Current Affairs-Union Interim Budget 2014-15-168,043 Youth had Enrolled and 77,710 Completed Their Training Under National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme

168,043 Youth had Enrolled and 77,710 Completed Their Training Under National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme

The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram has informed the House that the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme was launched in August 2013 and has been widely hailed as success. 168,043 youth had enrolled and 77,710 have completed their training. 

The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram further informed the House that at last count, 24 Sector Skill Councils, 442 Training Partners and 17 Assessment Agencies had joined the programme. 204 job roles have been finalized. 

The Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram said that Rs. 1000 crore set apart in previous financial year (2013-14) the whole of that amount will be transferred to the NSD Trust and proposed the transfer of another sum of Rs. 1,000 crore next year (2014-15) to enable the Trust to scale up the programme of NSDC rapidly.