Himachal Pradesh Government is making efforts to strengthen skill development activities and infrastructure.
For this, a Rs 640 crore ADB External Assistance Project was approved for supporting skill development. Skill Development Policy Him Kaushal -- 2016 has been approved by the government to empower the unemployed youth in the age group between 15 and 45 years.
The state has also established Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam, which would act as an overarching outfit for implementation of the skill development policy and programmes, said an official spokesman.
It would endeavour to achieve uniformity of qualifications, standards, training tools, accreditation for the state in alignment with national standards.
Training would be provided by the government institutes and departments, private sectors and industries/industrial associations. Multipurpose training and marketing centres would be developed in rural areas at industrial training institutes in a phased manner and would be aligned as per the needs of the local youth, he said.
These centres would operate in a hub and spoke model with each centre and would be monitored by District Skill Development Centre.
The objective of skill development training programmes is to ensure that no person is left out of training because of financial constraints.
The programmes would be accessible to all residents between the age of 16 to 49 years both below poverty line and above poverty line in urban and rural areas.