Abstract

Skill is one of the major driving forces for the development of a country. It is the skill which decides whether the country is economically and socially developed or not. Today skill development has become a common mantra in Indian context and our Prime Minister has also advocated importance of skill development along with academic enhancement. For which skill development becomes an important topic of discussion for us today. In India populationexplosion has been considered as one of the primary problem faced by the country. It has been forecasted that approximately 50% of India’s population would be below 29 years, in the year 2021, whereas world population is growing old very fast. (“ By 2040 the global population aged 65 years and above is expected to reach 1.3 billion, more than double of 530 million in 2010”. Trend like this is expected to result in severe labour shortages across the world.” (Chenoy 2013). Soskilling the young population, gives India a chance change the populationexplosion frombane to boon