MEA, MSDE sign pact to skill Indians seeking overseas jobs

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi-Ministries of External Affairs, and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship formalised an agreement today to implement Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY), a scheme designed to offer skill development to Indians seeking jobs overseas. The MoU will institutionalise a framework to provide skill training to lakhs of Indians who go abroad to work every year.

On the occasion, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Indian emigrant workers, especially those who went to the Gulf through recruitment agents, were exploited due to lack of requisite skills. She termed the Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana as a “milestone” for Indian workforce seeking employment overseas, adding that acquiring skills raises employability and earning potential.

PKVY is a skill development initiative of the MEA in partnership with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), which is aimed at training and certification of Indian workforce in select sectors and job roles, in line with international standards, to facilitate overseas employment opportunities, a statement said.