MSDE delinks placement from skilling under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0

The government has de-linked placements from the short-term skills training imparted under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 of the ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship, with effect from 2022-23, Jayant Chaudhary, minister of state (independent charge), ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

“Placements were tracked in the short-term training (STT) component across the first three versions of the scheme-PMKVY 1.0, PMKVY 2.0 and PMKVY 3.0-implemented from FY 2015-16 to FY 2021-22,” the minister said.

“However, in PMKVY 4.0, the current version of the scheme being implemented from FY 2022-23 onwards, placement is delinked,” he said.


The ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship (MSDE) is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), since 2015, for imparting skill development training through short-term training (STT) and up-skilling and re-skilling through recognition of prior learning (RPL) to youth across the country.

As per the ministry data, 1.02 million candidates out of the certified 2.12 million or 48.29% of the certified candidates across India since 2019 have been placed under the STT component of the PMKVY.

However, total candidates trained under PMKVY, since its inception in 2016, till June 30, 2024 stands at 13.7 million.