Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship today organised an event in the national capital in connection with the ongoing celebration of International Women’s Day – 2020. Various institutes and bodies under the Ministry including ITIs, Pradhan MantriKaushalKendras and Jan ShikshanSansthans are also organising various events at various places today.
In the event at New Delhi, winners of various competitions in such institutes were felicitated by Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr.MahendraNath Pandey. A number of women, who have benefitted from Government’s various skill and entrepreneurship programmes, narrated their stories as to how they gained confidence and attained financial stability in their lives, due to these training programmes.
Lauding women achievers empowered by programs and initiatives of the Skill India mission, Minister Dr.MahendraNath Pandey congratulated women for their efforts and achievements. He said that India has a long tradition of respecting women and giving them due prominence in all activities of life. He said the motivational talks given by the young women entrepreneurs today would inspire women to move ahead in the life.
He thanked the Prime Minister for starting a new Ministry for Skill Development and Empowerment through which a new eco-system could be developed. He said that women are not only succeeding at the national level but have also brought laurels to the country by winning medals at the Kazan World’s Skill Competition.
He said that over 73 lakh people have been trained under Pradhan MantriKaushalVikasYojana (PMKVY) in last 4 years out of which 40% are women. In Jan ShikshanSansthans, the number is above 90%. Dr. Pandey said that there is more scope of increasing the number of women in skill training programmes. Dr. Pandey announced that the Government is planning to bring a new ambitious scheme which will provide world level skills and create a skilled force in the country.
