Aims at mobilising a large number of youth to take up skill training and increase productivity of the existing workforce by aligning their training and certification to the need of the nation.
Encouraging standardization in the certification process and initiate a process of creating a registry of skills alongside providing monetary awards for skill certification
By July 2015, 2.12 Lakh candidates enrolled
Scheme targets to benefit 24 lakh people (14 lakh fresh entrants + 10 lakh under recognition of prior learning)