New Delhi, Aug 13 (KNN) It is estimated that only 4.69 per cent of the total workforce in India has undergone formal skill training as compared to 68 per cent in UK, 75 per cent in Germany, 52 per cent in USA, 80 per cent in Japan and 96 per cent in South Korea, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy has said.
 
The National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015, approved by the Government on 1st July, 2015, has the provision for high priority to socio-economic growth of rural areas of the Country. 

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Rudy said, setting up of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode especially in unserved blocks of the Country and encouraging State Governments to set up Kaushal Vardhan Kendras (KVKs) at panchayat level for mobilising and imparting skill training pertaining to local employment/livelihood opportunities to school drop-outs, adolescent girls, housewives and rural youth, are some of the steps to meet the challenge of promoting skill development in the rural areas of the Country.  (KNN Bureau)