India Skills 2023-24 

The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship launched the IndiaSkills 2023-24 program and felicitated WorldSkills 2022 winners. 

• India had secured 11th position in the global competition last year. 

India Skills Program

• It is the biggest skill competition in India held every two years exhibiting extraordinary talent from across the country with the support of State Governments and Industry.
• Also, the IndiaSkills serves as a stepping stone to the WorldSkills Competition.
• Participants who will excel in India Skills at the national level will take part in the global event.
• The next WorldSkills Competition is to be held in Paris.

These competitions provide both a benchmark for high performance and a way to assess vocational excellence among the workforce.

About WorldSkills Competition

• It is the most extensive skill competition globally, taking place biennially.
• It is conducted by WorldSkills International, which has 86 member countries. 

WorldSkills is an international charity that organises world and national championships for vocational skills and is held every two years in different parts of the world, and also hosts conferences about vocational skills. WorldSkills India is an initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

About the WorldSkills Competition 2022

• WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition was the official replacement for WorldSkills Shanghai 2022.
• It saw over 1,000 competitors from 58 countries in 61 skills.

India participated in 50 skills including new-age skills like robot system integration, additive manufacturing, industry 4.0, digital construction, mobile application
development, and renewable energy.

Read more about how India is taking steps to provide skill based employment opportunities, click here

Practice Questions for Prelims

Consider the following statements IndiaSkill programme:

1. It is the biggest skill competition in India held every two years exhibiting extraordinary
talent from across the country.
2. The IndiaSkills serves as a stepping stone to the WorldSkills Competition.
3. Participants who will excel in IndiaSkills at the national level will take part in the global
event.
4. WorldSkills is an international charity that organises world and national championships
for vocational skills and is held every two years in different parts of the world.

How many statements given above is / are correct :
a) Only 1 statement is correct
b) Only 2 statements are correct
c) Only 3 statements are correct
d) All statements are correct

Ans. d)

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