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skills, are some of the key reasons in finding a suitable candidate

for available jobs in the country.

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As compared to western economies where there is a burden of an

ageing population, India has a unique 20-25 years window of

opportunity called the “demographic dividend”.

This “demographic

dividend”

means that as compared to other large developing and

developed countries, India has a higher proportion of working age

population vis-à-vis its entire population.

&

In this Twelfth Five Year Plan, India has set a tough challenge in the

field of Skill education and training in its approach paper. It aims to

increase the percentage of workforce with formal skills to 25% at

the end of the plan. It is estimated that 50-70 million jobs will be

created in India over the next five years and about 75% -90% of

these additional employment avenues will require some Skill

training.

9.

National Skill India Mission (Nsim) -

IMPLEMENTATION

PROCESS

The well articulated policies of the N-SIM to leverage skill training and

to make the skill training capabilities of India as a vehicle to propel itself as a

strong skilled super power in the coming years are also very well discussed in

the N-SIM implementation process.

In order to achieve the project goals, the need of the hour is a highly

pro active role that would take into account the changing scenarios in

the Skill Education and the non-linear interactions between the forcing

functions.

(a)

Skilled Youth

India has the second largest pool of English speaking scientific

manpower in the world today. Of this, more than 3 million were skilled

professionals. This pool of young skilled professionals,

could be used as

trainers to train the unskilled youth of India through N-sim training institutions.

N-sim

will take steps to reduce the gap between the skilled and unskilled,

through creating solutions that enable everyone to participate in the skill India

movement.