Punjab minister Charanjit Singh Channi releases research study

Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 19

Skilling of workforce is a crucial pillar of the success of the Indian economy and the government has taken many initiatives to take it to the next level. The Punjab Government and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have come up with a joint report that studies the impact of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) on skilling and employment.

Charanjit Singh Channi, Minister for Technical Education and Industrial Training, stated this while virtually releasing the research report titled, “Impact of PMKVY-2 on the Skilling & Employment”, at a special programme held at on the ISB campus here today.

The research team conducted a study to analyse the difference in the PMKVY skilling programme outcomes between the Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM) and Centrally Sponsored and State Managed (CSSM) training programmes in Punjab with a dataset of 167,792 records for the CSCM and 22,494 records for the CSSM programme.

Prof Chandan Chowdhury, executive director, Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing, said: “The study shows that the

Centrally Sponsored and State Managed (CSSM) scheme has been more impactful through the State Skill Development Mission (SSDM) and their robust skilling ecosystem within districts.”