Skill development authority on Cabinet meet agenda today

A GoM had been set up after some ministers had expressed reservations on the proposed NSDA. The HRD ministry,which manages most of the skill development programmes,had questioned the need for such a centralised body and maintained that it would lead to duplication of efforts. The Planning Commission,which is piloting the proposal,has stressed that the NSDA will coordinate and synergise the current efforts by the ministries.

The Authority is expected to oversee,support and speed up existing skill development efforts of the central government and state-level skill development missions. It will lay down strategies,financing and governing models to expedite skill development activities.