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Prime Minister’s ambitious Skill India mission will be a mass campaign involving the youth to encourage them to take up Skilling and vocational training to improve their employability. The mission will be launched today by the Prime Minister. “Nearly 18 ministers, including Union ministers as well as chief ministers will be attending the event,” said a senior government official.

“While a number of chief ministers will be in New Delhi, each of the states too will launch the Mission to create awareness amongst youth about the need for skilling,” said the official.

Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, chiefs of industry associations as well as Teamlease Services chairman Manish Sabharwal and Romesh Wadhwani of the Wadhwani Foundation, were also invited to the function.

The government plans to skill 40.2 crore workers by 2022 and a number of schemes including the new National Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana and the skill loan scheme will be launched. The Prime Minister will unveil a new logo and slogan for the Skill India mission and gives out letters of employment to some of the students who have successfully undergone skill training.

By Premji