13.2 mn candidates availed benefits of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

13.2 million candidates have benefitted from the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana since the launch of the scheme in 2015, minister of state for skills development and entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in response to a question in Rajya Sabha.

Presently, the third phase of PMKVY i.e. PMKVY 3.0 is being implemented across the country and the last date of enrollment under PMKVY 3.0 is December 30, 2021, he said.

PMKVY 3.0, launched in January 2021, aims to provide skill development training to 8 lakh youth across the country with an outlay of Rs 948.9 crore.


“Presently, there are no fixed targets under PMKVY for the training in upcoming financial years,” he added.

Under PMKVY, there is no mandate of establishing the training centres and the short term training is being implemented through empanelled training centres. Further, the ministry promotes establishment of model and aspirational skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) in every district for imparting skill training in public private partnership (PPP) mode throughout the country.

The PMKVY (except PMKVY 1.0 (2015-16) has two components, namely centrally sponsored centrally managed (CSCM) component being implemented through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and centrally sponsored state managed (CSSM) component being implemented through state skill development mission of the State or UTs.