President Pranab Mukherjee to inaugurate India Skills Competition today

President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the first edition of India Skills Competition today, on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day in New Delhi.  

In order to select the best talent to represent India at IndiaSkills, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and National Skill Development Corporation India have completed more than 80 regional competitions in 24 skills and trades. 

In these competitions more than 4,80 candidates registered to compete this year.The winners will qualify for the final



selection round for participating in WorldSkills International Competition at Abu Dhabi 2017. 

Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said the government complete one year of the Skill India and it's a proud moment for us to celebrate the achievements and milestones over the last one year. 

He said the year has been remarkable with more than 1.04 crore youth trained under various initiative of Skill India in 2015-16, marking 36.8 per cent growth compared to the year before.