Union Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Giriraj Singh on Fridayblamed “the faulty policies” of Jawaharlal Nehru for people not being skilled in the country.
“The policies of Nehru were wrong as these could not make us skilled. The policies only made us educated,” Singh told mediapersons here after inaugurating a two-day national conference on “Youth and employment: The role of skill India Initiative”.
He said only 2.5 per cent people were skilled in India in comparison to 96 per cent in other developed countries.
He claimed that the Narendra Modi’s Government is streamlining all the policies for development of skills among the country’s youths.
“We are creating one Australia every year in term of population. So, the youths need to be skilled. The Modi Government is giving importance to the skill development sector,” said Singh.