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93 percentage of the workforce in India acquired their skills at the workplace as

on- the-job training. Persons trained this way earn low wages, despite being

fully skilled and are often exploited by the employers since they do not have

any formal certificate. RPL has the potential to be a powerful tool in the

development of India and in the implementation of the Reconstruction and

Development Programme. As per the study conducted by Nsim, RPL is seen to

have the capacity to contribute to redress equity by opening up more ways for

people to attain qualified status.

It could :

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Enable more people to reach higher levels of qualification and

expertise by beginning with an acknowledgment of existing skills

and knowledge.

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Contribute to enhancing international economic competiveness by

building an often invisible and unacknowledged workforce skills.

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Often the first step in attaining the goals of developing a multi-

skilled and flexible workforce by acting as an audacious

tool to

quality existing competence.

Broader Aims

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The idea is to raise confidence, improve productivity and give proper

direction through skill assessments and certification of the

unorganized sector, to enable them to get blue-collar jobs.

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Assessment of existing skills of the unorganized sector is very

essential to channelize them for proper job opportunities

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Every job aspirant would be treated with equal importance and

would be given training in soft skills.

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Nsim’s vision is to improve the physical and mental development

of the youths of the country so that none of them remains

unemployed and the country’s unemployment problem also gets

reduced.

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National Skill India Mission (Nsim) - TARGET PEOPLE

Target people are the following

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Youths without skills

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Youths with non-formal skills