Introduction
GOI has introduced a slew of training programs to promote the village and cottage industries on a large scale. Some of the important village/cottage based skill development programs include
Project Handloom
- Project handloom was established to promote handloom and domestic industries
- Highlights less use of electricity
- More focus on incentive schemes
- Niche market-based scheme
- NIFT to conduct R & D in handloom sector
- Estimated to create employment of over than 43 lakh
- Collaborating weavers with designers
- Reducing unfair trade practices
- Adoption of conventional techniques
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission includes skill development and economic developmental activities
- The mode of delivery preferred would be through PPP
- Funds shared on PPP basis
- Aims to protect rural habitat
- Mitigates the challenges of rural migration and
- Hyper-urbanization
- Trains the rural youth on self-employable skills
USTTAD
- USSTAD scheme aims at upgrading the skills in crafts and arts for development
- The scheme is targeted only for minority communities
- The scheme is implemented by ministry of minority affairs
- The scheme envisages to preserve the traditional and ancestral crafts and arts
- Craftsmen are trained on these traditional skills
- Skill training is offered to artisans, weavers and craftsmen from minority communities
- The training is only for people already practising in the field or craftsmen
- No fresher training is offered in the scheme
NAI MANZIL SCHEME
- The scheme is implemented by ministry of minority affairs
- The main objective of the scheme is to generate employment to youth and extend loans for starting up new businesses
- All school drop outs and Madarasa students are eligible for training under this scheme
- Scheme covers people in the age group of 17 to 35 from all minority communities
- Bridge courses are provided to the trainees to get 10th and 12th certification on distance mode
- Trade basis skill training is also provided to the beneficiaries
- The training mainly covers courses in four main sectors including engineering, manufacturing, soft skills and services
- Avenues are open to continuing or pursue higher education and create employment opportunities in the formal sector
Conclusion
- These skill-based training programs are aimed at the uplift of the minority community youth
- The youth from minority communities will get into the formal sector through these skill training schemes
- GOI has introduced these scheme with a long-term goal of engaging minority youth in formal sector and creating an aversion among the youth to pursue terrorism or other illegal activities
- These schemes are considered vital from social perspective and creates employment opportunities for minority students
- Schemes like USTTAD aim to revive the traditional crafts and arts practised in the ancient Mughal rule
- In this manner, these skill training programs help to protect the ancient and traditional culture and heritage of India
- Overall, the above skill training programs help the rural youth to find new employment avenues in traditional ancient crafts, arts, trade, manufacturing and entrepreneurship
