 550 crore to train 10
lakh people in five years and 10 lakh more every year
thereafter.
Under the scheme, about 4,093 high quality vocational
training providers have been empanelled across the country.
Chidambaram, who then held the finance portfolio, said the
CCEA had been informed that "the skill development scheme has
taken off well and about 2,40,650 persons have been trained so
far under the scheme."
The minister was speaking on the basis of a compliance
report presented to the CCEA. As per the report, around 450
`Modular Employable Skill` courses have been designed in the
last two years. Out of the 450 courses, 28 relates to
Information and Communication Technology.
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