Name: Gule Ariffa
Country: India

Year: 2025
Volume: Volume No: 12, Issue No: 2, Year: 2025 (Special Issue-2)
Page Number: 319-324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18066239

ABSTRACT
India is one of the youngest countries in the world, our biggest demographic dividend is social and economic asset, with more than 54 per cent of our population youngest than 25 years in age, to entirely comprehend the potential of our youth is vital to furnish them with skills by providing good quality of education, affordable, flexible, and appropriate to the desires of the Indian and worldwide job market. The second largest workforce of the country
occupied in the world after China. While China’s demographic dividend is expected to start narrowing off by 2015, but India will continue to enjoy it till 2040. The economic survey 2014-15, reveals that India’s formally skilled workforce is only 2 per cent which is very low as compared to other countries like China 47 per cent, Japan 80 per cent and South Korea 96 per cent. To strengthen our demographic dividend more substantially and meaningfully, the Government launched the “Skill India” campaign along with “Make in India,” Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramin Kaushal Yojana, for the skill development of growing youth population of the country

Keywords: India, Skill development, Revolution, Skill India, Employment, skill
development programs, , Training, Initiatives. Methodology The secondary data collected from the Reports of the skill India ministry. Reports of Government of India. Skill India website and books, journal, various websites.