Thousands of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) were given clearances to provide critical training under the Skill India programme despite having inadequate infrastructure and facilities, a parliamentary panel on labour noted in its report. The parliamentary panel also pulled up the Quality Council of India (QCI), a non-profit autonomous society set up by the Centre for industrial accreditation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Skill India scheme in June 2015 with an aim to tap into India’s demographic dividend and combat rising unemployment. The government has also linked entrepreneurship to the Skill India scheme, named after Sangh ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay. The skill development ministry informed the parliamentary panel that it was reviewing existing civil infrastructure norms and affiliation procedures for setting up new ITIs in the future..

Source: Hindustan Times January 07, 2018 17:03 UTC