Indian Railways Launched “Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana”

WHY IN THE NEWS?

Indian Railways took a leap in the advancement of Skill India Mission by launching the “Rail Kaushal VikasYojana (RKVY)” under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)”.

About:
RKVY was launched by Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw.

• This Mission will provide Railways with entry-level training in industry-relevant skills with the help of 75 Railway training institutes across India.
• This mission seeks to empower youth by providing entry-level training in skills relevant to the industry as part of 75 years of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Significance of the mission

This mission incorporates the vision of skill development of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mission will train about 50 thousand youth. It was launched with the aim of imparting training skills to the youth across several trades to bring qualitative improvement. Under the mission, training will also be conducted in remote areas. It will improve the employability of the youth as well as upgrade the skills of the self-employed. It will also cater to those who are working with contractors through re-skilling and upskilling.

Training under RKVY

Under the mission, training will be provided to 50000 candidates in a period of three years. In the initial phase, training will be provided to 1000 candidates. Youth will be trained in four trades namely, Electrician, Welder, Machinist and Fitter. The mission comprises of initial basic training of 100 hours. In later phases, zonal railways will add other trades to the training programs. Youth will be trained for free and participants will be selected from applications received online, on the basis of marks in matriculation. Candidates who are 10th passed and between 18-35 years shall be eligible to apply.