Skill India Mission is aimed at creating opportunities of employment through skilling for our youth within the country and internationally. The Government through India International Skill Centre (IISC) Network is catering to the need of foreign countries where Indian manpower is in much demand. The IISC Network is a fee based market driven model, determined by global workforce supply and demand dynamics. It provides incremental skill training on international standards and assessment of skills for overseas employment.

India has Memorandum of Understanding/Memorandum of Cooperation/Joint Declaration of Intent/Implementation Agreement/Administrative Agreement in the field of apprentices/training with Germany, Belarus, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Japan and Qatar.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the RajyaSabha today.

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