The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Common Service Centres (CSC) have inked a pact for the delivery of services to accelerate India's skill development.

 "The NSDC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Common Services Centres today (Sunday) to collaborate for the delivery of services related to various skill development programmes to the youth in rural and remote areas of the country," according to a statement. Under the partnership, the CSCs at the village level will act as a skill desk, creating awareness about the various available skill development programmes. Registrations of the candidates will be carried out under the available programme for skill development training, along with the Aadhaar seeding of candidates and certificate distribution.

NSDC Chief Operating Officer Ved Mani Tiwari said in the statement,"Through CSC, NSDC will be able to identify skill seekers at the grass-root level and connect them with the right skilling opportunities in the ecosystem."

He added that this strategic partnership will help NSDC leverage the database and analytics of CSC and plan intended skilling for the youth who aspire to be skilled.

CSC SPV Managing Director Dinesh Kumar Tyagi said, "The association with NSDC will be pathbreaking as it will allow the village-level entrepreneurs managing the CSCs to identify the candidates, help them in registration, link them with training providers, thereby fulfilling the aspirations of a large number of rural youth interested in upskilling or enhancing employment opportunities."