About 3.70 lakh youth of Haryana would be provided skill training during the next five years to make them employable under the Haryana Skill Development Mission (HSDM). The reconstituted HSDM is in the process of signing MoU with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for consultancy, capacity building, curriculum design, assessment and certification and vocational training provider.
During the first meeting of Governing Council of HSDM held under Chief Secretary DS Dhesi here, it was informed that in the 2015-16, 50 thousand youth would be provided skill training, in 2016-17, 60 thousand, in 2017-18, 75 thousand, in 2018-19, 85,000 and in the year 2019-20, one lakh youth would be imparted skill training to make them employable. It was also informed that under the Integrated Skill Development Scheme of the Centre, the Haryana Technical Education Department would train 20,000 persons in the textile sector which include weaving, spinning, knitting, garments, dyeing, block printing, embroidery, textile design and handloom, carpet etc. in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
Grant-in-aid of Rs15 crore would be provided by the Centre and Rsfive crore by the State Government. The scheme will be implemented in seven districts of the state namely Panipat, Bhiwani, Hisar, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ambala and Rohtak having large concentration of textile and related industries. Preference will be given to scheduled castes, backward classes, minorities, women, school dropouts, persons with disability, BPl persons in the age group of 14-35 years.