The Government has been taking continuous steps to skill Indian students and youth to meet the growing international demand for skilled professionals across sectors, such as, healthcare, construction, hospitality, Information technology and green technologies. To promote mobility across these sectors, the Government of India has put in place institutional mechanisms, including the signing of bilateral MoUs/Agreements, Migration and Mobility Partnerships Agreements, Labour Mobility and cooperation frameworks in Skill Development and Vocational Education & Training with various destination countries.

Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreements with Italy and Germany contain specific provisions for mutual recognition of qualifications and certifications. Further, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed bilateral agreements with eight countries - Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Qatar, Singapore and the UAE - which facilitate technical exchanges, collaborative training programmes, benchmarking of qualifications, mutual recognition and sharing of best practices. MSDE has also signed two Protocols with Israel to facilitate mobility in the Healthcare and Construction sectors.

MSDE - under the Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) - conducts one-day Pre-Departure Orientation Training (PDOT) for prospective migrants to equip them with language, cultural awareness, emigration procedures, welfare provisions and do’s and don’ts of the destination country.

MSDE is also implementing programmes such as the Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) with Japan to facilitate mobility in Healthcare and hospitality, among other sectors. Additionally, the Indo-German Green Skills Programme (IGGSP) with Germany aims to skill and certify youth in Green Technologies in line with international standards.

In line with the Budget announcement for FY 2023-24, MSDE has proposed establishment of 30 Skill India International Centers (SIICs) across various states. At present, two SIICs have been operationalised - one in Varanasi and another Skill Development Institute (SDI), Bhubaneswar. SIIC has been set up at NSTI Bengaluru to facilitate International mobility of candidates from Bengaluru/Karnataka. State-wise details of candidates trained and placed abroad during the last three years, including those from Karnataka, are placed at Annexure.

Annexure

State and year wise deployments for last three years:

State/UT	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25		Total
Andaman and Nicobar	1	0		0	1
Andhra Pradesh	241	36		67	344
Arunachal Pradesh	2	5		15	22
Assam	28	9		2	39
Bihar	5470	148		217	5835
Chandigarh	0	4		0	4
Chhattisgarh	12	2		3	17
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	1		0	2
Daman and Diu	0	1		0	1
Delhi	130	41		13	184
Goa	15	3		0	18
Gujarat	389	17		3	409
Haryana	52	14		206	272
Himachal Pradesh	34	5		16	55
Jammu and Kashmir	125	2		2	129
Jharkhand	262	25		9	296
Karnataka	797	390		363	1550
Kerala	1365	865		139	2369
Madhya Pradesh	61	13		12	86
Maharashtra	833	86		22	941
Manipur	22	10		35	67
Meghalaya	2	0		2	4
Mizoram	1	7		25	33
Nagaland	13	31		45	89
Odisha	427	43		4	474
Puducherry	12	6		1	19
Punjab	694	48		25	767
Rajasthan	2611	58		66	2735
Sikkim	2	1		3	6
Tamil Nadu	784	224		82	1090
Telangana	904	24		480	1408
Tripura	12	2		1	15
Uttar Pradesh	3947	326		5766	10039
Uttarakhand	110	12		28	150
West Bengal	3139	159		88	3386
Details not available	289	0		0	289
Total	22787	2618		7740	33145

 

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Jayant Chaudhary in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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