National Skill Development Mission (NSDM)

Introduction

• NSDM was developed to converge skill training in various sectors 
• NSDM will cover all the states of India 
• Expedite decision making in sectors through coordinated and skilling efforts 

About NSDM

• Union Cabinet approval on 1st July 2015 
• Official launch of NSDM by PM Modi on 15th July 2015 
• Launched on World Youth skills day to make Indian youth skilled 
• Mass skill training program to train millions of Indians 

 Nodal Agency

• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 
• Funding through National Skill Development Corporation 
• National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) 
• National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) 
• Directorate General of Training (DGT) 

Sub Missions of NSDM

• Sustainable livelihood 
• Infrastructure 
• Institutional training 
• Trainers 
• Convergence 
• Overseas Employment 
• Leveraging of public infrastructure 

Institutional Mechanism

• Governing council at apex level for policy guidance 
• Steering committee 
• Mission Directorate 

Strategic Framework

NSDM follows 5 C strategic frameworks for imparting skill training programs

• Create – Creating skilled individuals over a long term 
• Correct – Upskilling individuals with work experience 
• Certify – Aligning with norms, assessing and provide certification to trainees 
• Connect – Making skilled trainees to join in jobs at any part of the world 
• Catalyze - Entrepreneurship 

NSDM Model components

Connect Supply with Demand

• Skill development does hand in hand with market demand 
• MoSDE matches skilled and trained individuals to jobs anywhere in the world 
• A general understanding of market demand supply of skill requirements is done 
• Envisagement of a policy research institute 
• Formulation of skill development policies 
• Monitoring global changes in employment in the global scenario 

Correct Supply for Demand

• This NSDM component aims to scale up the unemployed in the informal sector 
• NSDC is the implementation agency for short term skill training programs 
• Individuals with lower educational levels are targeted 
• Skill training conducted with central, state and private initiatives cooperation 
• NSDM aligned with other flagship schemes like Digital India, Swachh Bharat, Make in India and Solar Mission etc 
• Scaling up of existing infrastructure also done through this NSDM component 

Create pipeline of skilled people

Skill training imparted through this NSDM component in

• Existing educational institutions 
• New dedicated skill training institutes 
• ITI centers 
• Vocational training centers 

Catalyze Demand for Skilled people

• The main focus of this component is to promote entrepreneurship 
• Increase individual confidence to pursue their business ideas 
• Linking of entrepreneurship to schools and educational institutions 
• Establishing incubation centers for entrepreneurship 
• Establishing support centers to promote and encourage entrepreneurship 
• Providing credit access to new entrepreneurs 

Certification and Assessment

• Alignment of skill training with National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) 
• RPL framework establishment 
• Quality assessment and certification 
• Increase in the number of quality vocational trainers 

Conclusion

• NSDM is one of the flagship schemes of GOI 
• NSDM will make India the Skill capital of the entire world 
• By 2020, India will be a supplier of skilled labor to the entire world 
• Domestic labor force will also be upgraded through short term skill training programs