NEW DELHI: The government would need a huge Rs 6 lakh crore in the next five years for training programmes to make people employable, a Union minister said on Thursday. “Countries which have high skilled workforce have high per capita income. Education is important but 12 years of education will not make you employable but 12 weeks of skill training will. We are now integrating it with education which should have done years ago,” Minister of State for Skill Development Rajiv Pratap Rudy said at ..

The government will needRs 6 lakh crore to train people in India and make them employable, the minister said. “We are planning to launch National Skill Mission on July 15 which is National Skills Day This will be one of most ambitious programme,” said Rudy.

Source: PTI