The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) in Hyderabad, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, has been recognized as a Centre of Excellence-Skills (CoE-Skills) in the Agriculture Sector by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has signed a Shareholders’ Agreement (SA) with Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India and the state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat to upgrade 9 Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) under the PM Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) scheme with an investment of ₹440 crore.
Under the agreement, 5 Government ITIs in the Surat cluster of Gujarat will be upgraded with ₹240 crore, and 4 Government ITIs in the Visakhapatnam cluster of Andhra Pradesh will be upgraded with ₹200 crore.
The National Steering Committee has approved an investment of ₹1,194.92 crore under PM-SETU for 5 Industrial Training Institute (ITI) clusters across Maharashtra, Odisha, and Jammu & Kashmir. With this, the cumulative investment sanctioned under the PM-SETU scheme has reached ₹3,687 crore.
The initiative involves upgrading the Kataka ITI cluster in Odisha in partnership with the Tata Steel Foundation. Furthermore, the Pune ITI cluster will be upgraded with BVG India, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar ITI cluster with Belrise Industries, and the Jammu and Srinagar ITI clusters in partnership with Eagle Infra India and Inderdeep Infra India, respectively.
The PM Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU), a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), has successfully completed its first year of implementation.
The initiative was launched in 2025, with a total budgetary outlay of ₹60,000 crore. A total of 850 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) have been identified under the scheme, which includes 172 Hub ITIs and 678 Spoke ITIs.
The National Steering Committee (NSC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has approved a Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) worth ₹320 crore for the ‘Kurukshetra ITI Cluster’ in Haryana.
The approval is granted under the ‘PM Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU)’ Scheme. With this approval, the cumulative investment under the PM-SETU scheme has reached ₹2,491 crore across 10 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) clusters.
The fifth National Steering Committee (NSC) meeting under the PM Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs (PM-SETU) has approved strategic investments worth ₹735.70 crore for three Industrial Training Institute (ITI) clusters. With this, the cumulative sanctioned investment under the PM-SETU initiative has increased to ₹2,171 crore across nine ITI clusters.
The approved Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs) are: Rajasthan (A SIP of ₹241 crore submitted by HG Infra Engineering Ltd), Telangana (A SIP of ₹254.3 crore submitted by ZEN Technologies Ltd) Uttar Pradesh (A SIP of ₹240.4 crore submitted by the National Skill Development Corporation).
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh government, has organised the PM-SETU Industry Conclave in Lucknow.
The conclave was attended by Union Minister Rajnath Singh.
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has partnered with Cultus Education and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a nationwide cloud and AI skilling initiative.
The program aims to provide foundational AI and cloud literacy to 1.5 lakh learners using the digital training content of AWS.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has completed 12 years of the ‘Skill India’ initiative, which is one of the world’s largest skilling ecosystems.
In terms of infrastructure growth, the number of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) has increased from 9,776 in 2014 to over 13,888, expanding access to skill development nationwide.