National Skill Development Agency NSDA

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The National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, which coordinates and harmonizes the skill development efforts of the Indian government and the private sector to achieve the skilling targets of the 12th Plan document and beyond. The NSDA plays a pivotal role in bridging the social, regional, gender and economic divide by ensuring that the skilling needs of the disadvantaged and marginalized groups like SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities, women and differently-abled persons are taken care of through the various skill development programmes and also by taking affirmative actions as part of advocacy. The Central Ministries and NSDC continue to implement schemes in their remit. The NSDA's role is also to anchor the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) and facilitate the setting up of professional certifying bodies in addition to the existing ones.

The NSDA came into existence on 6 June 2013 through a gazette notification. It subsumed the Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development (PMNCSD), the National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB) and the Office of the Adviser to PM on Skill Development.

Functions

The NSDA will discharge the following functions:

Take all possible steps to meet skilling targets as envisaged in the 12th Five Year Plan and beyond;

Coordinate and harmonize the approach to skill development among various Central Ministries/Departments, State Governments, the NSDC and the private sector;

Anchor and operationalize the NSQF to ensure that quality and standards meet sector specific requirements;

Be the nodal agency for State Skill Development Missions;

Raise extra-budgetary resources for skill development from various sources such as international agencies, including multi-lateral agencies, and the private sector;

Evaluate existing skill development schemes with a view to assessing their efficacy and suggest corrective action to make them more effective;

Create and maintain a national data base related to skill development including development of a dynamic Labour Market Information System (LMIS);

Take affirmative action for advocacy;

Ensure that the skilling needs of the disadvantaged and the marginalized groups like SCs, STs, OBCs, minorities, women and differently abled persons are taken care of;

Discharge any other function as may be assigned to it by the Government of India.

References

National Skill Development Agency NSDA Wikipedia

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