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Impact of Skill India on Rural Youth - A Perspective


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1 Department of Management Studies, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, India
2 Loyola Institute of Business Administration, India
     

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India occupies around 2.4% of the world's landmass. It is also home to 17.5% of the world's population. The density of population is more in the urban landscapes. However, being largely an agrarian economy, a significant part of India's GDP comes from the villages and rural areas. Rural development and prosperity is deeply integrated to any nation's growth. Skilled workers and entrepreneurs are the need of the hour with the government committed to improving the skill landscape in the country over the next few years. The mobilization of the available youth and man-power and making them as skilled individuals is the need of the hour with the burgeoning youth brigade of India. This paper focuses on the existing ecosystem for skill development in rural India and the role skill development has to play in the future for increasing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities among the youth of rural India.

Keywords

Skill Development, Employment, Rural India, Youth, Entrepreneurship.
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Authors

B. Anbuthambi
Department of Management Studies, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, India
N. Chandrasekaran
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, India

Abstract


India occupies around 2.4% of the world's landmass. It is also home to 17.5% of the world's population. The density of population is more in the urban landscapes. However, being largely an agrarian economy, a significant part of India's GDP comes from the villages and rural areas. Rural development and prosperity is deeply integrated to any nation's growth. Skilled workers and entrepreneurs are the need of the hour with the government committed to improving the skill landscape in the country over the next few years. The mobilization of the available youth and man-power and making them as skilled individuals is the need of the hour with the burgeoning youth brigade of India. This paper focuses on the existing ecosystem for skill development in rural India and the role skill development has to play in the future for increasing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities among the youth of rural India.

Keywords


Skill Development, Employment, Rural India, Youth, Entrepreneurship.

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